Voice logon?


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i dont think windows gots anything like that.. im sure the technology is available.. but i dont know how that could be implimented as a logon..

it would be kewl if it could be like Lain or something though.. (those of you who anime)

"Computer.. conquer world.. NOW!.."

:) mwhaha

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Using voice to login is a pretty crumby idea if you don't couple it with something else like biometric, password, or dongle.

The way speech recognition works in os x now it's supposed to recognize any voice - it doesn't analyze the characteristics of the speaker to determin who is talking, it's just plain old speech -> text conversion.

Imagine walking up to your computer, clicking on your name, clearing your throat, saying you're password in a nice loud voice, and then typing it in: that's what you'd be doing.

Even if it did do voice analysis, it's trivial for someone to record your voice and render all security moot (no matter how good it looks in the movies).

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The voice logon in OS 9 used the phrase "my voice is my password" and the system analyzed the characteristics of the speaker so someone else could not just speak "my voice is my password" to gain access.

I hope they add something like this to OS X eventually or Apple allows for a third-party developer to create a plugin for the authentication system.

If they allowed for a custom phrase in addition to analyzing the characteristics, it would be difficult to crack unless someone recorded the exact phrase.

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in mac os nine it was a voice print password and wasnt related to the speach recognition software.

All mac's since, at least, os 8.1 have had text-> speach and vice versa. If u dont mind fealing like a bit of a ###### then getting a mic and telliong ure computer do do stuff or asking ti queries like "whats the time" is prity cool.

Remember the whole mac interface is speakable so when dialoge boxes come up yopu can say "ok" or "cancel" or what iother options there is on there.

A good trick is to turn on speakable itmes in os nine then when someone is using IE to surf juist shout the word "quit" ;) I find it ****es of peoiple more after they have spent ages filling in a form

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