Microsoft looks to keep illiterate in the loop

From sister publication Computerworld:

Microsoft Corp.‘s research arm is working on technology that would enable its engineers to build a user interface for the illiterate.

Scientists in Microsoft Research’s laboratory in Bangalore, India, have been working on the project since 2005, according to P. Anandan, the facility’s managing director. The scientists are building prototypes of the user interface now, but Microsoft has no immediate plans for including it in a product, Anandan said.

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