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  • Wednesday
    1st February

    • When Robot's Attack!

      Show
      Breakfast with Barr
      Presenter
      Peter Barr

      Three local clever fella’s have travelled far to compete in an international robotics competition and have returned kind of victorious.

      They didn’t win gold, or silver, or bronze, but the one that comes after that – huzzah!

      They pitted their… more »

  • Tuesday
    31st January

    • Talk the Talk - Siri and Speech Recognition (Part 2)

      Show
      Morning Magazine
      Presenter
      Joe Cassidy

      Apple’s Siri software has put automatic speech recognition back in the news. We finish our two-part discussion with stupid Siri tricks, and some ways that Siri has become embroiled in controversy. And why is Siri female? UWA linguist Daniel Midgley will try to assist on this episode of Talk the Talk. more »

  • Tuesday
    24th January

    • Talk the Talk - Siri and Speech Recognition (Part 1)

      Show
      Morning Magazine
      Presenter
      Joe Cassidy

      Speech recognition has come a long way. With the emergence of Siri on the iPhone, good speech recognition is within the reach of many of us. How does it work? Why is automatic speech recognition so difficult? And what tricks does Siri have up her sleeve? UWA linguist Daniel Midgley has the answers on this episode of Talk the Talk. more »

  • Thursday
    19th January

    • Scam Watch!

      Show
      Morning Magazine
      Presenter
      Caitlin Nienaber

      Have you ever been scammed?

      RTR FM Breakfast Present Peter Barr got a call this week from a mysterious overseas phone number.

      The man on the other end informed him that there was a problem with his computer and told him to log on and follow his instructions….. more »

  • Wednesday
    18th January

    • SOPA Internet Strike

      Show
      Morning Magazine
      Presenter
      Ben Ainslie

      If you try to use the internet today – and I suspect you might – you may find yourself looking at nothing more than a black screen.

      Wikipedia, social news site Reddit and others are going on strike to protest a bill going through Congress in the USA… more »

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