Speak Up: Speech I/O for the Wireless Web

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D esigning user input methods and displaying information on devices that are, for the most part, usability challenged are among the toughest tests for developers of wireless Web applications. Typing in text on a phone's numeric keypad is tedious at best and torturous at worst for many of us impatient types. Stylus-driven character recognition and soft keyboards on handheld devices like Pocket PC and Palm can be inconvenient when on the move. Small screen sizes on phones and handheld...n

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