Secretary? Do they really even have such creatures or even call them secretaries? :) Seems the secretary role has changed significantly over the years. However, to keep this somewhat on topic, the written word is likely not to go anywhere any time soon. :) I have heard of various systems people have been developing, including a hat you could ware that would basically interpret brain waves and Apple has even filed a patent on a technology to capture/decode facial movements. Interesting times are ahead for sure.
On Dec 4, 2009, at 5:45 PM, John G. Heim wrote: > Yeah, as long as we continue to deal with the written word, I don't know how > normal keyboards can go away. Human beings are designed to do things with > their fingers. > > I'm not poo-pooing technology. I think it won't be long until we all have > telepathy. They already have sound systems that can be set up so that only > you can hear them. They actually cause the bones of your skull to vibrate > and since everybody's skull is different, only you can hear it. They also > have devices that allow you to think a word and the computer recognizes it. > So if you think "call mom" it knows. When those technologies mature to the > point where they can go on an iphone, you'll essentially have telepathy. > > But businesses still deal primarily with the written word. There used to be > very efficient voice recognition systems in every work place -- they were > called secretaries. Remember how in the old movies bosses called their > secretary in to dictate a letter? Nobody does that any more, they fire off > an email. To some degree that is because of cost. But mainly it's because > it's more efficient to compose an email yourself than to have your secretary > compose it for you. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Howell" <scottn3...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:48 PM > Subject: Re: no mac for blind people in Belgium > > > John, that is true and in talking to a friend of mine who has really taken > to the iPhone as I have and he is sighted, has also said that having some > sort of tactile feedback would be preferred. I have to agree, it would seem > and this is purely my own opinion, but not having some sort of feedback > would feel really odd and abrupt on the fingers.. > On Dec 4, 2009, at 1:19 PM, John G. Heim wrote: > >> I wouldn't count on the traditional style keyboard going out any time >> soon. >> The technology to make a perfectly flat keyboard has been available for >> many >> years. You probably have a perfectly flat control panel on your microwave >> oven. It hasn't caught on for keyboards because people like being able to >> feel the keys. Most keyboards even have extra bumps on the f, j, and >> numpad >> 5 keys so people can find them easier. >> >> I just bought a mini USP keyboard from the Apple Store. Its way flatter >> than >> a regular keyboard but its not perfectly flat like a touch screen. You >> might >> ask yourself why Apple didn't manufacture this keyboard like the control >> panel on a microwave oven. Actually, keyboards like that are available. >> But >> generally, you don't see them because people don't like them. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mark BurningHawk Baxter" <markbaxte...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:38 AM >> Subject: Re: no mac for blind people in Belgium >> >> >>> Keyboard, or touch-input alphanumerical devices, sure, but they'll be >>> touch screen or nonstandard shapes and sizes; it behooves the blind >>> person, I think, to get used to the fact and start breaking away from >>> traditional QWERTY; I never learned DVORAK or any other of the >>> keyboard configurations, but I'm betting the standard typewriter >>> interface will come to an extinction soon. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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