Article Comparison 3

Article 1
Evernote for Android pumps up speech-to-text with new update
http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11504-evernote-for-android-pumps-up-speech-to-text-with-new-update
March 28, 2012

Article 2
Evernote for Android Adds Speech-to-Text For Ice Cream Sandwich
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/03/28/evernote-for-android-adds-speech-to-text-for-ice-cream-sandwich/
March 28, 2012

Article 3
Speech-to-text comes to Evernote for Android
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/speech-to-text-comes-to-evernote-for-android/72610
March 28, 2012

Article 4
Evernote for Android updated with text-to-speech, Evernote Widget app gets an overhaul
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/03/28/evernote-for-android-updated-with-text-to-speech-evernote-widget-app-gets-an-overhaul/
March 28, 2012

Evernote, a note taking program that allows you to take and save audio notes, has added a speech to text feature that allows for your notes to not only be recorded, but transcribed to a text file that is then attached to the note. Evernote Google’s text transcription for Android.

#1 gives you a brief history of the program and explains what the difference is with the update
All three were relatively short.
#2 assumes that the reader has decent knowledge about the app and the key words associated with it. It does little to explain the update to someone who may not be familiar with moile use of apps and speech to text.
#3 speaks about the app and then wonders about the impact it will have on business transcription services.
#3 Has links within the body copy to pages that give you more detailed explanations of the speech to text process and the unveiling of the update itself, keeping the article is self relatively simple, so as not to confuse readers who are not especially up on the jargon.
#3 was all about brevity
#4 included large screenshots of the widget in use
#4 links you to the app blog at the end of the article, where as #3 links to the blog in the body copy.
Thist topic is relevant to the class beacuse it's important to keep tabs on the shift from reliance upon desktop and laptop computers, to mobile devices. This push to improve speech to text will inevitable impact much more than wordprocessing. Understanding what hardware users are utilizing effects the way we design for them.