Elephant has nothing to do with voice, nor even with natural language, but rather with a new approach to control (based on 'speech acts' - requests, commitments, promises) and state (based on recording and reviewing speech acts). But it's still a good read.
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Casey Ransberger <[email protected] > wrote: > I had never heard of Elephant. Of course anything John McCarthy is worth a > look, and this is relevant to my interests:) Also: thanks for pointing me > at all the papers folks! > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Brendan Baldwin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Wasn't John McCarthy's Elephant programming language based on the >> metaphor of conversation? Perhaps voice based programming interactions are >> addressed there? >> On Apr 9, 2013 8:46 AM, "David Barbour" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Casey Ransberger < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> The computer is going to keep getting smaller. How do you program a >>>> phone? It would be nice to be able to just talk to it, but it needs to be >>>> able -- in a programming context -- to eliminate ambiguity by asking me >>>> questions about what I meant. Or *something.* >>>> >>> >>> Well, once computers get small enough that we can easily integrate them >>> with our senses and gestures, it will become easier to program again. >>> >>> Phones are an especially difficult target (big hands and fingers, small >>> screens, poor tactile feedback, noisy environments). But something like >>> Project Glass or AR glasses could project information onto different >>> surfaces - screens the size of walls, effectively - or perhaps the size of >>> our moleskin notebooks [1]. Something like myo [2] would support pointer >>> and gesture control without much interfering with our use of hands. >>> >>> That said, I think supporting ambiguity and resolving it will be one of >>> the upcoming major revolutions in both HCI and software design. It has a >>> rather deep impact on software design [3]. >>> >>> (Your Siri converstation had me laughing out loud. Appreciated.) >>> >>> [1] >>> http://awelonblue.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/ubiquitous-programming-with-pen-and-paper/ >>> [2] https://getmyo.com/ >>> [3] >>> http://awelonblue.wordpress.com/2012/05/20/abandoning-commitment-in-hci/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> fonc mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> fonc mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc >> >> > > > -- > Casey Ransberger > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > >
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