Bill Gates’ Favorite Things - Speech Recognition, Handwriting, Tablet PCs

CNET - Bill Gates continues to lobby hard inside Microsoft for investment in speech and handwriting recognition, though neither has been a huge financial success for Microsoft. The Tablet PC, a frequent staple of Gates’ Comdex keynote speeches in the 1990s, remains a fairly niche product. And though the ability to control PCs through voice is built into Vista, the feature has gotten scant attention.

Another challenge is using software to become more productive. If, say, you have an hour free on your schedule, Gates believes an intelligent agent should be able to look at your calendar and prioritize some of the top tasks and messages that you might want to tackle. Link.