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Glancing is exceptionally easy to learn

The key issue is whether Glancing-Pad has a chance to succeed while challenged by gesture or speech recognition technology. Despite undeniable utilitarian advantages, glancing is a new and complex skill, and winning the public acclaim might appear to depend on how difficult it is to learn. 

The fact is, learning glancing can be a very pleasant experience. Learning glancing is exceptionally advantaged by the combination of ease of operation and instantaneous feedback.

The encoding rule for the user to learn is simple conceptually, and natural bio-mechanically. The electronic circuitry of Glancing-Pad responds to the minor movement of fingers by invoking symbols, which, subsequently converted to sounds may be spelled to users’ ears. Learning and memorization occur through repeated association of motions with the resultant sounds. There is no need for controlling or correcting finger positions. There is even no need to consciously attend to the task. Glancing never produces fatigue, either physical or mental. The device can be used amidst most daily activities. Learning can be undertaken either leisurely or intensely. Playing computer games involving glancing can further accelerate its progression. Through practice, glancing motions evolve into fluid all-finger activity. The design takes advantage of our brain capability to program stereotyped motor actions for a number of steps in advance, preparing motions for sequential rapid execution. Glance-Pad’s encoding standard assures not only the top speed, but also the broadest margin of separation between the encoding formants, a feature that further promotes learning.

Finally, the requirement for learning shouldn't be considered a setback for quite another reason. New scientific evidence indicates that perpetual learning of new skills is beneficial and even necessary, it enhances and preserves the brain function. Read the NYT article   'Exercise Your Brain, or Else You’ll ... Uh ... '  by Katie Hafner, Published: May 3, 2008

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Symbol Encoding Apparatus and Method, United States Patent No.: 7,038,659