Monday, April 6, 2009

Speed Improvements in Computers and Cell Phones

Voice Recognition is a faster method of sorting through a phone book. It is a hands-free function that helps the technologically impaired. A name is said to the microphone and it gives you options to recognize what you said. Overall, it makes making calls a lot easier than three years ago.

T9 text entry is a specific language of short message service capability of text messaging. It allows you to text faster by using world completion to guess the world you are attempting to type by recognizing the pattern on the buttons you are pressing on the cell phone keypad.

Google Docs is a free, web-based word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation program that allows users to create, share, and collaborate to develop materials. Users can create documents, tables, and other presentations within Google Docs or upload existing files or create materials within the Google Docs program.

The real-time, collaborative feature lends itself to student group projects as well as to faculty and administrative use. Users determine who has access and editing privileges through invitational emails, files are stored online, and are safeguarded against hard drive or power outage loss. Usage requires a Google account.

The availability and use of online productivity web-based applications has exploded over the past few years and or good reasons! These powerful applications provide users with the ability to create and share documents over the Internet without the need of installed desktop applications. Some experts speculate that this emerging trend may mean the death to Microsoft Office and other software-based productivity tools, while others think web-based applications have their place, and not in the office. No matter which side of the office suite platform you side with, both sides seem to agree that web-based apps have their place.

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