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I got a fever.
No, really. A mild one, but a fever nonetheless. And it couldn’t come at a worse time, with deadlines looming and only two days left to pack the rest of the house.
And then I turn on the Internets and read this:
Uh-oh.
I say that not because I regularly fake sickness to get out of work (I don’t – I’ve done it maybe once in the last 12 years), but because I know enough about voice recognition technology to know that it’s not that accurate. I’m sure there’s going to be some cases where the computer gives a false reading and workers are forced to come in sick and give whatever they have to the rest of the office, or get penalized for something they didn’t do.
Oh well, at least they’re not relying on computers to, say, monitor surveillance cameras to tell the cops when they think someone is acting suspicious.
Unless you live in Chicago, I mean.
Time for my medication now.
Mind yr throats, please,
This is dF
No, really. A mild one, but a fever nonetheless. And it couldn’t come at a worse time, with deadlines looming and only two days left to pack the rest of the house.
And then I turn on the Internets and read this:
Voice recognition software can tell if you're chucking a sickie
Employers are turning to voice recognition software to crack down on unnecessary sick leave.
Britain's Daily Mail reports that some companies are using a new generation of voice analysis systems to detect whether someone is lying when they call in sick.
It said that a trial in north-west London, saved the borough of Harrow approximately £420,000 in false benefit claims.
Employers are turning to voice recognition software to crack down on unnecessary sick leave.
Britain's Daily Mail reports that some companies are using a new generation of voice analysis systems to detect whether someone is lying when they call in sick.
It said that a trial in north-west London, saved the borough of Harrow approximately £420,000 in false benefit claims.
Uh-oh.
I say that not because I regularly fake sickness to get out of work (I don’t – I’ve done it maybe once in the last 12 years), but because I know enough about voice recognition technology to know that it’s not that accurate. I’m sure there’s going to be some cases where the computer gives a false reading and workers are forced to come in sick and give whatever they have to the rest of the office, or get penalized for something they didn’t do.
Oh well, at least they’re not relying on computers to, say, monitor surveillance cameras to tell the cops when they think someone is acting suspicious.
Unless you live in Chicago, I mean.
Time for my medication now.
Mind yr throats, please,
This is dF
