You don't know how tempted I am to make that happen.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Definitely! We could do something with speech synthesis software. I don't know if we have time to make it have whole conversations, but certain phrases in response to stimuli, that sort of thing...
No, we won't need to! I can write a sound synthesis program that'll basically mimic the anatomy of the mouth with mathematical models of the areas where we produce sound. It'll create the phrases itself.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Then I can mess with the sound quality, make a basic text-to-speech program, associate certain phrases with certain stimuli and we can make it say what we want, when we want.
That'd be amazing, Tali! [Thinking about it has him grinning from ear-to-ear.] Right, do you think you can implement it directly into the haroomba's programming? We should make sure it's got the right specs to differentiate between faces, too.
Yeah, we can do that! ... But if any of the rest of you ever wear visors, it'll think you're me. Fair warning. I could make it go by things like height as well, though, I suppose...
You don't have to, but the haroomba will call you Tali and try to sterilise everything. It depends if you like that sort of thing.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
It's an environmental suit. My race is immunodeficient - we all wear these so that we're breathing sterile air, don't get introduced to foreign pathogens, that kind of thing.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
It's got some extra perks - it has olfactory filters I can turn off, I can walk into biohazards, wear it in space...and I found out here it even works in water. Not that I found out by choice.
... I think by that logic, that might make you its father. Or at least its step-father.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Depends. Right now, I have to take the mask off - that's why the haroomba runs around sterilising everything. Back home, I eat liquid rations if I'm not on a quarian ship. Through a straw.
You're going to make the haroomba grow up without a father? That's heartbreaking.
[Tali knows sarcasm doesn't always work in text. She just doesn't care.]
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
I don't know, I think I found eating meat for the first time grosser than liquid rations... I suppose it's all about what you're used to.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Don't worry about sterilising yourself. The haroomba should do most of the work in the rover and my immune system can adapt a little... just don't cough in my face when I'm eating. That's all I ask.
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You don't know how tempted I am to make that happen.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Definitely! We could do something with speech synthesis software. I don't know if we have time to make it have whole conversations, but certain phrases in response to stimuli, that sort of thing...
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How would the speech work? Would we have to record phrases ourselves, or can the haroomba parse out the phrases by itself?
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No, we won't need to! I can write a sound synthesis program that'll basically mimic the anatomy of the mouth with mathematical models of the areas where we produce sound. It'll create the phrases itself.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Then I can mess with the sound quality, make a basic text-to-speech program, associate certain phrases with certain stimuli and we can make it say what we want, when we want.
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That'd be amazing, Tali! [Thinking about it has him grinning from ear-to-ear.] Right, do you think you can implement it directly into the haroomba's programming? We should make sure it's got the right specs to differentiate between faces, too.
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Yeah, we can do that!
... But if any of the rest of you ever wear visors, it'll think you're me. Fair warning. I could make it go by things like height as well, though, I suppose...
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Guess that means we'll have to take off our hats inside, huh?
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
I've been meaning to ask. What's the deal with your suit?
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You don't have to, but the haroomba will call you Tali and try to sterilise everything. It depends if you like that sort of thing.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
It's an environmental suit. My race is immunodeficient - we all wear these so that we're breathing sterile air, don't get introduced to foreign pathogens, that kind of thing.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
It's got some extra perks - it has olfactory filters I can turn off, I can walk into biohazards, wear it in space...and I found out here it even works in water. Not that I found out by choice.
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Nah, I'll pass. I don't feel like being its mother.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
I think I get it. So it's to keep you safe... how would you eat, though?
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... I think by that logic, that might make you its father.
Or at least its step-father.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Depends. Right now, I have to take the mask off - that's why the haroomba runs around sterilising everything. Back home, I eat liquid rations if I'm not on a quarian ship. Through a straw.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
That's about as fun as it sounds.
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If we're thinking of it that way, I'd like to be the uncle instead.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
That sounds gross.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
Hmm, does this mean we'd have to sterilize ourselves, too? For your safety, I mean.
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You're going to make the haroomba grow up without a father? That's heartbreaking.
[Tali knows sarcasm doesn't always work in text. She just doesn't care.]
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
I don't know, I think I found eating meat for the first time grosser than liquid rations... I suppose it's all about what you're used to.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
Don't worry about sterilising yourself. The haroomba should do most of the work in the rover and my immune system can adapt a little... just don't cough in my face when I'm eating. That's all I ask.
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I'm not ready for this level of responsibility. I want to enjoy my freedom with other bots.
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
Jokes aside, that's good to know! I'll be sure to turn the other way if I feel a sneeze coming on.
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You're going to have to settle down sometime, you know.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
That's all I ask!
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Ha ha, I've heard enough about marriage back home. Let me enjoy my years as a bachelor.
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What, really? [Is that a human thing.]
If it makes you feel any better, I can promise never to judge you for being single.
[Because wouldn't that be the height of hypocrisy.]