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DESCRIPTION:Author Willam Crossman:   The Coming Age of Talking Computers:  
 Implications for Culture, Democracy and Social Change  Thursday, February 
 3, 7:00 pm     New College Cultural Center, 766 Valencia Street, SF  
 William Crossman will discuss his new book VIVO [Voice-In/Voice-Out]: The 
 Coming Age of Talking Computers.  \n\nCrossman predicts that talking 
 computers, VIVOs, will make text/written language obsolete, replace writing 
 and reading with speech and graphics, democratize information flow 
 worldwide, and recreate an oral culture by 2050.  William Crossman is a 
 philosopher, teacher and long-time political activist involved with issues 
 of education, media and technology, language and culture, and human rights. 
 He is the founder/director of the CompSpeak 2050 Institute for the Study of 
 Talking Computers and Oral Cultures and teaches at Vista Community College 
 in Berkeley. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the New College 
 Center for Education and Social Change.  For more information, call 
 415-437-3425.  \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/02/01/56923.php
SUMMARY:William Crossman: The Coming Age of Talking Computers
LOCATION:New College Cultural Center, 766 Valencia Street, SF  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/02/01/56923.php
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