VictorG
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FF your cross examination skills are at another level. I hope you have a good book to read, he won't be back for a while.
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millipede 3000
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Point taken. I should have written 'might be serious competitors' - language is important. My intention was purely to further carve out and strengthen our market positioning, with sharing the CBI list for 1000 eyes to have look rather than make a definite statement. I assume there is some sensitivity with regards to past contributions here or elsewhere that I am not aware of. Now let's buy some more BRN today ;-)
all the best,
milli
BaconLover
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I'm also glad that he's on our team
Zedjack33
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Haha. Dead right. Imagine if FF was on the shorters side. Wouldn’t be pretty.I'm also glad that he's on our team
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Yes there is some sensitivity here so you might like to amend your post using the Edit function at the bottom of the entry.
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FF
AKIDA BALLISTA
millipede 3000
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Done:
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Some of these might potentially be serious competitors eventually, but who knows, and for me BRN has a big time advantage, the early innovation and advantage will become important in terms of product maturity, strength of partnerships and overall trust in a markt (tech) where we still see a lot of BS and Vapourware.
I have not done any further research on any of them, but thought I'd share the list nonetheless.
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Trusting that explains it a bit better. I'm learning - not with one shot :-D
milli
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Hi @BaconLover
While I cheer the sentiment I think in view of the High Court decision this might stand @zeeb0t at risk of being joined so I think it should be removed from this site. Those who own the other site have the funds to defend an action.
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FF
AKIDA BALLISTA
RobjHunt
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Welcome to the Bus MP3000Done:
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Some of these might potentially be serious competitors eventually, but who knows, and for me BRN has a big time advantage, the early innovation and advantage will become important in terms of product maturity, strength of partnerships and overall trust in a markt (tech) where we still see a lot of BS and Vapourware.
I have not done any further research on any of them, but thought I'd share the list nonetheless.
"
Trusting that explains it a bit better. I'm learning - not with one shot :-D
milli
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BaconLover
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I have removed it, cheers for the heads up FF.
Made my day, that's for sure.
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In a significant decision handed down this week, the High Court has confirmed that parties who create a Facebook page are potentially liable for defamatory comments posted to that page by third parties as if they themselves were the publisher.9 Sept 2021
mrgds
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Interestingly RT likes but no comment belowI guess surely they know each other with 22yrs behind him, and surely there is no doubting he was ever Goodenough !!
Hi Sonic, ...................."no doubting he was Goodenough"
................. funny.I particularly liked the sentence "People with both a passion for delivering the technology,
but more importantly a compassion for the people, customers and partners"
Reminds me very much of what RT and now Sean Hehir are repeatedly conveying with regards to BRNs focus going forward.
Älso liked ................"way too many to list will keep in touch through the great adventure"
GREAT ADVENTURE ? ............... mmm .............last day at ARM, (seems way to young to put the que in the rack just yet)
? next stop BRN NED ?
WOULD OUR BOD , FIND HIM "GOODENOUGH" TO BE OUR NEXT NED ?
AKIDA BALLISTA
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Hi all, there is a twitter post going around that a few have shared, and I have had to remove in order to avoid a litigious organisation. Please stop posting it - and if those who know what it is could hit the report button if you see it pop up, it would be appreciated.
We just don't need that kind of heat.
We just don't need that kind of heat.
JoMo68
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It needs the cloud?OMG, has everyone seen this?!
Toyota's New ‘Intelligent Assistant' Learns Voice Commands and Gets Smarter Over Time Using Machine Learning
【Summary】Toyota’s new in-car “Intelligent Assistant” is a highly advanced voice activated assistant that can learn a driver’s commands and get smarter over time. It’s available for both the Toyota Audio Multimedia and Lexus Interface, including the 2022 like the Toyota Tundra and Lexus NX. Toyota says that the rollout of these intelligent connected services will transform it from an automotive company to a mobility company.
Eric Walz Jun 01, 2022 3:30 PM PT
Once a driver asks for help, Toyota's Intelligent Assistant listens and responds to natural language conversation.
As vehicles come packed with more technology and features, using some of it on the road can become a distraction. So Toyota developed a voice-activated assistant to lend a hand as part of the "Toyota Connected" vehicle services.
Toyota's new in-car "Intelligent Assistant" is a highly advanced voice activated assistant that can learn a driver's commands and get smarter over time. It's available for both the Toyota Audio Multimedia and Lexus Interface, including the 2022 like the Toyota Tundra and Lexus NX.
Toyota offers Connected Services trials for each vehicle, which includes the services Drive Connect, which offers Intelligent Assistant, Cloud Navigation and Destination Assist.
Toyota says that the rollout of these intelligent connected services will transform it from an automotive company to a mobility company.
Toyota's Intelligent Assist can be activated with the phrase "Hey,Toyota" and supplements the onboard Voice Assistant that's embedded in Toyota vehicles, according to Ryan Oehler, product owner at Toyota Connected, an independent software and innovation company, who leads the team responsible for Toyota's new Intelligent Assistant.
Once a driver asks for help, the Intelligent Assistant listens and responds to natural language conversation. For example, if a driver says "I would like a coffee", the system will bring up a list of nearby coffee shops on the vehicle's infotainment screen, then ask the driver if they want directions to one of them for a midday break.
