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Could SIRI be used in Desktops?
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Working in silence is preferable, do you really want to be talking all the time? Think of how long a typical project takes to edit? Do you want to be talking that ENTIRE time? And what about precision work? Do you always know how long you want to shorten something? You’d end up saying a variation on the same command over and over again while trying things.
A huge pain in the ass.
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[Gary Huff] “”Please specify encoder complexity.”
“Please specify H.264 level.”
“Please specify quality level.”
“Please specify audio codec.”
“Please specify audio kilohertz”
“Please specify audio bitrate.”
Yeah, quite the timesaver.”
Remember we have something called presets!
I am of firm belief that this to work we would need more of mental makeover than technology.
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[Gary Huff] “”Please specify audio codec.”
“Please specify audio kilohertz”
“Please specify audio bitrate.”Yeah, quite the timesaver.”
Exactly.
At the risk of using another crappy metaphor that will start arguments over the value of the metaphor rather than the actual topic — voice navigation in your car is just about the right level of voice control in your NLE. “Call Dave” and “Play Metallica” is one thing. “Turn right at the next light” is another. How far in the future do you think we’ll be before it’s a good idea for a car to execute that command based on your voice?
See, it’s not just the voice part — it’s how much the MACHINE will understand, and actually perform, based on the voice command.
I mean, to make this work for editing, you’d need an NLE that was pretty stripped down, and that made a lot of assumptions about what you mean. It couldn’t really rely on YOUR idea of things, or the whole thing would fall apart. It would require such a small subset of traditionally understood professional editing features that you’d wind up retraining yourself to try and think like the NLE, rather than try to edit the way you know works.
I mean, who’d want an NLE like that, right?
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[Tim Wilson] “I mean, who’d want an NLE like that, right?”
Here’s your answer…
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Who the hell wants to talk all day?
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It is disconcerting the amount of free thinking on a bit of the unknown that gets shot down immediately around here. It started in earnest on June 21st.
I thought this was the creative communities of the world.
There is a certain amount of parallels to the ways of thinking that is dovetailing with much of the frustration that isn’t covered by the main stream news outlets today, but is instead covered by individuals, that are now gathering all over this country, on social networks. The world is more self aware than ever.
Not all ideas are great ones, but great ones come from all ideas. I know all of you have built things from scratch, it is part of the editing process. You try things, some don’t work out. You chip away at it, try at new failures and sucesses, then share your ideas with others who might bring new perspectives and therefore through hard work, make something better
Instead, people expect everything to be perfect right out of the box on Day 01, forgetting that all great stories started with a rough cut.
Your edits aren’t perfect on the first pass. You need time to step away, and think about new ways to approach the same subject with the tools and footage at hand, tomorrow. You find the thread. Admittedly, disagreement is part of that process.
Perhaps voice activated editing isn’t a perfect way to edit, but what’s wrong with talking about it in a way that you don’t get accused of being a member of a suicidal cult? It is these new ideas that prevent intellectual suicide. Why is everyone so terrified?
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[Jeremy Garchow] Perhaps voice activated editing isn’t a perfect way to edit, but what’s wrong with talking about it in a way that you don’t get accused of being a member of a suicidal cult?
Because if you spend more than a few seconds thinking about what your idea could be like, it’s not hard to realize how it wouldn’t be all that useful. There are plenty ideas that are almost immediately apparent that they don’t work in their current form.
It is these new ideas that prevent intellectual suicide. Why is everyone so terrified?
Why is it every time someone doesn’t jump in with both feet on every little whim here that they are “terrified” of something? Why use that word? Can’t the people who don’t lap up every little new thing be given better respect than just “you’re terrified!”
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Somewhere there is an editor now suffering from crippling arthritis or repetitive stress syndrome or was paralyzed in an accident who could continue his creativity with this feature.
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[Gary Huff] “Because if you spend more than a few seconds thinking about what your idea could be like, it’s not hard to realize how it wouldn’t be all that useful. There are plenty ideas that are almost immediately apparent that they don’t work in their current form.
It is these new ideas that prevent intellectual suicide. Why is everyone so terrified?
Why is it every time someone doesn’t jump in with both feet on every little whim here that they are “terrified” of something? Why use that word? Can’t the people who don’t lap up every little new thing be given better respect than just “you’re terrified!””
Judging from your last few responses to me, it’s quite obvious you have some sort of grudge against me for whatever reason, it’s fine.
“Voice activated editing” might not be for you, but it doesn’t mean it’s not for the editing community at large, or even a select few. I’m not jumping in with any feet, I tend to wade then submerge. Forgive me for having thoughts that might not make sense to you. I’m not scared of what I don’t understand, even mistakenly.
What if Siri could be used to make a transcript? What if I asked Siri to call me when a transcode is done so I can go for a walk? What if I asked Siri to make all my clips dual mono instead of stereo? What if Siri…?
And didn’t Apple say Siri’s in beta? Shit, let’s give it at least a moment to sink in before calling it useless.
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[Jeremy Garchow] ”
And didn’t Apple say Siri’s in beta? Shit, let’s give it at least a moment to sink in before calling it useless.”Siri used to be in beta as a free app. Now it’s out of beta and only on the iPhone 4s. If you had the Siri iOS App it will stopping working today (Oct. 15th).
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