just a little voice test

In article <cfjeeo$33e$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, "ppint." <"v$af
$ppint"@i-m-t.demon.co.uk> says...
 > - hi; in abth, diem squoke thus:
  > >
  > >I'm trying out some voice software. I didn't think it would work in my
  > >news programme. This is quite good, though I think I am going to sound
  > >a little stilted until I get used to it.
 >
  > - you're not yet testing it with, or it doesn't yet understand,
  > your pronunciation of elisions, such as "it's"?

It's going to be the first thing I try. (It worked) So did the
brackets.
It's let's couldn't won't shouldn't didn't wouldn't haven't hadn't.
It's having trouble with can't.
Maybe it doesn't like the Geordie accent.


  > >
  > >It has been a few years since I used this kind of system. This one is
  > >much better. I might even be able to use it for absolutely everything.
  > >So far I have had a conversation on the messenger, dictated an e-mail,
  > >added a paragraph to a story, and now I'm trying it on here.
 >
  > - (possibly with the reservation you expressed), it looks fine
  > from here; what is the program you've found?
 >
I'm just using Dragon NaturallySpeaking version seven. A few years ago,
I used IBM's ViaVoice, but every time I had trouble with my asthma, or
even just had a cold, it affected my voice and I had to retrain the
whole thing. This got extremely tedious and I gave up on the whole
business.

  > >This may save my hands a lot of wear and tear.
  > >
  > - this ppint. certainly hopes - & trusts - so; quite apart from
  > aught else, more diem in abth's _got_ to be a good thing (t.m.)


If I could stop buying books on Amazon, or from my local independent
bookseller, I might have time for a lot of things. Mind you, now that
I've borrowed the spouse's comfortable office chair and can lay back and
talk to my computer all day, I may never do anything else at all.
Gargies had better watch out, I'll have my eye on them.

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- hi; diem responded:
 > "ppint." says...
  >> - hi; in abth, diem squoke thus:
  >>
   >>>I'm trying out some voice software. [] This is quite good, though
   >>>I think I am going to sound a little stilted until I get used to it.
   >> - you're not yet testing it with, or it doesn't yet understand,
   >> your pronunciation of elisions, such as "it's"?
 >
 > It's going to be the first thing I try. (It worked) So did the
 > brackets.

  - yup

 > It's let's couldn't won't shouldn't didn't wouldn't haven't hadn't.
 > It's having trouble with can't.
 > Maybe it doesn't like the Geordie accent.

  - well, it takes me a day or so for my ear to readjust when
  i visit big sister & her fella in pink panther country...

  - can it cope with "its", as well as "it's" ? it'd need to
  have its own internal grammatical rules, as it's not just a
  matter of spelling, to distinguish between homophones.
 >
   >>>This [system]is much better. I might even be able to use it for ab-
    >>>solutely everything. So far I have had a conversation on the mess-
    >>>enger, dictated an e-mail, added a paragraph to a story, and now I'm
    >>>trying it on here.
   >> - (possibly with the reservation you expressed), it looks fine
   >> from here; what is the program you've found?
 >
 >I'm just using Dragon NaturallySpeaking version seven. A few years ago,
 >I used IBM's ViaVoice, but every time I had trouble with my asthma, or
 >even just had a cold, it affected my voice and I had to retrain the
 >whole thing. This got extremely tedious and I gave up on the whole
 >business.

  - yes, i can quite see that. i've a couple of friends whose
  accents change quite noticeably when they get excited - it'd
  be a major bind having vr software deciding to turn into a
  bigoted rp-purist combined voice coach, critic and censor on
  them, every time they started getting animated about a topic.
 >
   >> >This may save my hands a lot of wear and tear.
   >> - this ppint. certainly hopes - & trusts - so; quite apart from
   >> aught else, more diem in abth's _got_ to be a good thing (t.m.)
 >
 >If I could stop buying books on Amazon, or from my local independent
 >bookseller, I might have time for a lot of things. Mind you, now that
 >I've borrowed the spouse's comfortable office chair and can lay back
  >and talk to my computer all day, I may never do anything else at all.

