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To: daryll40 who wrote (50520)	8/14/2001 11:00:37 PM
From: Katherine Derbyshire	Read Replies (1) of 70976

People who can't read and write generally don't have enough disposable income to spend on technology gadgets. In some cases it might make sense for their employers to invest in the technology on their behalf, but in others workarounds already exist. McDonald's pictogram cash registers, for instance. Voice recognition is a non-starter for office applications because of the noise. For casual computer users, training the system is too much of a pain for too little benefit. Where VR might make more sense is in portable and especially hands-free applications. Automotive systems, obviously, but also all kinds of industrial applications where either you don't necessarily have a hand free to type or your hands are covered in hazardous goop. I think the fundamental problem is that the technology for VR isn't quite good enough yet. You either need to painfully limit the vocabulary or spend a long time training the system. Having one major player buy another one and then commit securities fraud probably hasn't helped, either. (Do a search on Lernout & Hauspie (sp?) if you're curious about that debacle.) Katherine

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