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Don't get me wrong - I like hi-res images, and bluetooth (when it works), and I'm still amazed that my phone has more grunt that a Cray. But the stuff we do da

Don't get me wrong - I like hi-res images, and bluetooth (when it works), and I'm still amazed that my phone has more grunt that a Cray. But the stuff we do day-to-day (excepting graphics) is appallingly inefficient. And most of the look-at-this stuff (speech recognition, and you mention VR and eye-tracking) is not actually used for anything day-to-day; we don't routinely talk to our computers ("Hello Computer" https://youtu.be/v9kTVZiJ3Uc?t=10 https://youtu.be/v9kTVZiJ3Uc?t=10 ).

signal11 6y ago
> we don't routinely talk to our computers That's perhaps because doing so in an office or cafe environment isn't great. Kids are using text-to-speech more while doing their homework. Word has been beefing up its transcription feature for a while now[1]. I got to see this happen during lockdown, where teachers I know recommended transcription for younger kids who don't have touch typing skills and were still expected to turn in work on a computer. Talking to your computer is much more natural while doing your homework in your room. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/25/21400623/microsoft-transcribe-in-word-transcription-audio-microsoft-365 https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/25/21400623/microsoft-transc...
- InitialLastName 6y ago
  When I was a young person with executive function issues (late 90s/early 2000s) voice to text was a lifesaver for my ability to write coherently. I found it much more natural (even then) to "write" by speaking my mind to a computer than to struggle to focus while typing slowly. It wasn't until I was older and using IM heavily as a social outlet (which was much more in the "bursty" configuration that works well for my brain) that my typing ability caught up with my pace of dictation.
ezconnect 6y ago
Saddest part of speech recognition is with all the gigahertz and storage we have, we send it out to the internet to be processed by something else then get the result.

signal11 6y ago

> we don't routinely talk to our computers That's perhaps because doing so in an office or cafe environment isn't great. Kids are using text-to-speech more while doing their homework. Word has been beefing up its transcription feature for a while now[1]. I got to see this happen during lockdown, where teachers I know recommended transcription for younger kids who don't have touch typing skills and were still expected to turn in work on a computer. Talking to your computer is much more natural while doing your homework in your room. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/25/21400623/microsoft-transcribe-in-word-transcription-audio-microsoft-365 https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/25/21400623/microsoft-transc...

InitialLastName 6y ago
When I was a young person with executive function issues (late 90s/early 2000s) voice to text was a lifesaver for my ability to write coherently. I found it much more natural (even then) to "write" by speaking my mind to a computer than to struggle to focus while typing slowly. It wasn't until I was older and using IM heavily as a social outlet (which was much more in the "bursty" configuration that works well for my brain) that my typing ability caught up with my pace of dictation.

ezconnect 6y ago

Saddest part of speech recognition is with all the gigahertz and storage we have, we send it out to the internet to be processed by something else then get the result.