Well, that's fine and dandy, but I don't have DVD-Rom software no more, damn.

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I want to get a new computer, but it'll be a while, so...

as much as I'd love to help to test out new stuff, it just ain't gonna happen. But it sounds very interesting and I can't wait to see some comments on this new technology.

---BIGmike, over & out!---

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I have sent him an e-mail.

DenverDon

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Dick Fittswell

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Thanks, Steph, for posting this...I never would have known......

Chillin..

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Grab on to your virtual dick
The future is coming here quick
She'll be at your command
You'll now have a free hand
Thank the man known as Wit Maverick

VCA Interactive's creation
Will respond to your voice activation
Just tell her what to do
She is there to please you
A breakthrough in dvd masturbation

The next level is ready to go
She'll debut at the next CES show
She'll respond when you speak
And she loves control freaks
This blonde piece they call Double O

Could that be the size of her chest?
VCA Interactive's sleaze-fest
I'll be interviewing Wit
So we can find out more about it
Once we get and install beta test

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You sure have a way with words DB

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lol

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I'd also like to point out that the voice recognition actually worked fairly well. There are about 20 or so different phrases that it recognizes, "Play DVD", "Main Menu", "Full Screen", etc. and the software recognized my speech pretty regularly and the response was quick. For instance, say "Full Screen" and it's in full screen in less than a second - not bad.

Unfortunetly though, the player didn't work ;( The video would just freeze after a second or two. My other software players worked just fine (windows media, powerdvd...haven't tried my standalone dvd player yet...I anticipate no problems) It was a beta test, so I can accept defects...besides, media players are a dime a dozen, its the voice recognition that they're advertising and that worked pretty well.

Note to VCA - Thanks for the dvd. I appreciate it. Since this is a beta test, it would be helpful on the questionaire on your website to include space for general comments or a place for defects or something, as I did find a few. I was able to squeeze them into some answers to questions tho...

Note to others - Hand's free porno dvd control is pretty damn cool -- let's face it, your hands are for something else when watching these things! Now if they get this voice-recognition into this Fantasex thing, maybe you can be watchin, gettin all hot and bothered and whatnot, and all you gotta groan is "Cumshot" and BLAM-O you got yourself the money shot just before you release your own money shot.

Chillin..

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Haven't seen mine yet.

DenverDon

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I think VCA's got something good going with this technology once it's applied to their FantaSex series...

- Saki

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Chillin..

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Chillin..

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As far as the player, I had no problem with it. However, I'm running a fairly new Pentium 4 with lots of memory and WinXP. I did encounter a non-fatal program error with the settings app, but not with the player itself.

- Saki

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Thanks,
Stephen
VCADVD

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I suppose if you need to have one hand on your cock and the other in your ass, it would be nice to just be able to bark out your request, but are there any other real advantages to this technology that I'm missing?

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Edited by - stephdunn on Aug 21 2002

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The technology isn't nearly mature enough to do anything for me -- I find VR sex titles to be awkward, generally boring, and very repetitive. But I welcome steps toward making the experience more personalized. For example, voice recognition software is one piece, while voice synthesis is another (see AT&T Natural Voices for the latest advances --and shortcomings-- of computerized voices).

Personally, I wouldn't pay for a voice recognized DVD player, but then again, I think that I won't be a fan of the genre until those headsets from "Strange Days" come into being.

- Saki

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Proud member of the church of Tina.

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I still haven't gone through the DVD fully but the voice interface worked fine for me right off the bat. I didn't like the headset much but you could always go get your own.

I don't really see how much of a market this is going to have though since it limits you to watching a DVD on your computer and I don't know about any of you but I don't usually kick back and relax in front of my computer.

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As for my system specs, that shouldn't be an issue. I'm running Win XP on an Athlon XP 2100+ with 1 gig of ram.

One thing that I did just notice and may be useful (it's a bug regardless) -- When I press the eject button on the player, it opens up my CD-RW drive instead of the dvd player. Interesting....maybe it's because I am running both drives off of the same IDE controller. My DVD player is the master drive and my CD-RW is the slave.

Chillin..

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The software was easy to load and installed flawlessly and as VCA advertised it has not caused any conflicts yet.

I liked the ladies voice that greets you when you first load up the player. Kinda sensual and with a touch of humor.

Because of problems and glitches that existed several years back with voice recognition, I opted to go straight to a training session. That took roughly ten to fifteen minutes, and then I fired up the DVD.

There is a somewhat limited set of commands that will need to be expanded once the VOICEDVD is attached to a Fantasex title, but I was getting somewhere in the neighborhood of 90-95% recognition. Even the few times it didn’t respond, I think it was partly my fault and when I slowed down my rate of speech it picked it up. The only problem I had in going through the DVD came with the “Pause DVD” command. Once it locked up everything and I had to reboot to reset things. The second time I had trouble with that command, it paused everything and then started up everything but I had lost the sound. I could jump around, go back to the menu and do everything else, but the sound was gone. It even recognized and accepted the Quit command. When I fired up the software again, the sound was back.

To notesleb (Stephen, VCADVD) I did load up a couple of other DVD’s and played them and it seemed to go flawlessly through the menus, chapter skips, and wherever I wanted it to go. (P.S. I have posted the proper response at the VCA Website.)

Overall, a pretty impressive piece of software and could certainly make a series like the Fantasex more fun to just sit back and speak commands, because a lot of the Fantasex genre tends to require a lot of clicking. They are not just “hit the play button and then sit back and watch” type shows.

Same as Saki, I’m running a newer Pentium 4 with oodles of memory and the machine popped everything onto the screen in an acceptable fashion.

Chillin, I didn’t run into the severe problems that you seemed to have.

I didn’t like the headset, but it did work. I also never liked the cheesy little desktop microphones that came with new computers either.

It was fun, gives another option, and pushes the envelope a little further.

DenverDon

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Everyone who has responded so far has been very helpful, all of the first round participants have been shipped, those of you who are waiting should have a package in the mail any day now. We will be shipping the latecomers (second round) on Monday.

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- Saki

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I hadn't noticed Chillin comment about the eject button on the panel display. That was about the only thing I didn't try, so I threw a disc in and tried it. I have both CD-RW, and a DVD player, and the eject button didn't open either drawer.

DenverDon

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Thanks VCA, you guys did a great job with this software.

Dick Fittswell

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Tried the eject button as well and it activated my CD RW not my DVD drive.

The disc worked fine in my other players and the times I did get the VCA player to run I had absolutely no problems with the voice recognition soft ware.

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Proud member of the church of Tina.

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Chillin..

..edited because I can't spell..
..edited a second time because the first time screwed up my quote..
..edited a third time because I forgot to take out the font text that was added after the first edit that messed up my quote -- I'm contemplating killing myself now..

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Edited by - Chillin on Aug 29 2002

Edited by - Chillin on Aug 29 2002

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any ideas.

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- Saki

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got this:

Your message

To: webmaster@vcapix.com
Subject: Fw: Beta Testing.
Sent: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:17:02 -0700

did not reach the following recipient(s):

stephen@vcamail.vcapix.com on Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:08:09 -0700
The recipient name is not recognized
The MTS-ID of the original message is: c=US;a=
;p=vca;l=VCAMAIL0209042008R5XND98Z
MSEXCH:IMS:vca:VCA:VCAMAIL 0 (000C05A6) Unknown Recipient

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tpr007,

I did receive your information before my email went down...you should receive your testing package soon.

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Proud member of the church of Tina.

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Chillin..

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