Comment by ghshephard

This is almost moving Kurzweil's prediction from "mostly correct" to "correct".

"Early 2000s

    * Translating telephones allow people to speak to 
      each other in different languages.
    * Machines designed to transcribe speech into 
      computer text allow deaf people to understand 
      spoken words."

Every time he notches another victory, I pay closer and closer attention to his other guesses that are 10 - 30 years out.