As someone with an accent, I occasionally struggle with the primitive voice recognition systems that are in cars. But it seems like this technology could provide a safety improvement and test for all kinds of incapacitation.
-- theircompetitor, Sep 02 2004

iPhone app bakes this http://online.wsj.c...oday's_Most_Popular
(not using speech) [theircompetitor, Dec 31 2009]

I take dangerous and powerful drugs for the pain of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. They cause my speech to slur. When I make presentations (I'm an aerospace engineer) I now must open by assuring my audience that I am not drunk (tho some might dispute).

Take your detector and put it where the sun don't shine, cause it sho-nuff would give a false positive on ME.
-- boris, Sep 03 2004


Do you mean it would shut the car down if the driver/owner was determined drunk?
-- dentworth, Sep 03 2004


boris//dentworth -- I'm talking about a device that would be installed for those convicted of DUI, not in every car.
-- theircompetitor, Sep 04 2004


I think you ought to say that in the beginning.

btw, from what part of the world is your accent?
-- dentworth, Sep 04 2004


Honey, the car won't thtart and I'm thtuck here at the dentitht'th offith! Come get me!
-- RayfordSteele, Sep 04 2004



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