Labels:text | computer | screenshot | printing OCR: MULTIMEDIA M ultimedia has SPECIAL REPORT many mistaken identities. Some peo- ple throw a PC and CD-ROM to- gether and call that multimedia. Others call a PC with a video compression board ora sound board a multimedia system. Although these are among the many tools that help create multimedia packages as well as the media on which to store them, multimedia as a concept is much more. A successful multimedia system It is made possible by digitisation or the process is the combination of many of converting all analog information to digital bits. components. While many of Different data types including voice, text, graph- the hardware and software ics, images and video can then be stored and ma- elements are coming together, nipulated in the computer. there is still work to be done, All sorts of applications combining these different media can be developed. Popular examples exist particularly on the telecom end in the areas of children's books, training and infor- By EILEEN LIAN mation kiosks. Other applications with potential in the business ON THE STARTING BLOCKS
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