William.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson) (08/11/90)
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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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In a message of <Nov 12 19:48>, Eli Schachet (1:100/365) writes:
ES>is shareware. The AI that it uses sounds good at first, but in actual
ES>use, its more frustrating than its worth (IMHO).
hmmm...that doesn't sound good. i am keying one-handed most of the time. but
i find that moving my one good hand back and forth over the entire keyboard is
tiring and kind of slow. are mindreader's guesses any good? i think i read
or heard somewhere that you can add words to its vocabulary. does it get
slower as its vocabulary gets larger?
thanks for any info you can provide.
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Internet: Adrienne.Barhydt@p15.f41.n105.z1.fidonet.orgStephen.White@p1.f853.n681.z3.fidonet.org (Stephen White) (11/21/90)
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AB> hmmm...that doesn't sound good. i am keying one-handed most of
AB> the time. but i find that moving my one good hand back and forth
AB> over the entire keyboard is tiring and kind of slow.
I've read of a one handed keyboard, which is shaped like this:
O O For the fingers
O O
O
Two buttons for the thumb
O
It is apparently possible to type uppercase, lowercase, and
punctuation symbols. It would require good co-ordination on one
hand at least, as the buttons are pressed down in combinations to
generate a character.
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In a message of <Nov 17 08:32>, Stephen White (3:681/853.1) writes:
SW>I've read of a one handed keyboard, which is shaped like this:
thanks. that is good to know about if it ever becomes necessary. for now, with
keyboard macros and some patience i am okay on a standard key board. i have
good enough reach that i can do just about any 2 key combinaton using alt,
ctrl, or shift one handed. i can park my left hand over the shift key if
capitalization seem necessary. i just got mind reader and it has
possibilities.
adrienne
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SW> I've read of a one handed keyboard, which is shaped like this:
AB> thanks. that is good to know about if it ever becomes necessary.
Actually, it's possible to type faster on that one handed keyboard
than is possible on a two handed keyboard. I would get one for
myself if I could be bothered.
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