Dvd716@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Jul 1, 8:55 am, s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Ian) wrote:
> > This morning I was tottering round looking for certain lost items to
> > return to their familiar old places in the house. One I was always
fond
>
> > of was a talking clock in the shape of a cube about 3 inch all round,
w
> ith a
> > single button to hit to make it speak the time.
> > I've had it maybe e 15 years beside various beds in two countries.
> > At one point, in the computer room, I picked up a carton and put it
> > down again with a bump, and a little voice said: "Ten twenty-five
> > ayem".
> > Hello, I thought, either I'm hallucinating or that clock is trying to
tell
>
> > me something, like Help, I'm in here! Went into the box, dug out som
> e
> > stuff, and sure enough,
> > there was the little darling ready for duty once more!
> > Makes yu fink, dunnit ....
> > --
> > Ian
>
> Living with four kids in an age of electronic toys, I hear those
> voices all the time.
Ah - so the speech technology is used in ways other than for the
unsightly. Having no kids thank God I didn't know about this.
--
Ian
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