Voice Interfaces: Assessing the Potential

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for January 27 is now online at:
   http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030127.html

Summary:
Visual interfaces are inherently superior to auditory interfaces for many
tasks. The Star Trek fantasy of speaking to your computer is not the most
fruitful path to usable systems.
	
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Usability Week 2003

   > New York City, March 17-21
   > London, March 24-28
   > San Francisco, May 12-16

Full program for San Francisco now online.

Introducing a completely new type of event:
    > 3-day intensive camp on the practice of usability
    > http://www.nngroup.com/events/uw2003/tutorial_11.html

People often ask for more in-depth material. Here it is. The camp has all
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We are not calling this a boot camp because we are not going to have you
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Full program for all cities:	
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