November 5th, 2024
With one prominent exception, the speaking part of the computer’s task is the easiest and far and away the most advanced. We have all sorts of powerful software for graphics, animation, and sound. Why, we even have immensely power chips for processing graphics. So there isn’t anything useful for me to contribute to the explication of how to make the computer speak…
EXCEPT
for that one exception: error messages. Most software handles misunderstandings with the user execrably.