每一項產品都有九十九個不該存在的理由，然而只要它有一個存在的理由，它應該要要被生產!
這個發明應該已經有一段時間了，之前曾在網路上看見"錄音卡片 Audio Paper"，讓收到卡片的人除了看見文字之外，還可以聽到聲音(阿里巴巴有在賣!!)，是日本RFID公司所開發，還好他沒有因為惡魔代言人的關係而胎死腹中，有人會說現在手機通訊或是網路那麼發達，這根本是多此一舉，但是我還是要大大稱讚這是一項很棒的一項創意產品!光用想的就可以用在很多地方!!
例如:
就基本功能上，它解決了某些族群的閱讀障礙問題，如無法閱讀的盲人或是閱讀困難的老人，書信溝通至今無因為通訊設備或是網路的發明而被淘汰，代表仍是具有存在的必要性，記得「P.S我愛你」電影中，女主角仍無法從丈夫去世的創痛而產生幻想，並且靠著丈夫電話答錄的留言療傷，文字不如聲音，它是有溫度的...
就基本功能上，它解決了某些族群的閱讀障礙問題，如無法閱讀的盲人或是閱讀困難的老人，書信溝通至今無因為通訊設備或是網路的發明而被淘汰，代表仍是具有存在的必要性，記得「P.S我愛你」電影中，女主角仍無法從丈夫去世的創痛而產生幻想，並且靠著丈夫電話答錄的留言療傷，文字不如聲音，它是有溫度的...
再者，它增加了另外一種溝通方式，可以用來增進彼此之間的關係(也可以"迂迴"結束關係~)，想像到一張情人寫的卡片，上面除了甜言蜜語外，按下按鈕後還可以聽到它的聲音不是很棒嗎?或是未來你買的每一本書，都會附上這樣的功能，直接聽到作家的聲音，或是一首屬於這本書的主題曲...等等，讓文字不再只是文字，增加溝通的趣味，我們永遠不會滿足現狀的，不是更複雜，就是更簡單~
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A strip of paper that speaks Posted by Michael Kanellos
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A strip of paper that speaks Posted by Michael KanellosNow, your pictures can speak for themselves.
原文轉貼自 cnet news
The idea is to let consumer enhance their mementos with sound. "I have a daughter and I have photo albums," Berkun said, explaining how he came up with the idea for the company. Another large potential market lies in pharmacies and hospitals, which would put labels on medicine bottles. Thus, Mick Jagger, via your plastic prescription vial, could sing "You go running to the shelter of your mother's little helper" every time you go for a Paxil.
Hewlett-Packard is working on something similar calledMemory Spot, which is a sticker that contains a NAND flash chip. Memory spot prototypes can contain 256 kilobits to 4 megabits of data, so you could store videos in them or additional pictures. Pictures and videos on Memory Spots could be beamed to a nearby computer or cell phone via an integrated networking interface.
Although flash costs continue to drop, chips invariably will always be more expensive than paper, Berkun said. HP, in fact, has estimated that Memory Spots could cost ten to 50 cents each when (and if) they finally come out. Labels will cost far less, says Berkun.
Other companies have experimented with talking bar codes too, but the bar codes typically contained canned messages from a vendor.
Labels that Talk wants to concentrate on making and selling the software to consumers and printer makers. The company is currently trying to line up partners to make scanners. Some cell phone makers, he said, are already in discussions with the company.
Although you don't see a lot of start-ups like Labels that Talk out of Hawaii, some believe the picture could change in the future. Ira Ehrenpreis, a partner at Technology Ventures, calls it one of the last untapped geographies for start-ups. His firm has made a couple of clean energy and medical deals in the state in the past few years. The state's somewhat generous tax credits offered to in-state tech companies help too, added Berkun.
<< This strip of paper holds about eight kilobits, enough for a ten-second voice message.(Credit: Michael Kanellos/CNET News.com)
Labels That Talk, from Kailua Hawaii, has come up with software that lets consumers print high-density bar codes on strips of paper that store recorded voice messages. Scan the paper with a cheap handheld scanner--or a cell phone with a built-in scanner--and it plays back a message. The strip of paper you see in the picture can hold about eight kilobits, enough for a ten-second voice message, said Ken Berkun, president and founder.
"We're trying to get it to twenty seconds," he said.
The idea is to let consumer enhance their mementos with sound. "I have a daughter and I have photo albums," Berkun said, explaining how he came up with the idea for the company. Another large potential market lies in pharmacies and hospitals, which would put labels on medicine bottles. Thus, Mick Jagger, via your plastic prescription vial, could sing "You go running to the shelter of your mother's little helper" every time you go for a Paxil.
Hewlett-Packard is working on something similar calledMemory Spot, which is a sticker that contains a NAND flash chip. Memory spot prototypes can contain 256 kilobits to 4 megabits of data, so you could store videos in them or additional pictures. Pictures and videos on Memory Spots could be beamed to a nearby computer or cell phone via an integrated networking interface.
Although flash costs continue to drop, chips invariably will always be more expensive than paper, Berkun said. HP, in fact, has estimated that Memory Spots could cost ten to 50 cents each when (and if) they finally come out. Labels will cost far less, says Berkun.
Other companies have experimented with talking bar codes too, but the bar codes typically contained canned messages from a vendor.
Labels that Talk wants to concentrate on making and selling the software to consumers and printer makers. The company is currently trying to line up partners to make scanners. Some cell phone makers, he said, are already in discussions with the company.
Although you don't see a lot of start-ups like Labels that Talk out of Hawaii, some believe the picture could change in the future. Ira Ehrenpreis, a partner at Technology Ventures, calls it one of the last untapped geographies for start-ups. His firm has made a couple of clean energy and medical deals in the state in the past few years. The state's somewhat generous tax credits offered to in-state tech companies help too, added Berkun.
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