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eee pc handwriting pad

Asus Working on Handwriting-Pad Add-on for Eee PC

While modders are busily adapting the Eee PC for touchscreen capability, it seems that Asus has been working on an official handwriting recognition add-on. Demoed at last weeks Computex show, the Asus pad accepts English and Chinese (traditional and simplified) characters and simply plugs into the Eee's USB port. It measures 4.3 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches, with the touch pad being a little over 2-inches across. If you're an eager hand-writing fan, you'll have to wait though, as there's no launch date or price info. [Aving via Pocket Lint]

9:00 AM on Wed Jun 11 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,528 views, 16 comments

Latest by bungee: And to be followed shortly by the Official ASUS Eee PC Mouse that also 'simply plugs into the Eee's USB port'. I can barely contain my excitement. more »

talking suv

Tell Your Car What to Play, Read With Ford Sync

Ford Sync is a new system developed by Ford and Microsoft that aims to fully integrate your MP3 player, cell phone and car computer with a speech recognition system. You will be able to climb into your SUV and say, 'Play artist Cliff Richards', and the annoying old timer will start blaring out of your speakers. It can even read out your text messages for you in an old-skool synthesised voice, which even understands lazy abbreviations like GR8. Jump to see it in action on a video featuring the action movie guy voice over. More »

5:17 AM on Mon Jul 30 2007
By msparkes
3,204 views, 11 comments

Latest by UnnDunn: Didn't they demo this at a car show recently? I know I want it for my next car, since I have a disability which prevents me from operating controls mounted on the center console. more »

watch closely

Oki Japan Bring Iris Scanning to Existing Cellphones

Oki Japan has developed software that brings iris recognition security to existing cellphones. Before now, biometric security has meant either hugely expensive military systems or cheap, novelty peripherals. This new development is part of a growing number of practical and affordable solutions. The software can be used to add another layer of security on any device that has a camera of at least 1 megapixel and is claimed to only give one false positive for every 100,000 scans. [Digital World Tokyo]

6:09 AM on Fri Jul 27 2007
By msparkes
1,039 views, 2 comments

Latest by ibell: Open your eyes and say "retinal cancer!" more »

cellphones

SpinVox Winds Your Voicemails into Text For Easy Reading

We had a brief chat with a SpinVox co-founder today and he told us all about this speech-to-text service. SpinVox, when integrated with a cellphone or landline provider, can take your voicemail messages and automatically transcribe them into text that gets sent to your email or your phone as a text message. More »

9:00 PM on Thu Mar 15 2007
By Jason Chen
3,060 views, 16 comments

Microsoft Discovers Secret to Speech Recognition – Jason Chen Microsoft [Thanks Eric!]

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cellphones

Asus Z801 Karaoke Phone

Asus' Z801 Karaoke phone could be the coolest phone we've ever seen. Not for the looks, the design, the amount of megapixels, or even a fast data connection, but for its Karaoke feature. When you play back an MP3 on the Z801, you can sing along and the phone will speech-to-text what you say and display the words right on the phone. More »

7:10 PM on Tue Dec 19 2006
By Jason Chen
1,429 views, 10 comments

cellphones

Samsung SCH-V960 Optical Joystick: How It Works

Samsung's SCh-V960 may have the first optical joystick available on a phone, but we'll be damned if we can figure out what the hell that means. But we can take a look at Samsung's "fingerprint recognition" joystick patent to get a better idea of how it's going to work. More »

3:35 PM on Tue Dec 19 2006
By Jason Chen
753 views, 7 comments