Re: issues with X Window

["T. V. Raman" <ramantv earthlink net>]

Jason--
and given the way both Gnome and kde are architected,
the foundations are there for building good speech
applications on top of either of those environments.

To date I have not found something I truly needed out of
gnome or KDE --but as and when I do, 
I'll probably go hack something.
>>>>> "Jason" == Jason White <jasonw ariel ucs unimelb edu au> writes:

    Jason> Disclaimer: I have absolutely no expertise in
    Jason> this area; the following information is accurate
    Jason> to the best of my knowledge.

    Jason> The Mercator project at the Georgia Institute of
    Jason> Technology, which led to the development of what
    Jason> is now called UltraSonix, originally started by
    Jason> attempting to derive the information required to
    Jason> generate a speech-based interface, from
    Jason> monitoring the low-level protocol. This technique
    Jason> was found to be unsatisfactory, and it was
    Jason> concluded that vital details of the interface had
    Jason> to be gained from higher levels of the
    Jason> structure. The details are documented in the
    Jason> various papers which can be found at the Mercator
    Jason> web site, a link to which is provided on Brian's
    Jason> UltraSonix web page
    Jason> (http://henge1.henge.com/~brian/ultralin.html).

    Jason> If speech is to be treated as an important
    Jason> display medium, then it must be taken into
    Jason> account in the design of the user interface
    Jason> components that programmers include in their
    Jason> applications, and in the data representations
    Jason> which are employed (for example, there are
    Jason> important aspects of HTML 4.0 which were
    Jason> motivated specifically by the desire to enhance
    Jason> spoken interaction). Some of the implications of
    Jason> these ideas are treated at length in
    Jason> T. V. Raman's book, Auditory User Interfaces,
    Jason> which I have recommended before and will
    Jason> doubtless recommend again as a groundbreaking
    Jason> work in this field.


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