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Matic gets an FCC exemption for its robot vacuum and charging dock

Matic’s robot vacuum has a clearer path through the FCC’s new restrictions. In an October 2 public notice, the agency announced a conditional exemption for Matic’s Robotic Floor Cleaner Model 4MA0001 and Charging Dock Model 4DK0008. That’s welcome news for…

Matic gets an FCC exemption for its robot vacuum and charging dock

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Counting filler words when speech-to-text deletes them

We wanted a one-minute speaking test that gives a learner three numbers: words a minute, filler words and long pauses. The browser's speech recognizer would do the hard part. We'd count.

  • Speech-to-text models remove filler words, making speakers appear more fluent
  • "Like" is context-dependent; not always considered a filler word
  • Pauses can be detected by timing between "onresult" events

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