I don't see voice as something very practical in the wide range (remember the
CLAPPER?) PC's need to serve a purpose PERCEIVED as useful to the consumer,
whether it is to enhance convenience, return a savings, or to be
entertaining, or a combination (i.e. convenient entertainment). What about a
DVD catalog connected (wireless) to a DVD Moviehouse(as in Jukebox for CD
audio). There are many videophiles out there that must go crazy trying to
find the movie they want to watch. Just an idea............
On Tuesday 12 June 2001 11:02 pm, you wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 10:31:25PM -0400, edoc wrote:
> > Why don't the Linux folks team up with IBM-ViaVoice and and come out
> > with an excellent voice-optimized GUI? Why compete with M$ head-to-head?
> > Do an end-around and grab a specialty piece of the market that will
> > explode in a mere couple of years ... be ahead of the wave with superior
> > design, technology, and stability.
> >
> > Then add a diskless server and a bunch of 14" audio-video appliances that
> > can be cheaply set around the house using wireless links so folks may do
> > online audio/audio-video calls, check their E-mail, stock prices, news,
> > sports, whatever ... all hands free.
> >
> > Can you say "Hal ... any new E-mails, please?" as you eat breakfast and
> > get ready from room to room in the house ... video-out discretely toggled
> > off as appropriate! ;-)
> >
> > Doc
> >
> > > You've got a good point there. When it comes to GUI's nobody seems to
> > > be thinking outside the box. It's time for something REALLY different.
> > >
> > > Ed.
>
> This "voice-activated" computer stuff may happen, but it won't be the
> main way people interact with their computers. Imagine if everyone on
> the bridge of the Enterprise was talking to their respective stations in
> the same way Kirk/Janeway/Picard did. Imagine being in a room full of
> Steelcase cubicles with everyone talking to their computers at once, and
> the guy across from you just can't seem to talk less than 50dB louder
> than everyone else. Or his voice rises to 90dB as he gets exasperated,
> because his computer is making him say something again for the third
> time.
>
> There may be some applications where this works, but I think far fewer
> than people imagine.
>
> Paul
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