Automated "Profanity Elimination" Device being marketed to radio stations

[mascan42]

From FMQB:


Now There's An Automated "Profanity Elimination" Device
http://fmqb.com/images/trans.gifApril 6, 2004
Looking to head off costly indecency fines without having to hire an in-studio censor to man the dump button? A digital equipment manufacturer has a new gizmo that'll do it for you -- automatically. ENCO Systems will market its new Guardien automated profanity elimination and spoken word logging system on April 19 at the NAB convention in Las Vegas.

Here's how it works: Broadcasters keep two lists of words or phrases within the system -- one list for words to eliminate, and one for words to log. Guardien continually monitors the air feed using variable length delay settings. When a word or phrase from either list is detected, Guardien can bleep/mute and/or log the event. It even stores a small piece of the actual audio for future reference.

ENCO President Gene Novacek says Guardien adds "high-end speaker independent, speech recognition software to the traditional profanity delay." The technology the company used to develop its "enCaption" automated closed captioning system for television turned out to be "perfect for use in an intelligent, automated broadcast delay."

Adds ENCO VP/Sales & Marketing Don Backus: "Today's broadcast delay units all share one common thing - they require a person to press the dump button. With Guardien, you're not at the mercy of the judgment of a single individual."

[NiceHeadDeek]

I wouldn't trust that more than as far as I can throw it.

Speech recognition software is not perfect. When faced with the likes of Otto and George, you need to stick with something guaranteed to work:

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[Ballbuster1]

That is just a terrible idea. :hamm:

[fcuknu]

It will sell though. There will still be people on the big red button though

[MrSquidlow]

Did you ever read some of the captioning?

[Skeet Slambone]

How would this device work on an Ultimate V live read???

[SOS]

I feel safer and more secure already.

[peewee]

another machine taking someones job...

[Spank Daddy]

Yeah, but is it simple enough so that a person like Al Dukes can operate it ??

[fcuknu]

another machine taking someones job... Thats the Republican way :). Its not like somebody is hired to sit on the button. They do other things around the station bubba

[peewee]

Thats the Republican way :). Its not like somebody is hired to sit on the button. They do other things around the station bubbaand you thought i was a democrat. the truth is i am a moderate who leans toward the right. anyway i understand its not the guys only job around the station. but, someone was doing it everyday as part of their job. and if you give the person less to do, then you need less people. the less people you need the less jobs/hours you will be willing to give out. so yeah someone could lose their job because of this.

[APortablePhone]

My only question is, could this machine pick up the word "cunk?"