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Future of Internet Search: Mobile version « petitinvention. (Followed by a previous post “Future of Internet Search“) This is what I wish the internet search will be able to do with a mobile device in the NEAR future. Touch screen, built in camera, scanner, WiFi, google map (hopefully google earth), google search, image search… all in one device. Like this way, when you can see a building through it, it gives you the image search result right on the spot. Choose a building and touch a floor and it tells you more details of the building. Well, it doesn’t have to be a building, but it can be any object you see. You can use it when you want to know a car model, an insect name, what kind of food is served at a restaurant and how much, who built a bridge, etc. etc.

But as a designer myself, I hope it’s able to tell me a name of a font of the type I see, the size, color (in RGB), and so on. It’s got a scanner built in, so you can use it this way when you want to check the meaning of a word in the newspaper, book, magazine, etc. Like this: Like Loading... Text-to-Speech:Let the Computers Talk | Ozge Karaoglu's Blog. Increasing access to the internet and different Web 2.0 tools have provided different, engaging and fun alternatives to teachers. Now, we can create our own web based activities easily with free and various tools that can be easily accessed by the learners.

We can create our own videos, podcasts, upload them and share them with other teachers or our students, create digital stories using animations. Furthermore, there are many other websites that will help our learners to improve four essential skills; reading, speaking, listening and writing as well as grammar and vocabulary. Text-to-speech applications can be an alternative way to check the pronunciation of words and sentences or to create listening activities. Vozme lets you turn your text into speech. ReadtheWords is a service that can generate sounding audio file from almost any written material. NaturalReaders can convert your text such as MS Word, Webpage, PDF files, and Emails into spoken words. Internet Catalogue.

Vocaroo | Record and send voice emails. Text Message (SMS) Polls and Voting, Audience Response System. Most-popular. Augmented Reality glasses will make sure you never get lost again. Japan's NTT Docomo has unveiled its latest creation designed to allow travelers to access directions or tourist information via augmented reality. The glasses, called AR Walker, were developed by the company in concert with camera giant Olympus. The retinal display projects video into the user's peripheral vision facilitating data consumption while allowing the wearer to continue walking or driving to their destination. You can see the system being demonstrated recently in Tokyo in the video below.

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