Comment Keyboards (Score 1) 1065
Ok as I sit here speaking into my tablet PC with voice recognition software I see no reason for keyboards.
Seriously though a) how many people actually have a place in their lives for a PDA for their primary source of data entry. b) how many people own a tablet PC at home. c) With voice recognition how often is that the primary source of data entry?
Given that all three of the above might account for 1% of the population I would think that keyboards will be around for quite some time. I remember taking keyboarding back some 12 years or so ago. I still keep up the skills and it has proven great for me.
I think that what is being suggested is right and wrong though. As a whole we do need keyboarding classes just so we can get data entered quickly and spend more meaningful time on other things. On top of that we need to be more computer literate as a society. Out of all you on tech support how often do you still get hit with the laugh material of people turning on and off their monitors to reboot their computers?
We have a great tools at our finger tips but very few people know how to use them well. Lets get people using the technology well before we start worring about how to improve it.
Seriously though a) how many people actually have a place in their lives for a PDA for their primary source of data entry. b) how many people own a tablet PC at home. c) With voice recognition how often is that the primary source of data entry?
Given that all three of the above might account for 1% of the population I would think that keyboards will be around for quite some time. I remember taking keyboarding back some 12 years or so ago. I still keep up the skills and it has proven great for me.
I think that what is being suggested is right and wrong though. As a whole we do need keyboarding classes just so we can get data entered quickly and spend more meaningful time on other things. On top of that we need to be more computer literate as a society. Out of all you on tech support how often do you still get hit with the laugh material of people turning on and off their monitors to reboot their computers?
We have a great tools at our finger tips but very few people know how to use them well. Lets get people using the technology well before we start worring about how to improve it.
