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In 1961 IBM released a machine with a legendary haptic feel and beautiful look designed by architect Elliot Noyes. The Selectric was also the first typewriter to easily enable a variety of beautiful fonts. Since the days of the Selectric, we have designed methodologies that help us in the design iteration process, defined the basic ideas behind software for voice messaging, created the first display as good as our retinas, and scientifically assessed the productivity of programmers in relation to their work with programming languages. Our work has had an impact on the ways computers nteract with humans, from undestanding voice to putting computers on people's wrists.

 

  1. 1962:  Bresenham's Line Algorithm
  2. 1973:  Speech Filing System - Organize Office Functions Around Verbal Communication
  3. 1982:  Talk Aloud
  4. 1984:  Thinkpad Trackpoint
  5. 1984:  Olympic Message System
  6. 1997:  Home Page Reader to Improve Web Accessibility
  7. 1999:  Social Translucence
  8. 2000:  Everywhere Display
  9. 2001:  First High Resolution LCD Display
  10. 2008:  Improving Accessibility via Crowdsourcing
  11. 2009:  Statistical Translation

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