World's fastest texter bested by computer

Iria · Oct 25, 2006, 04:34 AM

Source: MSNBC
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ORLANDO, Florida - Ben Cook's fingers flurried so fast you could not see what he was doing until he had done it.

But when the cell phone screens cleared, the 18-year-old world's fastest text messenger was handed his first head-to-head defeat Tuesday: a voice recognition computer had bested his record time on a complicated 27-word message by 66 percent.

nForcer · Oct 26, 2006, 05:27 AM

A computer beats a human...and this is suprising...how?

Oct 25, 2006, 04:34 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	World's fastest texter bested by computer Source: MSNBC _______ ORLANDO, Florida - Ben Cook's fingers flurried so fast you could not see what he was doing until he had done it. But when the cell phone screens cleared, the 18-year-old world's fastest text messenger was handed his first head-to-head defeat Tuesday: a voice recognition computer had bested his record time on a complicated 27-word message by 66 percent.

Oct 26, 2006, 05:27 AM	#2
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	A computer beats a human...and this is suprising...how?