tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902949051864384839.post5619517215521243563..comments2023-11-05T03:32:45.996-06:00Comments on donttouchme: Audio will drive the mobile web? Maybe.Steven Hooberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02906610345363264283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902949051864384839.post-51622593355362805932007-11-08T17:38:00.000-06:002007-11-08T17:38:00.000-06:00Oh, I am all about disagreement and discussion. I'...Oh, I am all about disagreement and discussion. <BR/><BR/>I'm often rambling, so to clarify my point: I'm really not so terribly worried about the technology (you are right -- if it doesn't work, it soon will) as much as I am the social and usefulness aspects. <BR/>1) Its much slower than typing. For control and cueing, there's generally going to be a translation or mapping to create verbal commands. Useful for certain hands-off situations, and for lower-literacy populations, but hard to believe it will get mainstream.<BR/>2) A voice input system will demand focus, if not technologically, then psychologically. A well-functioning one will tend to isolate the user in one way or another even more. That worries me on several levels; shouldn't we be trying to make mobiles work for the user, and within their current social behaviors.<BR/><BR/>Now, if there was a way to integrate audio I/O for a group/social setting, that might add a whole new interesting dimension.Steven Hooberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906610345363264283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2902949051864384839.post-88329891227005759442007-11-08T16:51:00.000-06:002007-11-08T16:51:00.000-06:00Well we may have to agree to differ. However I th...Well we may have to agree to differ. However I think with a dedicated user of a mobile device, the training process can be significantly improved through time so that there is better identification of the true signal within all the 'noise'. Since technology moves so fast, I don't think this is a serious problem. Anyway thanks for starting this dialogue.BWelfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17166393600882187219noreply@blogger.com