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A quiz app using the Web Speech API

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2 positive, 2 neutral or mixed, 2 critical. Score +0.04

LikedWorks well and impressive showcase of speech recognition

ObjectedSpeech recognition is slow and inaccurate, causing repeated attempts

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Shown by iambrandonn on Mar 2, 2013. Click the card to turn it over.

17points

8comments

#1,054of 1,739 in 2013

Top 61%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.

Performance: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against

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Speech recognition is slow and inaccurate, causing repeated attempts
From 2 comments
- Tried the multiplication quiz: recognition is a bit slow and inaccurate, which results in repeated attempts per problem (and gets in the way of the main objective: answering as…
  jechen on HN
- It was way off for me, after a minute of attempts I couldn't get it to understand árbol (spanish vocab)
  ollysb on HN
Talking to a computer feels weird in social settings
From 1 comment
- Wow this works really well! Love it. By the way, this really demonstrates why I don't have much confidence in speech based applications. I started playing this in my living room,…
  tomasien on HN

talktyper.com
From 1 comment
- This is probably the coolest thing I have seen this week! Really low intensity interactions with the computer. Who needs a keyboard? I have been using http://talktyper.com lately…
  ivan_ah on HN