TBtborenst·Jul 6, 2016
Might find this interesting, too.
https://github.com/joshnewlan/say_what
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Using speech-to-text to fully check out during con calls
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| May 16 | 2016-05-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| May 23 | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-05-30 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| May 30 | 2016-05-30 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 6 | 2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 13 | 2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 20 | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-06-27 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 27 | 2016-06-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-07-04 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 4 | 2016-07-04 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-07-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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7 sourcesSay_what: Using speech-to-text to fully check out during conference calls
235 points · Open discussionAutomating your presence in conference calls
1 points · Open discussionJoshnewlan/say_what: Using speech-to-text to fully check out during con calls
8 points · Open discussionScript that emails you transcript when your mentioned in a meeting
2 points · Open discussionWow, how awesome is that?! TL;DR: Python script using Watson to listen for his name in meetings, do a little diversion and let him catch up.
Script here: https://github.com/joshnewlan/say_what
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