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Will voice typing replace the keyboard?

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by brytenk21

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Do you think that typing will be replaced with voice recognition. The market has the following speech recognition tools and I have seen great ratings on the web about these tools which suggests that they have matured.

* Dragon NaturallySpeaking
* IBM Via Voice
* voice recognition included in Vista/Windows 7
* MacSpeech Dictate

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by neon samurai

voice control and recognition is still pretty sad and hasn't evolved very quickly since MS Voice and the early Dragon Naturally Speaking products.

With the evolution of technology, voice control and interaction is inevitable but not I would be surprised to see it happen soon. The machine needs to learn how to understand intonation and other indicators beyond the simple wave audio sound of the spoken language.

by charliespencer

You mean like 'Star Trek' style voice interface? I don't think we'll see that in our lifetime; spoken language is too complex. It may become as accepted an interface as a keyboard, mouse, or touch screen; perhaps even becoming a primary interface. I don't see a desks without keyboards any time soon.

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