Google Goggles[1] is one I'd add to his list of three. Image recognition might not be very Star Trek-ish, but I think it has more potential than speech recogni

Google Goggles[1] is one I'd add to his list of three. Image recognition might not be very Star Trek-ish, but I think it has more potential than speech recognition. Google seem to feel the same way, because they plug it pretty heavily in the Nexus S promo[2]. Jean-Luc Picard, for example, appears to favour speech recognition as an input method only when there's little background noise. In the heat of battle, he barks orders at his crew, who interpret his commands and input them on touch screens. The same is true of speech recognition today -- it's handy at times (e.g. when driving), but its use cases are limited to rare moments of solitude, not in the busy offices, bustling homes, and daily commutes that fill much of our lives. [1]: http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/ http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/ [2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxUXulxE5o0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxUXulxE5o0