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Microsoft's man in charge of predicting the future has forecast the slow death of the Qwerty keyboard — with facial tracking, voice and gesture recognition taking over. Dave Coplin, the technology giant's chief envisioning officer, said it was bizarre that 21st-century workers still relied on typing technology invented in the 19th century. He added that while there have been huge leaps in technology, often the workplace had not caught up.
"We have these amazing computers that we essentially use like we're still Victorians. The Qwerty keyboard is a great example of an old design being brought forward to modern day. We've not really evolved. We still use this sub-optimal design.
"We're looking at technologies now like voice and gesture recognition, and facial tracking that may make the keyboard redundant," he added.
"We think that computers in the not-too-distant future will be able to understand all of those things and infer on my behalf my intent, meaning and objective that I'm trying to do."
(Score: 4, Insightful) by frojack on Saturday October 08 2016, @10:55PM
They also can't seem to tell the difference between 30 people typing on keyboards in a conference/class room, and 30 people talking at their computers in that same setting.
Basically one person can talk to one computer at a time, and nobody with in earshot can say anything or messages get mixed.
Bad enough that everybody in the room is all up in your business because they can hear you.
But your device can also hear everybody else, and the TV or Radio.
Its unworkable, and not necessarily more efficient. Not to mention I feel like a tool reciting my shit into a computer, and then spending MOAR time correcting it.
Keyboards are not going anywhere. Querty or any other layout, the problem isn't the layout. And speech isn't the answer.
(Besides, Querty's inefficiency is a myth [economist.com].
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