Kinect will allow users to control video selection and playback with hand motions and voice commands.
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Drivers can give voice commands to tell the product where they would like to go.
There's now a user-programmable button, which you can do to turn off features like voice commands.
TVs of the future will respond to voice commands, allowing viewers to chuck the remote.
"Once the dust settles, people will find the ability to do voice commands a boon, " Rogers says.
You can use gesture and voice commands with your Kinect to change the channel or browse the guide.
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Voice commands may also replace the mouse and icons as the primary way we communicate with our desktop.
Fingering the button that displays the TF2 Engineer's pistol, for instance, brings up a quick-menu for team voice commands.
Microsoft has found success with its Kinect gaming experiences, which added voice commands to the mix with Mass Effect 3.
Then, with a combination of voice commands and buttons on his cell phone, he navigates through a spoken list of options.
Furthermore, DIGNO S features a 4.7-inch HD display and Kyocera's proprietary technology (Sugugoe) that allows voice commands to activate various applications.
Scout also now comes with free speech recognition, allowing users to conduct hands-free local business and address searches with voice commands.
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Pioneer's touch-screen AVIC-X920BT takes voice commands and has an "ecological awareness" feature to tell drivers about how efficiently they are driving.
And the spectacles can be controlled using either voice commands or a somewhat bulky touchpad integrated into one of the arms.
There will likely be some hybrid between a system like Kinect, which uses body tracking and voice commands, and an actual controller.
It is actuated by specific gestures (waving your hand at the Kinect) or by using a specific key word for voice commands ("Xbox").
The Xbox apps I tested work with an included wireless controller or with a Kinect sensor, which responds to gestures and voice commands.
Leveraging SYNC's safer voice commands and steering wheel controls, drivers are able to keep their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.
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There are also audio sensors on the underside of the bar, capable of responding to voice commands and remembering which player goes with which voice.
Announced last year, Google Glass is an augmented-reality headset that looks like a thin pair of eyeglasses and can be controlled by voice commands.
In a demo of that game, a young girl played with a pet tiger cub named "Skittles, " who licked the screen and obeyed her voice commands.
Consumers can use natural voice commands to change channels, search for content on the Web, access Samsung's Smart Hub, and connect with friends and family via Skype.
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Another new feature of SYNC will help drivers' personalize and categorize their favorite media topics, such as sports, weather and news using voice commands or through www.syncmyride.com.
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Ford offers a system called AppLink free on cars equipped with its Sync system, which allows drivers to control smartphones with voice commands or buttons physical and virtual.
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It was operated by voice commands and projected its data on to the windscreen, using the same sort of head-up display system found in modern fighter jets.
His computer is programmed to respond to his voice commands.
Kinect users will now be able to use those same gesture and voice commands for viewing and controlling playback of videos on Netflix and Hulu Plus on Xbox Live.
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Using voice commands, the user can order the device to open files, check emails or zoom in with the camera to look in closer detail at what's in front of them.
By providing consumers with the ability to control basic TV functions via simple voice commands, Nuance's technology helps Samsung Smart TVs deliver a seamless and smarter way for consumers to control their TV.
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