Yesterday, while doing research for hands-free technology (for an article), I discovered that Windows 7 had a speech recognition feature — hidden away in the Control Panel. I tried dictating that article last night and decided that: 1.) the future rocks and 2.) we’re not there yet.

Combining that with Qwiki, will I get one step closer to the future? Here’s the bad video version: (the onscreen actions were performed while both my hands were holding the camera)

So are we there yet? No. I could see the Windows Speech Recognition helping out disabled people — and people like me who were trained in the “fingers-at-the-home-keys” school of typing would find it more … tedious. Here’s hoping the future catches up.

Linked to me by Mikko — Microsoft is promoting its new operating system in Japan by tying up with Burger King for the Windows 7 Whopper.

From that same plurk thread, Mikko’s friend Bry says:

“they get a Nana Mizuki voiced Windows 7-tan and now this. What do we get? a freaking SM North launch event.”

Which pretty much sums up what a sad world we live in.  :(

[More info at Electronista]

[10242009 UPDATE!  From alafista: a video of someone ACTUALLY eating the Windows 7 burgz:]