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Who on earth wants to yell at their television?

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Voice activated smart TVs have been a staple of the emerging technologies I’ve seen at CES in Las Vegas this year and I must say – I just don’t get it.

So far I haven’t seen a voice activated smart TV that works as well as it’s supposed to, but even if I had - if I never have to talk to my television, I’ll be better for it.

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  • Callum Jones says:

    02:34pm | 15/01/12

    “Just a little wanky earpiece with a microphone that lets you control the content on your tv from anywhere in the house” Yes, because that whole Bluetooth headset thing really took off and everybody loves some gadget hanging off their ears while looking like an idiot. Read more »

  • steve says:

    09:32pm | 14/01/12

    I’ve already got voice control on my TV through my xbox. I stream almost everything I watch through my xbox and its now got ABC and SBS on demand. Anyway, the voice control doesn’t work for everything, but its fantastic. Being able to say ‘xbox pause’ from my counch when… Read more »

 

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