29 points | by Hooke 4 days ago
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After reading Hail Mary, I wondered how reasonable it was for someone to truly be able to understand a language based in tones / chords alone. Maybe 60 words per minute would be enough to communicate but it sure would be frustrating.
I think you could get faster with a language actually meant to be 'sung' instead of this rough translation of english characters into audio.
Is this a lighthearted jab at computer vision being reduced to tokens?
I take it this was before speak and spell
This was before integrated circuits and was all analog.
After reading Hail Mary, I wondered how reasonable it was for someone to truly be able to understand a language based in tones / chords alone. Maybe 60 words per minute would be enough to communicate but it sure would be frustrating.
I think you could get faster with a language actually meant to be 'sung' instead of this rough translation of english characters into audio.
Is this a lighthearted jab at computer vision being reduced to tokens?
I take it this was before speak and spell
This was before integrated circuits and was all analog.