From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: liam@valentijn.nu   
   Subject: Re: Microsoft emulates Star Trek...   
      
   Daniel schreef op 5-6-2014 16:19:   
   > On 5/06/2014 11:11 AM, Your Name wrote:   
   >   
   >    
   >> There will always be errors in any automated translation, especially   
   >> spoken translation. Computers simply are intelligent enough to   
   >> understand context, etc.   
      
   I think you meant 'not intelligent' :-). But yeah, context is extremely    
   important.   
      
   >   
   > Back in 1985-88, I was doing my Associate Diploma for Technical Teaching   
   > and had to write a paper. I did mine on Computer vs Human interfaces   
   > and, apart from pointing out the confusion with there/their/they're, I   
   > gave another, sailing, example, " *Wind* in the sails as the *wind* is   
   > getting up" and asked how a computer might distinguish between a written   
   > *wind* and *wind* ??   
      
   Yeah, the /way/ something is said. The tone, the intonation. A computer    
   would also need to be able to understand stuff like sarcasm.   
   They have a long way to go.   
      
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