rudedog, <<<there is a lot of opportunity in the Tablet market, and point-specific vertical applications ..... An example might be a flexible display for operating room use - the tablet can be made sterile for OR use more easily than other devices. It could provide specialized display, say diagnostic images for a surgeon or other specialist during a procedure, but only if it is tied into a lot of other systems.>>>
Would it not be just as easy to perfect voice to text, voice recognition, voice delivery, and voice enabling technologies (via voice XML)as it would be to perfect handwriting recognition technologies.
I don't see where one is any easier than the other (in perfecting)and I see both at the same level in terms of applications development. (Development of voice access and input into corporate and Internet databases are moving along very quickly).
If both are equal in terms of difficulty, wouldn't voice have a lot more practicality, be far more compelling, and obviate hand writing recognition applications. Of course sketching and freeform drawings have their own unique niches, but those are small markets.
So, what is the big deal with the tablets?
Mary |
