Joe: regarding voice recognition's future. Count on it. I am by no means computer illiterate...as a user. I can whip out an excel spread sheet, broadcast an outlook e-mail, pound out a word document. But on a given day I am expected to ship dozens of those e-mails, manipulate hundreds of cells of those spreadsheets and create a dozen or more letters or memos.
In the good old days (eight years ago) I had a secretary who could take dictation. While I jabbered at her I could be sorting mail, eating lunch, holding a side meeting and doing tons of busy work. Now, in the good new days, I create my own documents and spreadsheets by typing and using a mouse. Sure, in most cases it is faster, saves the Company money, moves data around the system more quickly....but it is not a perfect way to use time. I want the best of the old and the new. I want to be able to create, edit and bang out my gruesome daily work while doing other tasks. (I am a multi-tasking kind of guy!). I know there are millions of people like me, streched too far in too many directions during the work week. Voice recognition for creation and then dissemination of even simple work would be a plus. I bet the software of the future will give me what I want. I'm not alone, believe me. |
