The Horse 2020/21 | From Speakwrite to Thinkwrite

In George Orwell's bestselling novel of a futuristic society, 1984, a speakwirte was an instrument which could transfer spoken language directly into text. A speakwrite from 1984 can be compared to modern day speech recognition software. In 1997, 49 years after the novel was published, the first commercial speech recognition programs appeared on the market. Sadly, they were not as efficient and easy to use as would like. Now almost 25 years after the first programs for dictating texts came onto the market and flopped, are those programs now delivering enough quality and convenience to be using them in everyday life. But what about in 63 years? In the year 2084, which is 63 years from now, it would mark a 100-year difference to the novel’s version of 1984. Would our dictation machines finally work so flawlessly as the did in George Orwell’s version of 1984? Or would they even excel our expectations. As George Orwell would call it, would a “thinkwrite” machine be possible? A machine that would just transfer your thoughts into text…no need for voice recognition software.

Read on to find out! 😊