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Remember that HN post the other day about someone going on a massive mission on voice recog because they can't use a mouse due to pain?

Stuff like this makes me hopeful even if it seems like a gimmick when viewed in isolation.

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A combination voice recognition + gesture recognition + eye tracking would make mobile computers better productivity tools.

> A combination voice recognition + gesture recognition + eye tracking would make

... retail surveillance much more effective and privacy eroding...

if they do it all on device and do not transmit out, then the privacy concern seems squelched. On retail tracking yeah it's messed, practically no one knows their movements are tracked on their phones - cell tower triangulation, GPS, then the kicker NFC. I love / hate tech. It's powerful stuff. [edit] - the cell tower triangulation is forever given the nature of the tech.

Cell tower is rather trilateration, right?

I believe the scale is too small for height to make an impact.

GPS is passive and NFC is very short range. I think it'd be easier to track people by bluetooth or wifi MAC.

> all on device and do not transmit out

Like Apple? Retorical question. My point is: this stays in device is just propaganda. It can be done but will never happen

Remember that HN post the other day

No. Link? Or can you remember any other details?

If I'm thinking of the same thread, the mentioned user created a speech to text accessibility platform with a partner developer (2 people operation) for disabled users.

http://nsaphra.github.io/post/hands/

This one perhaps

yep

Close to 400 comments. It was a good discussion.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20662232

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