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I have been using speech for dictation and automation in Windows,
for almost 10 years. This ignorant thing has no experience with
speech.

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Sam Hill <sam example.com> wrote:

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> John Doe wrote:
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>> Sam Hill wrote:
>>> I'm sure y'all have noticed that in *all* the "tablet" TV commercials
>>> they *never* show anyone doing actual productive work. They never show
>>> anyone composing a corporate word document, using a spreadsheet,
>>> programming, web site creation, writing a comprehensive email, posting
>>> to Usenet, nor many other chores where a keyboard is a necessity. All
>>> they ever show is people fooling around with pictures. Or kids drawing.
>> 
>> Your appreciation for a keyboard would be greatly diminished if you were
>> using speech. Someday, a keyboard will look archaic, believe it or not.
> 
> Someday. Perhaps nearer to Stardate 1315.5. I've seen speech applications 
> at work, and there is no way a serious office clerk or a programmer would 
> ever use such a device to churn out real work.
> 
> Remember a couple years ago, a Microsoft tech show where the moderator was 
> demonstrating speech creating a document? He had to keep saying "Erase!" 
> and starting over - and that was for simple text, nothing with fancy 
> formatting such as in a business document.  ;-)
> 
>> Speech isn't just for typing. Speech opens up a whole new world of
>> automation in Windows. There is no comparison between speech activated
>> and keyboard activated macros/scripts.
> 
> You're right. There is no comparison. Speech is nowhere near ready for 
> replacing keyboards in this decade or even the next.
> 
>>> The toy tablet might be fun to use for the hobbiest home user, but
>>> certainly not in the real business world.
>> 
>> That's the way all new computer technology starts out. Originally,
>> massive mainframes weren't nearly functional as ordinary personal
>> computers are nowadays. It's a simple matter of miniaturization, over
>> and over again.
> 
> Miniaturization of the computer itself is welcome; I don't dispute that at 
> all, and not the current subject. If my tower case here was the size of an 
> iPhone, I'd be sort of happy, I suppose. As long as it comes with a decent-
> sized monitor for multi-app/window display (i.e. widescreen) and a 
> suitable keyboard for speedy touch-typing.
> 
>> Applications are all that matters. In other words... If an ultraportable
>> personal computer will do everything that Sally wants it to do, Sally
>> isn't going to have a standard size PC taking up desk space.
> 
> As I said, the size and shape of the *box* can be as small as one could 
> make it. Just don't take away my ability to type.
> 
> If tablets were suitable for office work, the commercials would show it.
> 
> And the amount of money that Apple has made is unrelated to this topic.
> 
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