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Which of the current tech trends interest you as a developer?

Survey period: 20 Feb 2017 to 27 Feb 2017

OptionVotes% 
Augmented and Virtual Reality34429.99
Blockchain and ownership verification13311.60
Big Data32728.51
Chatbots - sorry, "conversational agents"1059.15
The Internet of Things and connected devices50343.85
Machine learning, artificial intelligence and automation61253.36
Smart homes32328.16
Voice activate digital assistants (eg Siri, Alexa, Cortana etc)15413.43
Other20617.96
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%



 
GeneralCoincidence? Pin
iProgramIt24-Feb-17 2:13
professionaliProgramIt24-Feb-17 2:13 
GeneralNone of the above? Pin
SteveTheThread23-Feb-17 21:40
SteveTheThread23-Feb-17 21:40 
GeneralRe: None of the above? Pin
iProgramIt24-Feb-17 2:11
professionaliProgramIt24-Feb-17 2:11 
GeneralSuggesting for next weeks survey Pin
Dan Neely23-Feb-17 2:35
Dan Neely23-Feb-17 2:35 
GeneralCloud computing, Security Pin
Jagger B22-Feb-17 2:02
Jagger B22-Feb-17 2:02 
GeneraloT without I Pin
Leng Vang21-Feb-17 5:48
Leng Vang21-Feb-17 5:48 
GeneralEspecially Not Voice Activation Pin
PeejayAdams21-Feb-17 2:24
PeejayAdams21-Feb-17 2:24 
GeneralRe: Especially Not Voice Activation Pin
kalberts21-Feb-17 3:06
kalberts21-Feb-17 3:06 
GeneralRe: Especially Not Voice Activation Pin
Leng Vang21-Feb-17 5:57
Leng Vang21-Feb-17 5:57 
GeneralRe: Especially Not Voice Activation Pin
Mike (Prof. Chuck)21-Feb-17 19:12
professionalMike (Prof. Chuck)21-Feb-17 19:12 
Well "walking around and talking to plastic" is not my preferred activity too, I agree on this.
But I must say, in special situations, I just got used to the voice commands, if your hardware can handle it.
What I mean?
Driving in the car. My mobile is in the brest pocket (is that correct english? Confused | :confused: ) and i can activate it, by double tapping the display, having set smart lock to recognice my voice and to trust the bluetooth system in my car, and i can make a call by double-hitting the breast pocket (looks like Picard who also touches his uniform-star-fleet-logo to start talking Poke tongue | ;-P ) and I can just say "Ok Google, call my wife" without having to look at the display or choose a contact from the screen in my car and doing unintuitive things with the buttons on the steering wheel while driving.

I am an author too (not only articles here and on other sites), I mean books. And yes, sometimes I just dictate. It works fine, at least as a draft. Voice is learning to understand you better and better and I often dictate 10+ pages and the engine almost makes no mistakes, even when I use some local slang words.
The one making the mistakes is myself, by missing punctuation commands and formating hints. So I often sit there for 10-15 minutes after dictating to do the actual _formatting_ of the chapter, but not for writing it. On the bottom line, it speeds things up, because I talk as fast as I want, the Computer doesn't miss anything most of the time.

So, for me personally, voice has become a very important part of my electronic interaction, and I am actively developing for it. Currently I work on a specialised authoring app that understands some more special commands an author needs, like "new chapter" (just to give a supersimple example).

GeneralNone Pin
W Balboos, GHB20-Feb-17 2:30
W Balboos, GHB20-Feb-17 2:30 
GeneralRe: None Pin
Maximilien20-Feb-17 7:35
Maximilien20-Feb-17 7:35 
GeneralRe: None Pin
Chris Maunder21-Feb-17 6:47
cofounderChris Maunder21-Feb-17 6:47 
GeneralCurrently working on one as well [and a missing option[ Pin
Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan20-Feb-17 2:15
professionalAfzaal Ahmad Zeeshan20-Feb-17 2:15 
GeneralBlockchain and IoT Pin
Slacker00720-Feb-17 1:03
professionalSlacker00720-Feb-17 1:03 
GeneralI think IoT and Machine Intelligence is future of world Pin
koolprasad200319-Feb-17 22:06
professionalkoolprasad200319-Feb-17 22:06 
GeneralRe: I think IoT and Machine Intelligence is future of world Pin
Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter20-Feb-17 1:27
professionalKornfeld Eliyahu Peter20-Feb-17 1:27 
GeneralRe: I think IoT and Machine Intelligence is future of world Pin
  Forogar  20-Feb-17 4:22
professional  Forogar  20-Feb-17 4:22 
GeneralRe: I think IoT and Machine Intelligence is future of world Pin
Herbie Mountjoy20-Feb-17 19:47
professionalHerbie Mountjoy20-Feb-17 19:47 
GeneralRe: I think IoT and Machine Intelligence is future of world Pin
JackPeacock21-Feb-17 2:00
professionalJackPeacock21-Feb-17 2:00 
GeneralRe: I think IoT and Machine Intelligence is future of world Pin
koolprasad200321-Feb-17 19:29
professionalkoolprasad200321-Feb-17 19:29 
GeneralRe: I think IoT and Machine Intelligence is future of world Pin
den2k8821-Feb-17 21:35
professionalden2k8821-Feb-17 21:35 
GeneralBig Data and 'other' Pin
Daniel Pfeffer19-Feb-17 21:28
professionalDaniel Pfeffer19-Feb-17 21:28 
GeneralNone of them... PinPopular
Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter19-Feb-17 20:32
professionalKornfeld Eliyahu Peter19-Feb-17 20:32 
GeneralHow about cloud computing, bio-metrics and cyber-security Pin
Bryian Tan19-Feb-17 19:35
professionalBryian Tan19-Feb-17 19:35 

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