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I've caught myself saying 'thank you' in a really sarcastic way after my xbox finally fucking understands what i'm saying.

"Xbox volume down." "cancel. select. xbox select. xbox. xbox. select. cancel. volume down. no. fuck you you piece of shit x box volume down. THANK YOU."

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Oh man, you reminded me of one of my favorite Youtube classics, the Windows Vista speach recognition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyLqUf4cdwc

What an awesome video...

That made me cry I laughed so hard, I was sitting here curled in a ball, and had to show my co-workers when they came in wondering what I was guffawing at. Thanks for making this a GREAT morning!

Thank you for making my day. Worth every second of the 10 minute video. Amazing.

Think about how much easier the whole thing would be if there was one button (one!) that switched between "entry" and "command" modes when you're holding it.

Alternatively, it could be some kind of sound that's not common to English. In fact, your could make up a whole command structure based on sound "gestures". It would sound funny, but the ease of use would trump those awkward verbal commands. The sounds could mimic natural sounds for mnemonic ease.

> It would sound funny

It could be made to sound _hilarious_! :-)

I think you're proposing voice-based Vim with ESC replaced by making a funny noise. I approve.

Its even better when you turn on youtube Close Captions

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