On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Michael Micheletti
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Jeff Garbers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> Why aren't we talking to our computers yet? Should we be?

Apple includes basic speech recognition on Macs:
http://www.apple.com/accessibility/physical/

Now that I'm a parent, talking with other parents, I found a common
use case for speech recognition: many hours of feeding and soothing a
baby requiring both hands. The baby is happy and occupied, but
caregivers would like to do something too. I've talked to parents who
started reading coil-bound books just because they lay flat without
constant handing. So a hands-free software UI for caregivers could be
a big hit, especially if it was optimized for reading email, web
browsing, and writing rather than general purpose control.
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