Suppose a driver is looking for a nearby Starbuck and the assistant brings up multiple listings, a driver can then say "take me to the third one" and the navigation system will launch the turn-by-turn directions.
To make navigation easier, the map can be brought up on the infotainment screen at any time by saying, "Hey, Toyota, show the map." Drivers can also ask the assistant to zoom in on the map for easier reading.
Each request is fulfilled using a complex web of commands, and behind the scenes processing on the vehicle itself and the cloud to complete it.
Oehler said there has been a steady ramp of the Intelligent Assistant to meet both mainstream American customers as well as tech-savvy "power users" with intuitive features for drivers. He also said that even more advanced features are in the pipeline.
Not only does Intelligent Assist listen to a driver's voice using automatic speech recognition (ASR), it also looks at waveforms in the audio. When the driver pushes the talk button in the vehicle, it transcribes that speech to text both in the vehicle's embedded computer and over the cloud.
By analyzing the audio waveforms, "the system is able to understand, phonetically, what that translates to and formulate transcriptions based on that audio input," Oehler said.
The technology is even able to recognize commands for different accents, dialects and even different pitches, to recognize what to do next. Since Intelligent Assistant is available in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, it's designed to recognize commands in English, Spanish and French.
Once a command is transcribed into text, its processed by Toyota Connected machine learning models in the cloud. The machine learning models can determine the intent of the words being used, from audio commands to windshield wipers or even finding a five-star-rated restaurant nearby.
From there, it's fed back to the vehicle where notes are compared between the embedded and cloud voice assistants to ensure the car is most accurately executing the command the user actually wants.
"This is where the Toyota Connected magic comes in," Oehler said.
The system first determines "top-line intent", which includes common vehicle controls such as temperature, audio and navigation. The next step is to determine "sub-intent", such as a specific temperature, a song title or frequently visited cafe.
If a drivers requests a certain song while already listening to their favorite streaming platform such as Spotify, the head unit will attempt to find the song on that specific platform. If it's not found, the head unit will switch to the next best option, such as satellite radio. Drivers can also ask Intelligent Assist to play specific genres of music by saying "Hey Toyota, play rock music."
The system gets smarter by looking at accuracy and tweaking commands to add more ways to ask for specific functions, according to Toyota. Drivers can also ask the system to send a text message to a stored contact just by saying the person's name then using their voice to send a message.
"Certain audiences expect to interact in completely different ways," Oehler said. "Younger audiences that are more familiar with their modern voice assistants tend to operate in a more fluid manner, whereas people that are less familiar would say, ‘Navigation' and then ‘Texas' in a series of steps," for instance. To help the user, we've added more contextual things, such as prompts, to help guide them through this new user experience. One of the other important things that we're learning is what our customers want to use on a daily basis."
Intelligent Assistant is already available in the Lexus NX, LX, and Toyota Tundra pickup for the 2022 model year, but will be introduced in more Toyota models for 2023 in North America. As it rolls out to more models, the speed at which the machine learning system gets smarter will only accelerate, according to Toyota.
Among the new features planned is asking the Intelligent Assistant to tell a joke. The sense of humor was added to the Virtual Assistant's repertoire after the team of engineers observed customers asking for it.
"There's a lot of opportunity," Oehler said. "There's value with a voice assistant because it adds depth to the experience, is smart, and can and likely will strengthen consumer confidence as more people use it and evolve in future iterations."
Using Intelligent Assistant is also optional on Toyota vehicles. For drivers that would rather not use it, the vehicle's embedded Voice Assistant can be used instead for more basic voice functions, such as adjusting the interior temperature.
Toyota's New ‘Intelligent Assistant' Learns Voice Commands and Gets Smarter Over Time Using Machine Learning
Toyota’s new in-car “Intelligent Assistant” is a highly advanced voice activated assistant that can learn a driver’s commands and get smarter over time. It’s available for both the Toyota Audio Multimedia and Lexus Interface, including the 2022 like the Toyota Tundra and Lexus NX. Toyota says...www.futurecar.com
BaconLover
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I seem to remember either Fact Finder or Blind Freddie suggesting a NED with an ARM pedigree would be nice.Hi Sonic, ...................."no doubting he was Goodenough"
I particularly liked the sentence "People with both a passion for delivering the technology,
but more importantly a compassion for the people, customers and partners"
Reminds me very much of what RT and now Sean Hehir are repeatedly conveying with regards to BRNs focus going forward.
Älso liked ................"way too many to list will keep in touch through the great adventure"
GREAT ADVENTURE ? ............... mmm .............last day at ARM, (seems way to young to put the que in the rack just yet)
? next stop BRN NED ?
WOULD OUR BOD , FIND HIM "GOODENOUGH" TO BE OUR NEXT NED ?
AKIDA BALLISTA
My opinion only DYOR
FF
AKIDA BALLISTA
RobjHunt
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Totally understand mate. My emoji was more so for a "uh oh Chongo" type reaction (trouble). 100% agree that it's certainly better to ere on the side of caution. Great call.
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