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Chatter about the Internet of Things is filling the air at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
拉斯維加斯國際消費電子展上物聯網成為人們競相談論的話題。
And the long-sought holy grail of ubiquitous voice recognition really will eventually happen.
人們長期以來向往無所不在的語音識別最終將成為現實。
Soon people will, as a matter of course, communicate with their cars, homes, appliances and gadgets by speaking instead of typing.
很快人們就能僅憑語音而非動手操控汽車、房屋、家電等。
And Facebook has seen—or maybe heard—the writing on the wall.
而臉書已經預見到或者聽到這種先兆。
So the social media giant bought an 18-month-old start-up company called Wit.ai.
因此這家媒體巨頭收購了Wit.ai，這是一家剛剛成立18個月的新興公司。
Wit developed a plug-in code that lets software developers easily build speech-recognition into their products.
Wit開發的一款插件代碼能令軟件開發者很輕易地為產品構建語音識別系統。
Of course apps already exist that let you post to your Facebook feed without having to take your eyes off the road or sidewalk.
當然目前已有應用程序能夠滿足你一邊看路一邊在臉書上發文的需求。
But on the horizon are voice commands to search your Facebook feed or even voice recognition to log on to your account.
但即將誕生的語音識別命令則能夠對臉書進行搜索或者進行登錄帳戶操作。
Wit says its software will remain open source.
Wit公司表示這款軟件仍將是開放源。
But for Facebook to have the company in house gives it access to the tools needed to keep up with tech powerhouses such as Apple and Google, which have been offering voice recognition for years.
而對于收購者臉書而言則能夠緊隨蘋果和谷歌等這樣的科技巨人腳步，而這兩家公司多年來一直致力于開發語音識別。
Wit might also be part of Facebook’s virtual reality strategy, which got a big boost last year when the company bought Oculus Rift.
Wit可能是臉書虛擬現實戰略的一部分，去年臉書就在購買頭戴式顯示器上收益頗豐。
After all, how many of us are expert enough typists to hit the right keys with a visor covering our eyes?
這樣看來，我們中有幾個人是打字專家，在眼睛被遮住的情況下還能準確地敲鍵盤?
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