Posted by
Hemos
on from the getting-closer-and-closer dept.
Boone^ writes "ZDNet is reporting that they've licensed technology from SpeechWorks that will allows users to update/retrieve information on their Palm PDAs via telephone when they don't have them with them. Eventually the entire Palm would be voice activated. "
People have a difficult enough time communicating via speech to each other. Does anyone truly believe that talking to a PC or a PDA is the panacea that the hype tells us it is going to be? I worked extensively with IBM's VoiceType Dictation system for years and while I enjoyed dictating some things the useability for system, application, or web navigation was zero. People who think that a PDA needs speech do not understand PDAs.
Now people like that twit on my flight yesterday can jabber into their PDA while tapping keys on the laptop and listening to CD's at the same time. I was rather liking the fact that once the jet started moving the cell phone crowd had to shut the hell up.
Technology is such a wonderful thing, when the brain is actually engaged.
OK, so you forgot your Palm with all of your appointments, todos and phone numbers. You simply call the phone number for the AnyDay Web-based calendar telephone interface and verbally ask for your information. Doh! What's that number again?. I know, it's in my Palm, I'll just look it up. Double-doh! I forgot my Palm! No problem, I just call the AnyDay Web-based calendar telephone interface and get the number...
Slashdot Mirror
People have a difficult enough time communicating
via speech to each other. Does anyone truly believe
that talking to a PC or a PDA is the panacea that
the hype tells us it is going to be? I worked
extensively with IBM's VoiceType Dictation system
for years and while I enjoyed dictating some things
the useability for system, application, or web
navigation was zero. People who think that a PDA
needs speech do not understand PDAs.
Dave Bennett
Who wants to bet we're going to get a ton of jokes along the lines of, "My mom once caught me speaking to my Palm.. I was so embarassed."?
--
--
Mod up a post Rob doesn't like and you'll never mod again
Got Rhinos?
Got Rhinos?
Now people like that twit on my flight yesterday can jabber into their PDA while tapping keys on the laptop and listening to CD's at the same time. I was rather liking the fact that once the jet started moving the cell phone crowd had to shut the hell up.
Technology is such a wonderful thing, when the brain is actually engaged.
"Oh, I'm not the only one in the world?!?!?"
Vote Naked 2000
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
OK, so you forgot your Palm with all of your appointments, todos and phone numbers. You simply call the phone number for the AnyDay Web-based calendar telephone interface and verbally ask for your information. Doh! What's that number again?. I know, it's in my Palm, I'll just look it up. Double-doh! I forgot my Palm! No problem, I just call the AnyDay Web-based calendar telephone interface and get the number...