No, but if they did we would have fewer choices, ultimately. I'm glad they
keep "developing", although one could "select a sentence, underline a group
of words, and change the color and size of a font," with earlier versions
of DragonDictate anyway, allbeit with discrete speech, rather than "by
naturally spoken voice".
What bothers me is not the development of assistive software, technology as
a whole, but rather the way in which their advertisements are frequently
thrust upon us!
Celia
At 06:44 PM 7/18/97 +0100, you wrote:
>Do these software designers ever stop?!
>Best Wishes
>E.A.
>
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>University of Sussex,
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>> From: Jon Pishney <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: FYI: voice-controlled software editor
>> Date: 18 July 1997 15:22
>>
>> VOICE-CONTROLLED MS WORD
>> Lernout & Hauspie, a speech technology software vendor, will introduce
>> a voice-controlled software editor for Microsoft Word in the fall. Users
>> will be able to select a sentence, underline a group of words, and
>> change the color and size of a font, all by naturally spoken voice.
>"It'll
>> make people give up the mouse," says Lernout & Hauspie's chief
>> technology officer. The Lernout & Hauspie product uses discrete
>> dictation pathology software from Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, which it
>> acquired earlier this year. Kurzweil's artificial intelligence
>technology
>> allows the software to prompt users for answers as if they were
>> entering information onto a form. The initial product will be aimed
>> specifically at pathologists, with other versions for the legal
>profession
>> and police reporting to follow.
>> (InfoWorld Electric 17 Jul 97)
>
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