tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post5453149767561801640..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Cutting Edge?Steerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-5954432623936928452010-08-09T20:54:27.329+00:002010-08-09T20:54:27.329+00:00I'm so sad about Tony Judt's death, but yo...I'm so sad about Tony Judt's death, but your post cheered me a little. Although my work is Internet-based I'm not a computer-lover; but I can almost be reconciled to it by the thought of what this text-to-voice stuff can mean to the blind.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-83070043046966503552010-08-09T17:19:20.108+00:002010-08-09T17:19:20.108+00:00LOL -a wonderful post! Thank you!
Canadian Chicka...LOL -a wonderful post! Thank you!<br />Canadian ChickadeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-53919524952414029012010-08-09T04:11:40.497+00:002010-08-09T04:11:40.497+00:00Oh MARVELLOUS! That post actually made me laugh o...Oh MARVELLOUS! That post actually made me laugh out loud, esp. The Father Ted-esque moment of desperation. And you seem such an unlikely sort of person for the volley of filth that the program suggested, unless, of course, you're all part of a secret government plot to.. I don't know. I should keep my day job, shouldn't I?Mothershiphttp://www.motherhoodthefinalfrontier.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-40148781607613116982010-08-08T22:40:26.985+00:002010-08-08T22:40:26.985+00:00Nice to know the livelihoods of data entry clerks ...Nice to know the livelihoods of data entry clerks are safe a while longer. Not least as a <br />60wpm touch typist myself.<br /><br />Meanwhile I am conscientiously ignoring all self-service check-outs, no matter how long the queues.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-10585152237738727992010-08-08T20:47:38.824+00:002010-08-08T20:47:38.824+00:00You made us laugh out loud at the reference desk!
...You made us laugh out loud at the reference desk!<br /><br />We wear little communication devices called Vocera Badges that use voice recognition. It can be maddening for some people to sign in with their names, or to try to call them.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09389916070547430075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-44747252218396428722010-08-08T01:44:39.803+00:002010-08-08T01:44:39.803+00:00My wife uses one of these programs a lot, due to r...My wife uses one of these programs a lot, due to repetitive strain injury, and it's fine except for proper names, where it seems to have a pron fixation, like yours. A common addressee of letters, Tony Vaughan, inevitably becomes 'Tiny Porn'.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-78268115781061631542010-08-07T19:39:14.400+00:002010-08-07T19:39:14.400+00:00Progress eh! I love it that the machine responded ...Progress eh! I love it that the machine responded to grunts and not RP, and you couldn't hope for better predictive text than its efforts on your speaking.<br /><br />Be careful what you wish for though, one of the stories in Tokyo cancelled by Rana Dasgupta concerned saving only good memories onto discs, and that created more trauma than it erradicated.Annabelhttp://gaskella.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com