Internet Begins To Sound Off

Mon., Jan. 1, 2001

Compiled By Bill Sallquist

Recent technological advances mean more webizens will be using their voice rather than their keyboard and mouse to get information from the Internet.

Although there’s still room for improvement, speech-recognition technology has reached the point where “voice portals” can deliver news, weather forecasts and other content by voice.

Boston Globe

* Freeze-frame: The push to convert movie theaters to digital projection has hit a snag.

Prospects for a quick conversion to the new technology have faded along with the theater industry’s financial health.

There’s little chance now that the transformation will be well under way by the time George Lucas’ all-digital “Star Wars Episode II” debuts in 2002.

Los Angeles Times

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