Yes, a totally voice operated device will certainly come to market some day. Whether it will be the iPhone remains to be seen. Processors (even the low power ones used in embedded devices like phones) are becoming faster all the time, and low power memory is becoming cheaper every day. A totally voice operated phone is sure a logical thing, and I'm sure Apple would love to be the first. Note, I'm not talking about what sprint has implemented; I believe this is on the server. The phone merely relays the signal back to the server which actually does the work of speech-to-text and text-to-speech. At least, this sis the way it used to work; maybe there is more going on in the phone now. My point is that the iPhone will be more powerful than a standard cell phone, so its not inconceivable that the entire thing could be commanded by voice.
Isn't speculation fun! Its certainly more fun than being angry... -- Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:42 PM Subject: Re: New iPhone > same thing. > > On the IPhone though apple osx has builtin voice commands that can be > expanded. this might work. Also, let's not forget that even without > VO, osx can be made to talk. > > On Jan 10, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote: > > Hi Cheryl, > > I'm not sure what exactly the Voice Command from Sprint is, but > Cingular has an excellent service they call, "Voice Dial," which > includes "Voice Info." This service gives you an audio address book > which you can edit both online and on your phone using voice > commands, as well as access to news, weather, sports, movie show > times, horoscopes, wake up calls, and several other things. > > Cheryl Homiak wrote: >> I also agree with Josh about GSM. The only reasons i haven't >> changed from sprint are: (1) being able to use voice command; and >> (2) just simply that I'm all set up with them and it works--I use >> my cell phone instead of a landline phone. but I think hard about >> it at the end of every two-year contract and as Sprint doesn't seem >> to be moving toward GSM, it's probably only a matter of time before >> I switch. >> >> > > > > > >
