One of the problems with a voice recognition computer is that you don't want it to respond to every piece of conversation you have. An in-car computer can't tell whether you're talking to it or talking to the person in the back seat. Hence the need for a command prefix. I don't know if the Mark 2 will need one or not, I'm just saying that's why everyone assumes we'll have to say "Empeg" before each command.

I always thought this was an inconsistency in Star Trek. When talking to the computer, they would prefix their commands with "Computer". But when they got onto the elevator, they would just say "Deck ten". How does the elevator know that they're not just having a conversation about the sexy young ensign they just met on deck ten?

Tony Fabris
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