"We will have a way to exchange information across millions of people without using keyboards or voice recognition devices or the type of interfaces that we normally use today, " he said.
Voice-recognition software and devices controlled by eye and mouth movements are to be developed for use by special needs pupils.
Two other companies announced plans to put speech-recognition software onto handheld devices this week at Comdex.
In fact, touch computing has eliminated the mouse on mobile devices and speech recognition like Siri and Evi could eliminate the need for a keyboard.
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The reality is that small touchscreen devices and voice recognition are better suited for searching, and due to the passive nature of TV viewing, I think people want to browse first and search second.
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She added that police could also use mobile fingerprinting devices or carry facial recognition or "small CCTV cameras" to spot criminals.
Firms like Samsung and LG are inventing new types of handheld devices with voice-recognition and big screens to help people defend their virtual castles no matter where they are.
In fact, sound quality can be even more valuable for video chat and voice recognition because users tend to hold their devices far from their faces when using these services, enabling more local noise to seep in.
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There had been a large body of work looking at different ways to control devices through vision-based gesture recognition, the professor said, but not so much had concentrated on movement.
But a large part of Nokia's success is due to its early recognition that mobile telephones are more than portable communication devices, but also fashion items.
But someday soon, I think, thanks to the increasing miniaturization of semiconductor devices, wireless and better software interfaces like speech recognition, our technology is going to start disappearing, embedding into walls and dashboards and sheets of paper.
"In 10 years the wireless landscape will have changed beyond all recognition, with the traditional terminal disappearing and alternatives such as wearable devices coming in, " Da Silva said.
Apple showed on Friday that it wants to improve security on its devices, agreeing to buy AuthenTec, a maker of fingerprint recognition technology.
Current research in audio processing includes noise suppression and continuous speech recognition, which can be applied as much to cell phones as to voice-controlled telematic devices in vehicles.
By now, Samsung's Galaxy devices have become synonymous with Android, to the point that the manufacturer has more brand recognition than any other phone or tablet running Google's operating system.
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