Sunday 20 July 2014

Word Up: The Writing is on the Wall

Times of India reports that the Spike Jonze movie 'Her' is a glimpse into the future. Siri and Google Now's conversational styles are not perfect but their development is part of a movement that the death of  the written word. Our handwriting has never been worse, typing on a keyboard is beginning to feel archaic and even constantly tapping out text messages and web search terms is likely to bring on finger cramps and sore hands. With iOS devices now giving us the ability of sending of voice messages and predictions for self-driving cars and voice-activated doors, lights and elevators (The Internet of Things), it's clear that the future will be spoken, not written. The technology behind how we interact with our surroundings is natural language processing, a technology that enables computers to understand the meaning of our words and recognize the habits of our speech.

Could we be seeing the beginning of the end of the written word? This will give new meaning to the old word processor.


SJP (@DigitalAsian)

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