ried or sent back to the office, extending the time necessary to complete the work and significantly delaying the receipt of important information by the upper echelons in a company. In addition, the lag time and geographical distance between the investigation or work conducted in the field and the return to the office invariably caused some data to be lost or forgotten. With the fast pace of business, by the time hard-copy information made its way into the hands of top executives, it was sometimes too late to rebound from poor business decisions or financial shortfalls.
Laptops do not just connect the professional with his office, however; they also take technology to a business site. Professionals can load training courses, presentations, and even videos on their laptops to display at the remote site. This frees them from the old limitations that used to handicap the choice of locations for a presentation or a training course. A laptop can be equipped with sign language interpreters to convert spoken words into sign language for non-hearing audiences. Laptop- or handheld-based language translators can be used in foreign countries where English is not spoken.
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