broehl@wateng.UUCP (Bernie Roehl) (05/18/84)
Another possible use is for fancy voice-output systems. With a complete
OED on-line, complete with accurate phonetic spellings for each word, a
"perect" phoneme-based speech synthesis system could produce some very
nice results.
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-Bernie Roehl (University of Waterloo)burton@fortune.UUCP (05/24/84)
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fortune!burton May 23 15:55:00 1984
One of the real potentials of optical disks is graphics. Images which
cannot be desccribed digitally must be "rasterized" to convert the images
into digital form. With any kind of magnetic storage, the cost is prohibitive
for most applications. With optical media, cost can be reduced by as much
as 10:1 over removable magnetic media. Most graphics meant for distribution,
such as pictures, maps, diagrams, would not need to be changed on the
distribution media, so the write-once nature of optical media is not an
issue.
Philip Burton 101 Twin Dolphin Drive-MS 133
Fortune Systems Redwood City, CA 94065 (415) 595-8444 x 526
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{ihnp4 [ucbvax | decvax!decwrl]!amd70 harpo hpda }!fortune!burtonmikey@trsvax.UUCP (05/28/84)
#R:sri-arpa:-38800:trsvax:53400032:000:821 trsvax!mikey May 28 09:55:00 1984 What about the application of education and instruction. CD's offer the potential for incredible instruction bases. All the CAI software I've ever used was limited by the storage in the system. With a CD and a floppy for temporary storage such as an index to answer scores and where the student wants to take breaks or even stop and restart, a very comprehensive course could be put on one package that could have virtually unlimited branching possibilities. The course could be randomized somewhat, so that two or more students wouldn't even see the same questions. I think that CD's are going to be the next big wave. Granted, they won't be for everyone, and I can't see any application that I would need one for, but I really think they will take off in business and education applications. mikey at trsvax