Dragaera

evolution in language: OT.now on topic

Mark A. Mandel thnidu at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 25 19:55:55 PST 2005

--- Alexx Kay <alexx at panix.com> wrote:

> > "My name is Rasdfqnrewoi34rht, pronounced Smith." Right.
> > 
> > -- Mark
> > [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]
> 
> OK, how much work *was* it to get a dictation program to produce that
> word up there?

I didn't even try. I was dragging my fingers across the keyboard.

But I could've said "spell" [a command, with a pause after it] and then spelled
it. Or, since the spelling is totally weird, used the alpha-bravo alphabet (or
any of several others, but when I worked at Dragon that was the first one we
used, so it's the one I know): 
  cap Romeo alpha sierra delta ...

> Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employers.
> alexx at carolingiaSPAMBL@CK.org                http://www.panix.com/~alexx
> "Take THAT and THAT and THAT and THAT!  HA!  I warned you, didn't I?  
>  Didn't I WARN you?  I thought I warned you.  I didn't?  Oh, sorry."

--mark by hand (natspeak problems tonight)
  I am Mark Mandel's computer and I approve this message.



		
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