On 2002-07-11 08:30, "Jon Glass" <jonglass_at_mac.com> wrote:
> Voice recognition, were it as flawless as you describe would be good for at
> least data entry. I wonder how it would work for navigating the OS? In that
> case, I can suspect it would get more awkward than either the mouse or the
> keyboard. I can see it: "Computer, grab that little icon on the top left of
> the screen. No, not that one, the one under it. Thanks. Now, move that to
> the folder named 'my letters' inside the folder 'documents' inside 'my hard
> drive'." or "Computer, choose 'Edit' menu. Choose 'Paste special'. Choose
> 'text only'." Muh faster with either the keyboard or the mouse.
The mouse was quite useless as an input device in the CLI days... What you
just described doesn't mean that voice recognition is useless as a means of
controlling an interface, it merely means that today's interfaces aren't
geared towards voice input.
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