Moshi Interactive Voice Responsive (IVR) Clock Promises Hands Free Operation

Following on from the recently featured Cygnett GrooveNeo iPhone/iPod
Speaker & Radio Alarm Clock, which has proven particularly popular with
you it must be said, we felt compelled to post concerning this Moshi
Interactive Voice Responsive Clock - or Moshi IVR Alarm Clockย as its
officially titled - which may not offer iPod or iPhone connectivity but,
in promising completely hands free operation courtesy of voice activated
control, certainly floats our boat (we have a fixation with modern,
predominantly black and especially geeky timepieces as regular readers
will know).Using what Moshi term as a 'unique hybrid model of Neural Net
and HMM Phonetic Speaker Independent (SI) Recognition software' (I hope
you feel suitably impressed), the Moshi IVR Alarm Clock will respond to
12 separate voice activated comments and, interestingly, the Moshi IVR
Alarm Clock will not, in case you are wondering, accidentally go setting
a ridiculously early alarm calls having mistakenly picked up your
regular conversation as, to initiate the voice command system, the
device has to hear 'Hello Moshi' - which is all well and good unless you
happen to have a dog called Moshi in which case you could find yourself
experiencing the somewhat surreal scenario of a digital alarm clock
fetching a bone. (No, hold on, that's just silly).

Agreed, voice activated clocks are nothing new but there's no doubt that
the Moshi IVR Alarm Clock is a particularly fine example and, once you
factor in its considerable visual appeal, its one that's hard to ignore
should you be in the market for a new, deliciously geeky timepiece that,
unlike your wife/partner, will actually listen to you for a change.

Moshi