This seems to be the most important/interesting part:
"There is a simple rule of thumb in speech recognition: The smaller the application domain, the better the recognition accuracy. [...] Simon can now re-configure itself on-the-fly as the current situation changes. Through "context conditions" Simon 0.4 can automatically activate and deactivate selected scenarios, microphones and even parts of your training corpus. For example: Why listen for "Close tab" when your browser isn't even open? Or why listen for anything at all when you're actually in the next room listening to music? Yes, Simon is watching you."
It is one of the best subconscious techniques humans use both for listening and reading, so it makes complete sense to implement it here. I do find the choice of words in the final sentence somewhat ominous though!
"There is a simple rule of thumb in speech recognition: The smaller the application domain, the better the recognition accuracy. [...] Simon can now re-configure itself on-the-fly as the current situation changes. Through "context conditions" Simon 0.4 can automatically activate and deactivate selected scenarios, microphones and even parts of your training corpus. For example: Why listen for "Close tab" when your browser isn't even open? Or why listen for anything at all when you're actually in the next room listening to music? Yes, Simon is watching you."
It is one of the best subconscious techniques humans use both for listening and reading, so it makes complete sense to implement it here. I do find the choice of words in the final sentence somewhat ominous though!