| There have been a few science fiction writers | | | | Voice software makes you carefully pronounce |
| who have talked about long-term space travel, | | | | each word otherwise it won't work. Therefore, if |
| and psychological problems of being all alone. For | | | | the astronaut was doing reports using his/her |
| instance, let's say that a single individual is put into | | | | voice, he or she [have to be politically correct |
| a space module and sent to a faraway distant | | | | here] would constantly be using the words, |
| solar system. They are isolated and alone and | | | | phrases, and language of their native tongue. |
| they have passed the point where any | | | | Likewise, what about voice activated control |
| communication with Earth is even possible. | | | | systems? Such things as, "turn on the lights," |
| As the many years go by, such an individual, | | | | "rotate solar module," or "start the coffee," in this |
| would eventually lose their language with no one | | | | case if they mispronounced anything, the system |
| to talk to. Now then, perhaps they can listen to | | | | would work. |
| songs, and sing along to hold their language and | | | | This will be necessary for long-term space flight |
| pronunciation or perhaps not. When someone is | | | | because if you continually talk to yourself, that |
| isolated for a very long time with no one to talk | | | | won't work, because you know what you're |
| to their mind slowly forgets the words, and they | | | | talking about, and since you're talking to yourself |
| slowly lose the correct pronunciations. Although | | | | you're not forced into proper pronunciation, and |
| there are probably other solutions to this problem, | | | | over time the words will stop mean anything to |
| we could use speech recognition software to | | | | anyone but you. Anyway, I hope you'll please |
| solve this challenge. | | | | consider this. |