What major*advancements do you want to see with PC operating systems? "Ease of use," may be a vague catch-all phrase, but it is a continual quest. "How can PCs be easier?" "How can more people benefit?" Consider how most people primarily interact with PCs today: keyboard and touchpad. Speech, touch, and pen have been wonderful emerging methods, even offered in some products, but we're really beginning to delve into natural interaction.
For example, an adult male talking in his native language to his PC will get impressive speech recognition results. Whereas, an 8 year old girl, who has high pitched voice and speaking in a foreign language, may*not get great results*-- let alone conditions that impact everyone at one time or another, like someone who has*a cold and cough. As useable as today's speech technology is today, there is still a tremendous way to go to build out the possibilities. Wouldn't*it be great for a*PC to be able to identify and recognize*multiple voices*singing in a choir or those in*a conversation? Or shifting to touch, what about multiple people interacting with objects on a surface at the same time and the PC is smart enough to know the angles they're reaching from or perhaps who is touching it? What about vision sensing in robots for not only location but also facial recognition?
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