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Jayy
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PostPosted: 20:46 - 18 Dec 2013    Post subject: Slightly disturbing humanoid telemarketers Reply with quote
This dude decides to record his calls to a medical company, freaky as fuck.

https://soundcloud.com/zekejmiller/new-recording-68

https://soundcloud.com/zekejmiller/new-recording-24
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PostPosted: 21:44 - 18 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
That is actually quite freaky.
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PostPosted: 21:53 - 18 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Really interesting. Even call centre staff are being rendered obsolete!

The tracks that play automatically afterwards are pretty cool too. Thumbs Up
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Jayy
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PostPosted: 22:43 - 18 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
10 more years and this will be standard, along with fully automated warehouses, car plants, cars, aeroplanes, trains etc.

I mean I know some of them are fully automated now but when the cost of all the tech comes right down, they will just completely replace humans.

The end is nigh, Sky Net is coming, the robot overlords will take over.
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PostPosted: 23:27 - 18 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Still easier to talk to than those fuckers over in India.

Seriously though, some creepy but slightly cool shit.
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PostPosted: 23:34 - 18 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
When some one calls me and starts with: ,,do you have time for some questions?''- I hang up. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 23:56 - 18 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
RhynoCZ wrote:
When some one calls me and starts with: ,,do you have time for some questions?''- I hang up. Thumbs Up


Before that you should say:
"Yes, I charge £60 per hour for my time, so to continue with the call can I take the long number from the front of your card please?"
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PostPosted: 00:53 - 19 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
There is a theory that these are not 'robots', but foreign telemarketers with an English accented sound board...


Read all about it here
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PostPosted: 01:12 - 19 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'd be more inclined to agree with Swampy than believe it's voice recognition.
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PostPosted: 01:15 - 19 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
RhynoCZ wrote:
When some one calls me and starts with: ,,do you have time for some questions?''- I hang up. Thumbs Up


you wait that long?

I've found any more than 2 seconds of silence and it's being transferred to a tele-marketing company.... but then I don't even get those calls any more Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: 08:17 - 19 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
andym wrote:
RhynoCZ wrote:
When some one calls me and starts with: ,,do you have time for some questions?''- I hang up. Thumbs Up


you wait that long?

I've found any more than 2 seconds of silence and it's being transferred to a tele-marketing company.... but then I don't even get those calls any more Twisted Evil


And if it was important, then they would have called back. Thumbs Up Laughing
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PostPosted: 09:44 - 19 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
It won't play for me Sad
Probably something to do with the big brotherly love from my work computer.
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PostPosted: 11:23 - 19 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogue_Shadow wrote:
I'd be more inclined to agree with Swampy than believe it's voice recognition.


I rang the apple call centre the other day to get an old invoice. They have some really good auto voice recognition (it could completely understand my spoken requests in my dodgy northern/london/european accent) but they're still a way off this call.

This one definitely has human intervention and I think the canned responses explanation is a good call.
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PostPosted: 17:10 - 19 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
I know what sort of voice recognition thingy your or about daemonoid.
The sort of one that asks why you are calling and matches your choice words it to the right option on the call platform.
I guess it's the evolution of technology no one pays attention to , it's still quiet impressive, even the blatant Indian chap with the soundboard Laughing


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PostPosted: 17:15 - 19 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
I hate voice recognition systems they don't understand geordies, only London English and of course American. It's like that sketch when the two Scotsmen are trying to use the elevator for me.
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PostPosted: 18:58 - 19 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
RhynoCZ wrote:
andym wrote:
you wait that long?

I've found any more than 2 seconds of silence and it's being transferred to a tele-marketing company.... but then I don't even get those calls any more Twisted Evil


And if it was important, then they would have called back. Thumbs Up Laughing


If it were important, their number would be in my caller ID list and I'd actually pick the phone up Smile
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PostPosted: 02:57 - 20 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Irn-Bru wrote:
I hate voice recognition systems they don't understand geordies.

They really are human like then. Wink
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PostPosted: 08:47 - 20 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's, how it's done properly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqnFnWSYzaQ Thumbs Up Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:11 - 20 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogue_Shadow wrote:
I know what sort of voice recognition thingy your or about daemonoid.
The sort of one that asks why you are calling and matches your choice words it to the right option on the call platform.
I guess it's the evolution of technology no one pays attention to , it's still quiet impressive, even the blatant Indian chap with the soundboard Laughing


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Yeah, I rang them about two years ago to buy a laptop as a student - only way to get the discount when you're at the OU and it was terrible. It ended up just dumping me with an advisor after failing 3 or 4 times. Irn-Bru, you should give it a try as a test... Ring up and pretend you're wanting to buy an iPad or something.
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PostPosted: 19:20 - 21 Dec 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
What's mad is that around 60% of all internet traffic is bot generated. Humans only account for 40% Shocked

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25346235
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