6 March February 2012 OMFG The Walrus got most of it wrong. Relating the line: "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together" of the 1967 song by Lennon and McCartney, "I am the Walrus" and two words: competerative or co-opertition I think we living today may be seeing the beginning of the end of dualism. I think the Walrus said too much because I am not he, you are not he, you are not me, and we are not all together. I think the Walrus was in error in thinking the Walrus even existed, was even "I" 16 February 2012 I posted over at the forums at CreativeCow http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/1145776#reply_box (presently checking to OK this link) ... about machine transcription, and the results thereof, writing: I agree with David and Steve, and disagree with "Emily." Not only do you get what you pay for, you often get more (trouble) than you pay for when you're looking for an easy way out. This is not to diss all that bots do. The results are ever getting better, albeit the algorithms getting trickier. A trained transcription specialist has an edge that software just doesn't have - experience, human evolution, education and experience (twice). Hopefully (optimism check) doctors dictating know about this edge, and know about the pitfalls of over reliance on this stuff Want a laugh? Check out some of the sub-culture videos on YouTube featuring caption fails! I getter bet serious and go wack to bork Alan at VerbatimIT 4 August 2011 For the video (below) I have created the closed-captions (within a separate .srt file (contents below). If you are the owner of the video, and are logged on to your YouTube account, you may: 1) go to http://captiontube.appspot.com ; 2) Upload respective video, e.g., Xtranormal Trekkiez video; 3) Upload required .srt file (ask Alan of VerbatimIT) or copy/paste blue contents below and save to simple text .srt file; 4) The result will be a video that is truly and accurately closed-captioned. << 00:00:00.05,00:00:13.64 Captain’s log Stargate 2231 57.6. We are en route to the Planet Regulate 5, Sector 18 to deliver a vaccine to end Ultraviolet Fever. 00:00:13.5,00:00:18.44 [Speck] Captain, we are picking up something on the long-range sensors. 00:00:18.44,00:00:20.96 [Captain] Speck, what is it? 00:00:22.0,00:00:25.6 [Speck] Unknown, Captain. It is unlike anything we have ever seen. 00:00:25.4,00:00:28.24 [Captain] Bring up the view screen. 00:00:29.0,00:00:31.16 It’s too distant to make-out! 00:00:32.16,00:00:37.20 The brightness! The energy! Whoah! 00:00:37.2,00:00:38.12 [Urula] Captain! 00:00:37.6,00:00:40.24 [Captain] What is it, Lieutenant Urula? 00:00:40.75,00:00:43.00 [Urula] I am receiving a transmission from a Klingy ship. 00:00:43.5,00:00:48.36 [Sooyou] The Klingys have a saying, Captain. If you cannot control yourself, you cannot command others. 00:00:51.0,00:00:58.32 [Speck] He looks like he is beaming aboard. [siren blares] Mr. Scooty, how much time do you require to repair the warp drive? 00:01:00.5,00:01:02.16 [Scooty] Four “bloody”[British slang] nanoseconds, 00:01:02.16,00:01:05.32 but it’s Happy Hour down here in the Engineering Room. 00:01:05.32,00:01:08.60 I would rather beam up a Tribillator if it’s all the same to you. [siren] 00:01:09.0,00:01:11.72 [Captain] Shields up! Go to Red Alert! 00:01:11.72,00:01:14.44 [Sooyou] Aye! Aye! Captain. [siren] 00:01:14.44,00:01:16.84 [warbling of transporter - Klingy alien appears from nowhere] 00:01:16.44,00:01:18.04 [Speck] It’s too late, Captain. 00:01:17.84,00:01:22.00 [Klingy] Typical Federation not to have your defenses ready. 00:01:23.4,00:01:24.96 [Captain] What do you want from us? 00:01:25.96,00:01:28.56 [Klingy] Only -- your certain doom! 00:01:28.56,00:01:31.36 [dramatic music] 00:01:31.36,00:01:32.72 [closed-captioned by VerbatimIT.com] >> 13 May 2011 Edited list page to alpha sort, removed some dupes. 23 November 2010 AutoCorrect - easy does it with less keyboard stress Any Mac or PC can do loads of word processing for creative or productive work with no downside, and with lots of power to spare by using the computer to do what it does best -- process. Typists whose work includes repetitive words, phrases, or expressions, may already have learned of, or use AutoCorrect. If not, it's not a bad time to learn this feature of Word, Word Perfect and other word processing programs including free programs. Fresh out of the box, brand new, Microsoft Word's AutoCorrect, basically a typo-corrector so that if you type teh AutoCorrect will output the. Were one to get into the habit of having a correction made on a habitual mistake, one would have little incentive to "get it right;" therefore, this use of the AutoCorrect (as a typo corrector) does little to improve or increase typing productivity. Fresh out of VerbatimIT, a set of over 20,000 terms and expressions enables typists to be most productive and least bothered by repetitive movements. VerbatimIT's production typing system, uses an organized list of terms that results in better productivity, less physical stress, less finger movement, and happier typists. More details still: The single letter t represents the single word the which is a very very popular word. In the instance of using that time savings alone, the typing speed and accuracy are improved 200% for that one word. Ditto, the word with which is very popular, which yields an increase of 300% in speed and accuracy. Phew, end. Alan 15 November 2010 The friendly folks in Canberra A tip of the hat - thank you - to NCH in Canberra, Australia for their effort to present a DIY "freebie" for people who want a foot pedal but don't want to buy one. Below is the link to it, and a picture of the possible layout and results. My experience: I have purchased software from NCH, and found it more-than minimally helpful. The only noteworthy but not negative experience was due to a rigorous registration process when purchasing software. Solution: keep a printed, offline record of your purchase, for if you encounter a problem later on, you must prove ownership via codes, names, locations, and persist in proving ownership, and also an online proof of purchase is done. The company gives users 30 days to try their high-end software, and after that you gotta pay. For some of their programs (a growing number) you can use programs beyond 30 days.  30 October 2010 (posted to a place extolling the glories of automated voice recognition - transcription software) Voice to text software is not 99.9% accurate, even after training when used in non-scripted, e.g., creative writing, or real life situations. The term "users" brings to mind a group with a habit. Habit or not, anyone more forgiving of a machine's mistakes than of a person may learn to live with less-than perfection. Ditto - anyone more willing to spend more time with a machine than with a person, personal lives may be affected by lost social time, etc. Ditto - anyone expecting less than perfection, be ready to be ruled (as in measured) by less-than-perfection. When trained humans who provide dead-on accuracy are valued less than machines that perform poorly, then sharp divisions between machines and people may grow to epic proportions. I am done, but I attempt to end on an upbeat. I think one can develop one’s sense of humor by allowing computers to create facsimile of human speech. One can allow a computer and software to render text-like translations, or interpretations. Software is not faithful to either the spirit of the word, nor the letter of the word. Words are not merely linear expressions of human speech. Words are complete with human expression, body language and emotive language. Respectfully, AK <end> |