{"id":1828,"date":"2008-12-16T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/12\/the-end-of-the-keyboard\/"},"modified":"2008-12-16T08:22:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T14:22:00","slug":"the-end-of-the-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/12\/the-end-of-the-keyboard\/","title":{"rendered":"The End Of The Keyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing like the end of the year and the obligatory futuristic predictions.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/news\/cnet\/20081215\/tc_cnet\/83011138631012289476\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo offers a story<\/a> that predicts the end of the keyboard as we know it:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Talk and touch are common technology interfaces. People have adjusted to hearing individuals dictating information in public to their computing devices. 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