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On Fri, 5/2/14, Timothy Collinson <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] On the testing bandwagon...
 To: "xxxxxx@simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
 Date: Friday, May 2, 2014, 2:44 PM

 I recall when it was so highly touted that 'qwerty'
 was seen as a soon-to-be forgotten relic.

 I
 type Dvorak and LOVE it but I don't expect it to ever
 take over. Anyone can use it on any computer without even
 having to pay. It makes typing feel like you have psychic
 powers. I would expect typing to die out within 20 years for
 most people as voice tech becomes much better. I am sure
 that some will continue with typing but only the pros of
 certain fields.

 I'm not convinced.
 Even if voice tech were perfect now
 I simply *can't* use it for writing on the bus; taking
 notes in meetings, conferences or sermons; or even typing in
 bed like now with wife trying to read beside me.  And I
 hardly feel like a pro at anything.  

 How far are we from
 subvocalisation or the 'hush hood' I vaguely recall
 from SF of days gone by (maybe Asimov or
 Heinlein)?
 tc

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Here in the US we had a spy-spoof TV show called 'Get Smart' & it featured the 'Cone of Silence' that never, ever worked.
Every time that agent Maxwell Smart insisted on using it 'The Chief' would groan, then agree & then, after it malfunctioned yet again, switch it off!