On 10/17/07, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think voice input and output are optimal. > > This is because our brains are primarily vision processors. It's > actually been proven that our visual cortex can remember things that > are flashed on a screen for 20 milliseconds, which is far less time > than we can process consciously. > > Translation: a visual I/O method will always be faster than a voice-based one.
This reminds me of one project I came across sometime ago: Plan B, Omero, and Octopus. The videos[0] I've seen of it shows the use of multiple pervasive user interfaces and `smart spaces' [1] that translate physical interactions in the office workspace into tasks in a distributed computing environment. Granted, its not Linux, nor does it have OS X's bling, but its a step near futuristic UIs in the movies... Cheers, Zakame Footnotes: [0] http://lsub.org/ls/demos.html [1] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8246743340836300445 -- Zak B. Elep || http://zakame.spunge.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
