Friday, February 20, 2015

Next Big thing for Microsoft Office

I thought what could be the next best thing for Microsoft Office. Then I realized that, like PCs through which Microsoft made huge profits, there is another thing by which Microsoft can make huge profits, though the kit will not be costly. The kit is Exam writing kit, with office software. Before we go into the technology behind the kit, we will analyze why is it very much necessary and why it is unfair to students, if we don't use it. It is a common saying that if u have good hand writing skills, u r brilliant. That is not at all true. The fact is if u have good hand writing, u will get more unfair marks. Then u become pseudo brilliant. So we need to avoid that. Next, for the paper evaluator, it will be very easy to correct the papers, if the text is written through office instead of hand writing. Next if the student makes a mistake and wants to correct it, he has to make the paper illegible. Next thing is the speed at which, the student will be able to write increases manifold. Now, we will go into the technology. The Exam writing kit, will have a touch screen, keyboard and  a printer. And the software will be nothing other than office. You should be able to write with the keyboard and take a print with the printer. No soft copy will be generated. No provision to insert pen drive. No WiFi, no ways to transfer any soft copies. There should be only one way to communicate with the device, that too to upgrade the software. Only special technicians with a newly designed pin ( hardware ) with data storage ( upgrades ) should be able to communicate with the device, that too only by dismantling the device. When students want to write text, they can use the keyboard, when they wanna draw, they can use the touch screen to draw. The real test for Microsoft office, will be how they write maths exams very fast. Office has to be upgraded. After time allocated for writing the exam gets over, automatically the kit will exit and will print the papers. There can be some basic software for timing the exam and to print bar coded exam number in every sheet. This will avoid malpractices like exchanging papers. More technology can be added to this kit like in only one angle u should be able to view the screen, in other angles, u can see nothing, this will avoid copying or just put keyboard above the screen.

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