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Message no. 1
From: Alfredo B Alves dghost@****.com
Subject: RPAP and non-riggers
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 01:55:52 -0800
can vehicles equipped with remote control interfaces be configured to
respond to verbal commands? (Thereby allowing for use by a non-rigger) If
so can it be configured to respond to only one-person's voice?

--
D. Ghost
A Mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems
--Paul Erdos

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Message no. 2
From: leisnj48@****.cis.uwosh.edu leisnj48@****.cis.uwosh.edu
Subject: RPAP and non-riggers
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 01:51:36 -0600 (CST)
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Alfredo B Alves wrote:

> can vehicles equipped with remote control interfaces be configured to
> respond to verbal commands? (Thereby allowing for use by a non-rigger) If
> so can it be configured to respond to only one-person's voice?

Sure, don't see why not. Just set up a dog brain with voice recognition
programming. Of course, there'd be an initiative penalty (Brake, hard
right, accelerate: NOW), and there's the chance of misunderstandings.

But yes, it should be possible.


-Jared Leisner
leisnj48@*****.edu
Message no. 3
From: Thanatos grendel@**********.dt1.sdca.home.com
Subject: RPAP and non-riggers
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 00:20:24 -0800 (PST)
> can vehicles equipped with remote control interfaces be configured to
> respond to verbal commands? (Thereby allowing for use by a non-rigger) If
> so can it be configured to respond to only one-person's voice?
>

There shouldn't be any reason why not. You may have to add electronics
ports in order to support the voice recognition device/software, but that
should be almost inconsequential. The problem arises in that if you're
going to give voice orders to a drone it has to make a comprehension test.
That isn't helped by the fact that a non-rigger, that is a character who
isn't familiar with the way drones interpret commands, is issuing the
commands. Also, you'll probably run into certain environmental concerns:
can the drone hear you above all the automatic gunfire? It would probably
be better to equip the drone with a datajack port for the interface.

ACP

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Message no. 4
From: HHackerH@***.com HHackerH@***.com
Subject: RPAP and non-riggers
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 05:09:23 EST
In a message dated Fri, 17 Mar 2000 2:44:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, Alfredo B Alves
<dghost@****.com> writes:

> can vehicles equipped with remote control interfaces be configured to
> respond to verbal commands? (Thereby allowing for use by a non-rigger) If
> so can it be configured to respond to only one-person's voice?

Gosh, talk about having no patience.... ;-P

I would personally say "Yes" to both parts of this question. I believe that it
would be possible to do this easily within the scope of SR's mechanics. And as for
"recognizing one voice" or even an entire, but selected, collection of voices
could even be done. In fact, it might be part of the "Anti-Theft" mechanisms
that are in the Rigger-2 now.

But, with luck, hopefully there will be more to help flush this out in the future.

-K

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Message no. 5
From: Alfredo B Alves dghost@****.com
Subject: RPAP and non-riggers
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 13:26:43 -0800
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 05:09:23 EST HHackerH@***.com writes:
> In a message dated Fri, 17 Mar 2000 2:44:04 AM Eastern Standard
> Time, Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.com> writes:
>
> > can vehicles equipped with remote control interfaces be configured
> > to
> > respond to verbal commands? (Thereby allowing for use by a
> > non-rigger) If
> > so can it be configured to respond to only one-person's voice?

> Gosh, talk about having no patience.... ;-P

It's not my fault. :P I was making another PC (6th or 7th, I forget) and
this came up. The idea is to allow her to a few tricks with her jeep.
(ie, calling her jeep or controlling by voice.) This is not meant to be
the vehicle's primary method of control. Normally if I wanted a character
to do this, I installed a cranial RC Deck. However, since this character
is a mage, I don't want to do that.

> I would personally say "Yes" to both parts of this question. I
> believe that it would be possible to do this easily within the scope
> of SR's mechanics. And as for "recognizing one voice" or even an
> entire, but selected, collection of voices could even be done. In
> fact, it might be part of the "Anti-Theft" mechanisms that are in
> the Rigger-2 now.

There isn't a more official way than guesing what's included in an
anti-theft system? Also, do I need to hard-wire a RC deck
(non-cybernetic) into the vehicle?

> But, with luck, hopefully there will be more to help flush this out
> in the future.

Hopefully. :)

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D. Ghost
A Mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems
--Paul Erdos

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Message no. 6
From: HHackerH@***.com HHackerH@***.com
Subject: RPAP and non-riggers
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 18:25:40 EST
In a message dated 3/17/00 2:12:31 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
dghost@****.com writes:

> > I would personally say "Yes" to both parts of this question. I
> > believe that it would be possible to do this easily within the scope
> > of SR's mechanics. And as for "recognizing one voice" or even an
> > entire, but selected, collection of voices could even be done. In
> > fact, it might be part of the "Anti-Theft" mechanisms that are in
> > the Rigger-2 now.
>
> There isn't a more official way than guesing what's included in an
> anti-theft system? Also, do I need to hard-wire a RC deck
> (non-cybernetic) into the vehicle?

An RC deck into a vehicle??? No, I don't really believe that would be
required.

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