Rumour: Advanced Voice Recognition For Wii?

Head inside to see the latest rumour that is doing the rounds.

A member of the IGN insider forums has resurfaced again, with 'information' about advanced voice recognition being featured with the Wii. The member, who previously reported that the Wii-mote would feature a speaker, has dropped some new pieces of information about how Nintendo plans to take voice recognition to the next step.

"�voice communication will be via wireless, head-mounted microphones�"

"Some peripherals for the DS will be compatible with Wii and vice-versa."

"Many Nintendo first party games (specifically games designed for a younger audience) will feature a new system currently being developed by Nintendo called 'voice to text communication'."

"The system works using an advanced voice recognition system which Nintendo has been developing for several years. When a user speaks the sound is converted into on screen text and sent to the other players. However, rather than just plain text being sent the system also picks up the tone, pitch and volume of the voice and translates that into colour, font size and character set. For example, if a player shouts 'I win' loudly into the microphone the on screen text may be all capitalized, and in a large red font; conversely if a player speaks quietly the font may be a pastel shade and smaller."

This system also allows online voice communication to be easily censored by the user."

However, this information has been talked about before. The relevant patent which sparked the first occurance of this news can be found here.

It is unlikely that information will be released by Nintendo concerning this before Leipzig. That is, if this information is correct. We will bring you more information about this rumour as soon as it comes in.


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