Joint Writing and Speech Recognition for Content Channels

In my search for Speech Applications in the field of Instructional Technology, I have come across an interesting study on Content Channels. Content channels refer to the various sources of information in some context. In this study, the authors, Richard Anderson, Crystal Hoyer, Craig Prince, Jonathan Su, Fred Videon, and Steve Wolfman explore the possibilities of Speech Recognition, Digital Ink and Slides in a Technology-Enhanced classroom. The idea is just marvelous, awesome: imagine a Distance Education situation, or a class for the hearing impaired, with the combination of a Tablet PC, Speech Recognition and a simple Slide Presentation Software, there is so much you can improve to keep interaction with your students! I especially appreciate the writing-speech recognizer. Just a way to keep the teacher's voice and writing hand to hand. The study can certainly provide some insight in this interesting field of research: the teacher is talking and writing on the Tablet PC, and these two interfaces are combined to provide an enriched input for the student. Amazing. Have a look at this slide presentation: click here