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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="95%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="3" color="#FFFFFF" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>T O P I C ��� R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Alpha Centauri</b> <br /><small>Member # 338</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,0,11,13,9,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">January 11, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:09 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> A thought struck my mind:<P>The TNG:TM tells us that the Universal Translator super-imposes translated speech over the normal speech (in his/her/its mother-language) of the subject. This would cause the 'bad-lip-sync effect', as I call it. But we don't see evidence of anything such on-screen. (OK, it would be very confusing for the TV watcher, but let's forget this)<P>My theory is that any Universal Translator also has a holographic projector, maybe working in conjunction with advanced facial scanning techniques, which provides real-time holographic manipulation: a hologram projected over the subject's face, with its lips moving according to English speech (or Federation Standard <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif"> ).<P>What do you think?<P>------------------<BR>Signature.<BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Doctor Jonas</b> <br /><small>Member # 481</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,0,11,13,43,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">January 11, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:43 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Hmmm... nice theory. But shipwide holographic projectors are only a very recent incorporation. And think about the personal translator included in the commbadge! It would require 29th century technology <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/wink.gif"> (that is, the Voyager's EMH mobile emmitter devices)<P>I say, they do look funny and that's it. I watch Star Trek in Spanish, and they're already lipsync-ed. So for me, it's not big deal <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif"><P>------------------<BR><I>Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?<BR>Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality</I><BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Harry</b> <br /><small>Member # 265</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,0,13,7,13,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">January 13, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:13 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Didn't you know that Chronowerx is the manufacturer of *all* TVs? And that they've built in UTs and sophisticated lip-sync technologies?<P>------------------<BR>"Content, graphics, and design are © 1999-2000 by The Solareclipse Network"<BR>-And no-one even noticed the typo...<BR>---<BR><A HREF="http://fleetyard.virtualave.net" TARGET=_blank>Titan Fleet Yards - Harry Doddema's Star Trek Site</A><P> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Alpha Centauri</b> <br /><small>Member # 338</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,0,13,9,2,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">January 13, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">09:02 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> But don't you think it's very tiresome to talk to an alien, while his lip movements and the UT-imposed speech do not match? Dubbing on TV is really something else than in "real life" - you might get used to it, but it drives your brains crazy!<P>Another thought occurred to me: holography is not necessary when you're talking to an alien via a viewscreen. Sophisticated software might be installed for real-time video manipulation to get rid of the "out-of-sync" chatter.<P>Anyway, I think 24th century engineers should have invented something to compensate.<BR><P>------------------<BR>Signature.<BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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