Category Archives: Voice-activated

Voice controls let blind gamer ‘hang’ with friends online

By doris | Published: December 1, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — In recent years, social games have become increasingly prevalent on mobile devices, providing entertainment, yes, but also a way to maintain contact with family and friends. But for Debbie Fisher, who’s legally blind, the visual displays used to play and chat meant they were off limits to her. Fisher, [...]

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New tech moves beyond the mouse, keyboard and screen

By doris | Published: June 19, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Goodbye computer mouse, keyboard and monitor. Say hello to a new, simpler era of human-computer interaction — this time, with no clunky hardware standing between you and digital information. In this new world, there are options aplenty. Instead of sliding a mouse across your desk, you could just point [...]

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Is voice becoming the new text (again)?

By doris | Published: March 22, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com The idea that people should be able to talk to computers, and that the computers should understand what we’re saying, has been coming in and out of vogue since the 1970s. The technology never really went mainstream, though, and to this day, it’s often talked about as a joke. In recent [...]

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