From:	Pete Wilson <piatro@**********.COM>
Subject:	Re: [Stuff] Pocket Secretaries (first draft)
Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 1998 21:24:45 -0500

>Pocket Secretaries
>for NERPS: Stuff
>by Wordman
>wordman@*****.com
>

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>
>This year marks an exciting evolution in the pocket secretary arena with
>both Pueblo Corporate Council and Renraku releasing a thought-based
>interface to their product lines. That's right, you can now think your
>commands and compositions to your pocket secretary.
>
>(>) The Pueblo systems are sweet. They are an extension of the cybercomm
>link technology [ct.20] that a lot of sammies I know use.
>(>) Igni
>
>These systems require that the device be plugged into a datajack to
>function, and commands must be ``thought out loud'' to be understood by the
>device. This requires you to make a conscious choice to use the device,
>filtering out more subconscious thoughts. In practice, it works much like
>the vocal interface, including stenographic abilities. When translating
>thoughts to text, the systems are a bit more error prone than the voice
>systems, especially the Renraku ThoughtBook, but can be slightly faster.
>

Do cybercomm links have these same problems? CT (page 18 in my book)
doesn't even hint at any such problems in the shadowtalk. We need a
clarification of the additional problems in traslating these signals into
text or some shadowtalk refering to the "static" or "noisy singal"
experienced with cybercomms.



>Wuxing LBT
>Form: Headset Storage: 50Mp Cost: 750Y Score: 89
>
>This strange looking device is targeted at markets which require hands free
>operations, such as cab drivers, pilots, ambulance crew, mechanics, even
>commuters. The LBT is a headset device with a microphone and a heads up
>display which is suspended like a lens in front of the eye. The camera is
>connected above the opposite ear. Data input is done entirely by voice, or
>>from an external system. Wuxing claims that the LBT is often plugged into a
>vehicle's computer, and will integrate with it, but we did not test this.
>
>This system cannot send vidphone signals, but can receive them. It does not


What is the camera for that is "connected above the opposite ear?"



>Shiawase Archon-100 5 0.3 100 1 1 2,100Y 0.75 Legal
>Shiawase Archon-200 5 0.3 200 1 1 4,100Y 0.75 Legal

In the main text you have both of these models priced at 2,100Y.


This information is going to be extremely usefull. Well done.

Piatro


P.S.

(>) Hey Courtesan, what's the deal with these "Scores" They are almost all
within a spread of 11 points. Not a big deal if we have a scale of 1 to 15
or 20, but these values differ by only a little over 10%. How are
"consumers" supposed to figure out what to buy? Then they try telling us
that they have no links to the corps. Right!!!
(>) Chaos Engineer