  - - and it never answers you back, neither *g*

 >Gargies had better watch out, I'll have my eye on them.
 >
  - have you noticed they've developed a couple of new games
  recently? i don't _think_ their object is to baffle & be-
  wilder the innocent onlooker, nor even to simply amuse the
  spectator with the spectacle, but i'm not sure what else it
  might be; one of them, i've mentally named "grand-gargy's
  foot-steps", as it seems to be important that no-one should
  be able to spot the gargies moving, while they're playing it;
  i dunno what to call the other one, partly because i can't
  work out what the point of it is, or even which bits of what
  they're up to are a part of it, and which bits aren't. e.g.
  the occasional *plummet*.. ..*thud* may not be intentional...

  - love, ppint.
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In article <cfn1vs$82f$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, "ppint." <"v$af
$ppint"@i-m-t.demon.co.uk> says...

 >
  > - can it cope with "its", as well as "it's" ? it'd need to
  > have its own internal grammatical rules, as it's not just a
  > matter of spelling, to distinguish between homophones.
  > >

It's not something I tried before. I'll have to test its programming.
yey it worked!


 >Gargies had better watch out, I'll have my eye on them.
 >
  - have you noticed they've developed a couple of new games
  recently? i don't _think_ their object is to baffle & be-
  wilder the innocent onlooker, nor even to simply amuse the
  spectator with the spectacle, but i'm not sure what else it
  might be; one of them, i've mentally named "grand-gargy's
  foot-steps", as it seems to be important that no-one should
  be able to spot the gargies moving, while they're playing it;
  i dunno what to call the other one, partly because i can't
  work out what the point of it is, or even which bits of what
  they're up to are a part of it, and which bits aren't. e.g.
  the occasional *plummet*.. ..*thud* may not be intentional...


As long as they've stopped playing Frisbee with the roof slates. Pud
that came back the other day with a much wider grin than I'm used to, I
think he was catching them in his mouth. He is really too old for that
sort of thing.
As for the freeze-frame catch game, I think the villagers need to invest
in some kind of reinforced umbrellas, just to be on the safe side.


And now with the rain absolutely pouring down outside, and skies or dog
and dreary, I've got to go off and spend a dreary day cleaning my entire
house for the Royal visit of my amazing granddaughter.

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In article <MPG.1b8d18a4ff3fbdba989693 DeleteThis @usenet.plus.net>,
diem <news DeleteThis @diemnotzone.co.uk> wrote:

 >And now with the rain absolutely pouring down outside, and skies or dog
 >and dreary, I've got to go off and spend a dreary day cleaning my entire
 >house for the Royal visit of my amazing granddaughter.

<sympathetic draconic hug>

Have you considered simply spraying it all with a layer of plastic which
you can peel off afterwards?

Firedrake R
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In article <20040818094024.494412776389257 DeleteThis @firedrake.org>,
roger DeleteThis @nospam.firedrake.org says...
 > In article <MPG.1b8d18a4ff3fbdba989693 DeleteThis @usenet.plus.net>,
 > diem <news DeleteThis @diemnotzone.co.uk> wrote:
 >
  > >And now with the rain absolutely pouring down outside, and skies or dog
  > >and dreary, I've got to go off and spend a dreary day cleaning my entire
  > >house for the Royal visit of my amazing granddaughter.
 >
 > <sympathetic draconic hug>
 >
 > Have you considered simply spraying it all with a layer of plastic which
 > you can peel off afterwards?
 >

That is a brilliant idea. I wonder if it would work with the dog.
All my cleaning and tidying and preparation has left me with a bad back,
grotty hair, lots of spiders bunging up the Hoover, and one very large
broken table. Said broken table is now adorning the patio. Spouse has
offered to fix it and put in our new shed as storage. I'm defeating
this plan by leaving it out in the torrential rain. Unfortunately it
seems to be real wood and rather well-made so it is not swelling up and
splitting as I had planned. However I can be devious when I want, so
I'll find a way of rendering it unfixable even by the spouse.


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In article <cg03ik$a57$1@sparta.btinternet.com>,
Paul B. <p.a.bines.TakeThisOut@spambtinternettrap.com> wrote:
>> However I can be devious when I want, so
>> I'll find a way of rendering it unfixable even by the spouse.
>Mention it a bit louder, and perhaps the Woodlice might come to your aid!

once it's started rotting we'll be glad to help. of course we could
dance around it and chant eldritch anti-preservation rituals if you
think that would do any good.

The Woodlice
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