Monday, March 7, 2011

Nearer, the End draws... kind of

As technology seeks to replace workers, here's an example...

http://www.autoscript.tv/voice-plus

Autoscript's Voice Plus says it obviates the prompter operator.  I am wondering how deep the features set goes for skipping pages, resetting.

In a mildly slower envronment, like a single-camera one-man band corporate setup I can totally see it working. 

In a network newsroom environment, though, especially during a breaking news event, people are basically yelling information during tosses to VT or correspondents; I don't see it working there.  But it may have good applications in simpler environments.