On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:58:14 -0800 (PST), Michael Hart <hart@pglaf.org> wrote: | |Yes, this is part of what I have been talking about for a few years. And will be *talked about* for decades/centuries to come. |Once OCR gets to an acceptable level for all, the next big thing, |the killer ap, so to speak, will be MT [Machine Translation] which |will convert the 10 million eBooks that will be available into 100 |different languages, for a billion free online eBooks. In your dreams! Only a *tiny* fraction of the *human* population can produce acceptable translations ATM. Machines will have to become more ?intelligent? than 99% of the population before MT becomes a reality. Machines can now compete on equal terms with an earwig. -- Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> "Intelligent Design?" my knees say *not*. "Intelligent Design?" my back says *not*. More like "Incompetent design". Sig (C) Copyright Public Domain