Interesting: Someone at Spinvox's 'apparent' (by the looks of it – my comment was there, then it wasn't) decision to delete a recent comment I left on their blog, posing some questions which they have as yet failed to answer.

For a moment I was thinking “God I'd hate to be in the firing line for dealing with the backlash this one…”. Then I realised. Dealing with the questions that have arisen has just been a matter of avoid, avoid, avoid, patch up – but still really avoid…avoid, avoid, avoid. Loads of people can write nice sounding, “web 2.0″, confidence-instilling words over user-friendly mediums. It's what is behind them that counts, and so far we ain't seen much. Their blank refusal to allow to film is just another step in that direction.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/aug/04…

Interesting: Someone at Spinvox's 'apparent' (by the looks of it – my comment was there, then it wasn't) decision to delete a recent comment I left on their blog, posing some questions which they have as yet failed to answer.

For a moment I was thinking “God I'd hate to be in the firing line for dealing with the backlash this one…”. Then I realised. Dealing with the questions that have arisen has just been a matter of avoid, avoid, avoid, patch up – but still really avoid…avoid, avoid, avoid. Loads of people can write nice sounding, “web 2.0″, confidence-instilling words over user-friendly mediums. It's what is behind them that counts, and so far we ain't seen much. Their blank refusal to allow to film is just another step in that direction.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/aug/04…

If, after seeing what they have to show, you feel they are not being fully transparent then report it.
I wolud like to hear your opinion on this issue after you've seen their demo.

I think after all of this interesting coverage it's a bit of an anti climax not to go and at least try to find out the truth, at least as they see it.

Go on Ewan, note book and pen !

I've been really, really clear that I would actually do the video editing AT the SpinVox HQ. That I wouldn't film anything that was 'classified'. But I would want to film, for example, me speaking to camera, sitting behind a monitor.

That monitor would display the SpinVox system — this super sexy stuff we've all been hearing about — that I can *visually* see, but viewers of the video cannot. They can only see my face. They can see the top of the monitor. They can't see the content of the screen. I'd position the camera behind the monitor. This way, they can see me make a call, leave a voicemail then see my eyes come alight as, magically, the SpinVox system translates *most* of it. I'm then able to talk to camera, describing roughly what I'm seeing, — again, without giving *anything* away in terms of commercial sensitivity. And on top of it all, I'd then edit the video there and then allowing the SpinVox security goons to take out anything that might possibly give competitors an advantage.

The key point is being able to present the MIR audience with something that they can visualise and use to make their own judgments.

The fact I can't do this is most definitely stopping me from attending.

I think that's the minimum I need to give the audience.

Otherwise we'll all simply read the excellent reports from the other media chaps and ladies attending.