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** [[Accelerometer|Motion]]
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With the increasing popularity of [[smartphones]], the general public are becoming more comfortable with the more complex modalities. Speech recognition was a major selling point of the [[iPhone 4S]] and following [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] products, with the introduction of [[Sirius|Siri]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://bgr.com/2011/11/02/siri-said-to-be-driving-force-behind-huge-iphone-4s-sales/|title = Siri said to be driving force behind huge iPhone 4S sales|last = Epstein|first = Zach|date = Nov 2, 2011|work = |access-date = April 21, 2015|via = }}</ref> This technology gives users an alternative way to communicate with computers when typing is less desirable. However, in a loud environment, the audition modality is not quite effective. This exemplifies how certain modalities have varying strengths depending on the situation.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Multimodality in Mobile Computing and Mobile Devices: Methods for Adaptable Usability|last = Kurkovsky|first = Stan|publisher = IGI Global|year = 2009|isbn = 9781605669793|___location = |pages = 210-211|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kqxpqs32muQC&dq}}</ref> Other complex modalities such as computer vision in the form of [[Microsoft]]'s [[Kinect]] or other similar technologies can make sophisticated tasks easier to communicate to a computer especially in the form of three dimensional movement.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Human-Computer Interaction: Interaction Modalities and Techniques|last = Kurosu|first = Masaaki|publisher = Springer|year = 2013|isbn = 9783642393303|___location = |pages = 366|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=p5W6BQAAQBAJ&dq}}</ref>
==Using Multiple Modalities==
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