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Technology Stocks : Voice recognition... is utter nonsense in computing -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Savant who wrote (102)	9/12/1999 4:11:00 AM
From: stak	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 112

Savant, >>Interactive tv relies upon a separate back channel right now, unless you have a cable modem...which is in the early stages of roll out..the pace should accelerate this coming year. That would allow all of the activities you mentioned, as well as hooking up a camera so that grandma can see the grand kids. Home shopping will probably be the fastest implementation. << The separate back channel sounds a bit like Web TV. I've had the cable modem forawhile but I don't really get the feeling of interactivity yet. There seems to be something missing on the content side of things. The camera with grandma is a perfect example of future communications tho'. Or even present communications for alucky few. >>I tend to think of the tv and monitor as one and the same...one day they will be. << For sure HDTV is the way of the merging of the two. >>There are quite a few streaming video/audio conference call or recorded implementations about stock and news now..more will come. Businesses can use the video conference for intranet use, some do now. It saves a lot of flying around.<< Dang there goes those airmiles. ;-) >>The combo PDA, cell phone, video cam, radio is starting to merge also. Lots of usages there.<< Wow which product is merging those features? Available now? Probably it'll be the teens that get these gizmos first and really bring it to the mainstream in the next few years. We'll get our Star Trek Communicators yet Savant :-0 stak