Aug
23
2005Steal My Idea™ #3 - iPod Voice Control
23
2005
I’m sure I’m not the first to think of this, but a voice controlled iPod (or iPod add-on) would be quite nice - and could, in fact, save lives. This morning I was listening to my iPod in the car. I had it on “shuffle” mode, sitting in a holder mounted on my windshield.
Anyway, the iPod shuffles into a song - I don’t remember which. Let’s say it was something by the Flaming Lips. At that point, I decided “Hmm, I’d sure like to listen to a Flaming Lips album right now”.
Now, finding and playing an album on an iPod is quite easy when you’re sitting on a subway car or something, but when you’re traveling 80 MPH down Rte. 95, it’s another matter altogether. At that point, I decided: It sure would be cool if I could just say:
“iPod. Album. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. Play.”
And, voila, have the album play. Instead, I wrapped my car around a telephone pole and took out two boy scouts and three nuns in the process. Just kidding. But it could have happened. And the iVoicePodThing could have prevented it.
Someone make this. Please.
“Head! Pants! Now!”
Kieran 8/24/05 @ 12:05 pmIt’s funny, I came up with the same idea last week. Looking up on the Internet, I just read that THIS HAS BEEN DONE
Check out Gracenote and their launching of MediaVOCS last January 5th.
http://www.gracenote.com/corporate/press/article.html/date=2006010503
Hopefully we’ll come up with a brand new innovative idea before the others
Izzy from Paris
Izzy 2/27/06 @ 12:35 pm