On the technology side.
Someday, we will largely interact with our data collectors, vi voice interface. Alot like Elexa: [MEDIA=youtube]QnI2HQN-B0k[/MEDIA]
So, we will say stuff like:
(you name your data collector)
Mine's is named "speedy"
"Hey, Speedy"
"Yes"
"What's the inverse between the 1st rebar we shot this morning, and the fencepost we just shot."
N 01?ø14'15" E 415.25'
OK, what's the Easting Difference?
8.97 feet.
And so on.
I can see this really working well.
Nate
Yeah, maybe...
My experience with voice control has been disappointing - even in quiet indoor environments.
Can't see it working in real life - too much traffic, construction, wind and other background noise.
And how will it go when I'm wearing hearing protection?
I think I would be one of those "features" that I would turn-off immediately and I would certainaly not be prepared to pay extra for.
But then I AM a Luddite
Me: stakeout point out point 5 thousand 1.
D.C.: stake it out now?
Me: yes
D.C.: consider it...BRIIING-A-LING! Bonnie says, pick up milk on way home.
Me: %#{]]%%^* thing just stake out point 5001
D.C. I'm sorry I don't understand your last request.
Hey Nate,
Just forwarded you an email I got this afternoon. Look at number 6 and 6A in the second group. Yes, IBM's Watson will be replacing 90% of the lawyers in the not to distant future.
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Just think about your Arkansaw accent...
Dave Karoly, post: 443410, member: 94 wrote: Me: stakeout point out point 5 thousand 1.
D.C.: stake it out now?
Me: yes
D.C.:
D.C.: I can't let you do that, Dave.
I was waiting for the elevator to explain they were in a ten story building.
Mark Mayer, post: 443417, member: 424 wrote: D.C.: I can't let you do that, Dave.
"This Survey is too important to be jeapordized by humans!"
Dave Karoly, post: 443427, member: 94 wrote: "This Survey is too important to be jeapordized by humans!"
To survey is to complex to be performed by mere PiLiaSSians....
Mark Mayer, post: 443417, member: 424 wrote: D.C.: I can't let you do that, Dave.
Might be good for preventing pin cushions.
Dave Karoly, post: 443427, member: 94 wrote: "This Survey is too important to be jeapordized by humans!"
D.C. Hal: "Let me put it this way, Mr. Amor. The 9000 series DC is the most reliable DC ever made. No 9000 DC has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error. ."