Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!kira!dailey From: dailey@kira.uucp (Chris Dailey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: CDTV - hope yet! Message-ID: <1990Jul12.135009.22245@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 12 Jul 90 13:50:09 GMT References: <1990Jun22.034017.7806@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1990Jun22.170902.7410@csmil.umich.edu> <1990Jun22.192746.16666@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1990Jun27.140342.13104@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <7500@gollum.twg.com> Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 27 In article <7500@gollum.twg.com> david@twg.com (David S. Herron) writes: >In article <1990Jun27.140342.13104@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> dailey@frith.uucp (Chris Dailey) writes: >>Some of the possibilities for CDTV as I see them: >> Foreign language instruction. Vocabulary, phrasing, etc. etc. etc. >> You can even have instruction on the accent, which is very >> important in many languages. >Generally speaking ... > >there's already a pretty big market out there for instructional >video tapes of many kinds. A big problem with instructional movies >is the lack of interaction with users. The information just pours >out of the screen without any way to change the material presented >to suit the student, etc etc One thing that they may be able to do is have the CD play the sound of a word, then have the user via some special hardware way the same word. Then perhaps some algorithm might be able to evaluate how close what the user said matches the CD, and then can maybe make suggestions for better pronunciation -- now THAT's interactive! ><- David Herron, an MMDF weenie, ><- Formerly: David Herron -- NonResident E-Mail Hack -- /~\ Chris Dailey (CPS Undergrad, SOC Lab Coord, AMIG user group Secretary) C oo dailey@(cpsin1.cps|frith.egr).msu.edu (make WP5.1 for the Amiga) _( ^) "I am thankful for one leg. To limp is no disgrace -- / ~\ I may not be number one, but I can still run the race." -from B.C.