Pestering Apple: Do Right by Speech Input

As this year’s iPhone software update nears I’ve become a bit disappointed with Apple. Despite bringing an innovative, comprehensive implementation of speech input technology to iOS13, the company is falling…

Christmas in July

As I wrote earlier I’m excited about the iOS13 update because it looks to be taking speech input a big step forward. I’ve gotten a chance to test the public…

Apple’s Getting Serious About Speech Input

Wow. Speech input is about to change in a big way. It looks like Apple is finally addressing the big gap in speech input on mobile devices. For many years…

Supreme Transparency

We just gave another PBS Frontline documentary the interactive treatment: interactive transcripts and videos of the 39 source interviews that went into Supreme Revenge, the Frontline documentary that aired last…

Speech Off Switch

I get a lot of questions about how I use speech input. One of the most useful details of my setup is a fast on/off switch. It may seem like…

Tapping History’s Perspective

There’s nothing like a long sit-down with someone who’s been through some history to put things in perspective. Try listening to this Frontline interview with Maria Ressa from last year…

Direct Links – With or Without Text

We’ve made an incremental improvement to the open source interactive transcript system behind Duke University’s Rutherfurd Living History site. You’ve always been able to share the text of a quote…

The Facebook Dilemma Goes Interactive

The more information that comes out about what social media companies like Facebook knew about their networks being used to manipulate people’s opinions – and when they knew it –…

Good News for Dragon Users!

It looks like Dragon users have gotten an excellent gift this year. James Stout, who explores the state of speech input via his blog Hands-Free Coding, is working on fixing…

Dragon Christmas List 2018

Fifteen years ago there were thriving speech input users’ groups. I spent a lot of time at the groups in Boston and New York. In late 2003 the Boston users…