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RE: my wearcomp wish list

Hi Carol & All,

My husband has one of those flexiboard keyboards. He bought it at a ham
convention for about $100.
My list of pros for the flexiboard:
*waterproof
*lightweight

Cons:
*like you said, it Rolls, therefore taking up more space than a foldable
keyboard.
* A very unlikely, but annoying thing about it is since it's rubber your
fingers don't "slide" on the keypads.

They are also available from infogrip (www.infogrip.com) for $129.

What I would be interested in is those portable keyboards for Palm
computers. They fold up, are light weight, and have the feel of a normal
keyboard. Has anyone hacked on of these yet? I think that would be a worthy
project.

I like the idea of voice recognition, and it may be practical for certain
applications, however the technology has a very long way to go and I'm not
so sure it will ever get there.
Last voice rec program I had produced these results:
Me: "stop recording"
VoR: types something odd in my text editor.
Me: "Stop recording!"
VoR: more gibberesh on my screen.
Me: "Canada"
VoR: "stopped recording."

:)

Therefore, you may envision why I'm not very impressed with the voice
recognition technology as of yet. I honestly think it would be more of a
headache than it's worth and the novelty would probably wear off on me after
a few days.

I will use voice in recording "to do's", notes, and talking on the phone -
but not voice recognition.

I received an email the Ricochet went "bye-bye". Too bad.

-Mel

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Stein [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 7:37 AM
To: 
Subject: Re: my wearcomp wish list

Your list is close to mine, except I don't care that much
about being covert, and I require keyboarding ability (no
Twiddler). I want a foldable keyboard which can be worn around
the neck & "played" accordian-style... but I might have to
settle for that sealed rollable keyboard -- which is way
too big, and doesn't fold in the middle (it needs 2 space
bars rather than the 1 it has!), but otherwise okay.

You left out voice recognition... Will you be in noisy environments?
Not plan to use it at all? I work with a handicapped woman
who uses L&H Voice Recognition, and it seems to be pretty
good if you're careful about training it and resetting the
capture mode as necessary -- but it's really big & still
slow. Voice recording instead would use humungous amounts
of storage, of course -- unless you aren't planning to digitize?

With regard to visual recognition, there's a program called
Virage worth investigating. (Some application possibilities
seem quite scary.)

Anyone know yet what's happening with Richochet, btw?

Cheers --
Carol Stein


---- "Melanie McGee" <> wrote:
> My wearcomp wish list:
>
> *Wearcomp must be able to run full-version O.S. (including
> Linux, Windoze
> 2k, etc.), and popular software programs. So, basically
> I'd like a wearable
> desktop.
>
> *Must be lightweight and concealable.
>
> *(hot swap) peripherals like CD, floppy, printer, etc.
>
> *cell capabilities for phone and internet access
>
> *Music player  and voice recorder
> ...
>
> Basically, my wish list is to have the equivalent of my
> desktop with
> integrated phone/fax, and net capabilities in a small,
> covert package. ( I
> suppose this is close to everyone's wish list).
>
> So far, I only have 2 components: a Twiddler (which I plan
> to make wireless)
> and a Jabra earset (all-in-the-ear speaker/mike). I'd like
> to make the
> earset wireless too, if practical.
>
> I'm looking into the micro optical display, but am leery
> about beta-testing
> it for $2500.
> I may settle for homemade display akin to AE Innovations
> prototype of a
> hacked M1. I'd love to take Steve Mann's class on wearable
> displays in the
> Spring, but I have to work for a living.
>
> I'm concerned about using a standard cell modem because
> of price,
> reliability and speed issues. I'm very interested in Ricochet.
> I'm
> investigating replacing my home network with wireless one,
> including access
> points leading outside. I'd love to find a reliable VOIP
> solution so I can
> get rid of the phone company, but I'm doubtful that this
> is realistic.
>
> Currently, I'm tethered to my desk for close to 16 hours
> a day because of
> tight programming deadlines. I dream of being able to function
> in "the
> outside world" again, while still getting work accomplished.
> I'd love to get
> rid of my "radiated ghost" look.
>
> Additionally, I would like to create applications for wearcomps
> including
> visual recognition, bio-feedback, and sports-related programs.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> -Mel
>

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