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I think sufficiently advanced voice-recognition could replace keyboards. <oop>Imagine a world with truly ubiquitous computing, augmented reality and a predomin
by donaq 18y ago
I think sufficiently advanced voice-recognition could replace keyboards.
<oop>Imagine a world with truly ubiquitous computing, augmented reality and a predominantly voice- and gesture-driven interface. Everyone would appear to be wizards, especially hackers, because surely, new programming languages would appear where combinations of arcane keywords and gestures take special meaning. Sorry, imagination just ran wild here.</oop>
- philwelch 18y agoWhen I'm typing, I can revise my thoughts more easily. For instance, I just deleted that whole sentence, wrote "When I'm typing, I can go back", deleted the last two words, wrote "revise my thoughts more easily. For instance...". This would be awkward via voice. Some people type thousands of words per day, or the vague equivalent. I hope your ubiquitous-computing future has room for drinking lots of water, because my mouth would get dry from all that yapping. There's also the nice feature that I can sit down and have a nice quiet writing session, or a nice writing session with music in the background. My sound space is either empty or filled with something else while I'm writing. And if I'm in a lab or an office or some other environment around other computer users, I don't want to listen to their jabbering.
- donaq 18y agoThose are really good points, especially the one about thirst. Guess I didn't really think this through.