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From: William.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson)
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Subject: MindReader
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Date: 11 Aug 90 02:58:54 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 BK> Gary, speaking of word processors, I've recently heard good 
 BK> reports about a word processor called Mind Reader.

Bill,
     Although I havn't looked at it for a while, I doubt seriously that
MindReader has changed much in ways that would make it more speech
friendly than it was when it was first released and I looked at it, and
that wasn't friendly at all!
     MindReader is one of those artificial intelligence word processors
that tries to help the poor typist by guessing words before you are
finished typing them.  That is, it has a dictionary of entries that it
looks into as you type letters and after you have entered so many a
window will pop up with likely guesses as to the word you are typing,
and to save the time of typing in the remainder, you can select from
these and have the program finish your typing it for you!  I never
considered myself a good typist, but boy, I sure am better than needing
this sort of thing!
     I can see how it would be great for someone who has limited use of
their hands, or even for someone who is an extremely slow typist, but
for most of us I think it would be more of a hindrance than a benefit.
     So far as its compatibility with speech goes, I didn't really try
that hard to set up for it because of the reasons above, but so far as I
could tell it would be very difficult to come up with a usable
configuration.  Maybe, just maybe, MindReader could be a worthwhile word
processor for someone not too good with a keyboard but who has fully
functioning peepers, but I don't think it is worth a darn for the rest
of us!
                                                        Willie
 

... Like a bat out of Bellevue!

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