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From: Jack.O'keeffe@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe)
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Subject: Re: Deaf And/or Hearing Impai
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Date: 28 Mar 91 05:22:35 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 AS> As to the pocket gadget that transmits conversation into
 AS> print, it has already been manufactured (in Japan, I believe)
 AS> but is not on the market just yet and I believe it is a bit
 AS> costly right now - far too much so for any of us to afford.
 AS> I have not seen this little gem yet but others have

Annie, as far as I have been able to determine, that "pocket gadget"
continues to be in the realm of "vaporware".  We've heard all rumors,
but have not been able to track it down.  Neither had anyone else on
the tech committee.

If anyone has actually seen this device, or has an address or
reference to it, please post the information here or NetMail to me.

Some have confused this with the little multilingual dictionaries
(like RatShack currently has on clearance sale).  We're talking
something completely different -| SPEECH -> TEXT |- A pocket-sized
"DragonDictate" with a humongous vocabulary and capable of reducing
continuous (not discrete) speech to text in realtime without
"training" the speaker.

Hmmm. . .  If we could only get one of the blink's synthesizers
to run in reverse gear . . . ;-)

... Caveat Emptor!

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