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Behold the future of programming (lemmy.ml)

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[–] philipp_@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've seen those things 10 years ago when somebody was helping a deaf student in university. Used one of those things to talk to a text to speech engine during the lecture. Seemed to work quite well.

[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I've also seen them on court stenographers and thought they looked cool. Not everyone needs every invention, though.