Longhorn to get NUI foundation platform
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
Microsoft is working to add 'rich user interaction' to its next-generation Windows client. While Microsoft isn't expected to talk about Longhorn at this week's SpeechTEK show in New York, the Redmond software maker is working to add speech and other "natural-user-interface" (NUI) technologies to its next-generation Windows operating system.
Microsoft's Natural Interactive Services Division (NISD) has been working on a "NUI Platform" that is designed provide users with "rich interaction" (speech, handwriting, natural language and even machine learning). The NUI Platform is expected to debut in Longhorn, Microsoft's Windows client due to ship in 2005+.