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Comment Re:Not anytime soon (Score 5, Interesting) 393

Indeed as an Englishman I've only ever managed to get any speech recognition software to work by putting on a fake American accent. Considering people who leave voicemails for me regularly come from places such as The Netherlands, France or India, so are using a second language, I think it's going to be a long time before something like this is actually useful.

Comment Re:Suicide rate skyrockets (Score 1) 142

Yeah surely playing them Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody and Wham's Last Christmas is more likely to drive them mad than give them enjoyment. The guests of Holiday Inn Kensington would seem to agree: http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2008/12/09/slade-hit-merry-christmas-everybody-banned-by-hotel-115875-20957466/

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