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A Memory of Eddie K Au by Fleming Au

I remember Eddie telling me about how there was a period at work where he would consistently receive one ring calls which the caller would immediately hand up.  Apparently, his company had one of those voice command recognition systems - you know, "please say the person's name that you're trying to reach".  So, a majority of the callers would initally say "hello" and since our last name, when pronounced by a computer is similiar to "oh" it would instantly direct the call to Eddie's line.

It's funny because my office just installed the voice recognition number as well, but luckily I'm not receiving numerous amounts of wrong dials or speaking.

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  • I remember this system.  I worked with Eddie for a short while before I took over his job at VCS (Voice Control Systems) later bought out by Philip's Speech Recognition Division which was the same time he left to go to Houghton Mifflin?? I think that was the name of the company.  This was my first "real real" and I remember the Voice Recognition Technology was still in it's infancy.  It was a nice job, thanks for the hook up eddie :-)

    Posted Tue, 9/2/08 4:55 AM by Teddy Lee

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