Dennis, I don't buy VOICE RECOGNITION for a second, not for many many years out. I think it's hype, for many, many years yet.
my reasons:
1) If a thing is hard to do, it's hard to follow written directions. It's even harder to follow verbal directions. Verbal directions ar sooo fuzzy. My proposal is to reduce the complexity of the appliance.
2) English is context sensitive. Microsoft Word drives me NUTS! It keeps trying to guess what I want to do, and it usually guesses WRONG. Why? Because I know what I want to do, it doesn't.
Say "OVER THARE" out loud. Do you mean
a) Put it OVER THARE
b) OVER THARE dead bodies!
c)It's OVER. THARE the winners.
d) I work for THARE industries.
there, their, they're, thare
3) More people can type computer jargon than can speak english. I know a lot of people who's spoken english is pretty rough, but program very well.
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That said, voice recognition will take mega horsepower, so INTEL will be behind it to create demand for more faster chips. Maybe the push from the entire supply chain will be sufficient to push the idea. I just think it will be frustrating because of the problems with ambiguity and limitless options.
Droogies is close to right with the Palm Pilot. The thing is simple, and it runs on a 68000 chip variant. Mac SEs are similar horsepower, if you are an old timer and remember the proto-imac.
I think it will be something new. An iMac that will let you:
1) Send or receive email. (when the bandwidth is there, Voice over IP or video phone would be options.)
2) Type and print a letter
3) Watch a movie or listen to music
4) Run games from the media drive
5) Back up user files to your on-line host storage location.
6) Access the expert mode for anything else.
Six buttons on the home screen. That's all you need, for the whole darned thing.
Want to get fancy? Buy something else!
JMO- but I think it would sell. |
