Let is be knownst that on Fri, 2 Feb 2007 00:03:33 +0000,
[email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) writted:

>David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:48:21 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> > chancellor (*)) wrote:
>> []
>> > >I pay around £100 a year for upgrades on notation software, but it's
>> > >worth it. It saves thousands of pounds each year for people like me.
>> >
>> > Having a Mac you will miss all the fun of finding out exactly what Vista
>> > will do for you.
>>
>> My Mac can run Vista. What would I want it do for me that I can't
>> already do?
>
>It can't delete itself?
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6320865.stm

That is actually a sound file that can do it, and, boy, it's a pretty
far fetched scenario if you ask me.

Would be pretty funny if it happened to someone else's computer
though!
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Go Fig <[email protected]> wrote:

[]
> Speech recognition, a staple of the Mac OS for decades, will finally
> grow up with the new OS this spring... "Alex" :
>
> http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/accessibility.html

Yes- it seems to have been something that really hasn't developed much
in the 12 years since I first used it. Accessibility issues aside, it
would have to be really special (and the preview doesn't indicate that)
for me to want to use it, other than in a gimmicky way.

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On Jan 30, 4:44 pm, AB. <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've been using Free Agent to access newsgroups for years. It's no
> longer free and I've got 1 day left to use it without paying. Just
> wondering what applications others use to access this newsgroup, and
> if you pay or use freeware.
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Cheers,
> AB
>
> To email: replace 'REMOVE' with 'b' in email address.


why pay for a newsreader ?
just read it yourself !

In article <1hswoqz.19ggce0cwjbklN%[email protected]>, David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:

> Go Fig <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> []
> > Speech recognition, a staple of the Mac OS for decades, will finally
> > grow up with the new OS this spring... "Alex" :
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/accessibility.html
>
> Yes- it seems to have been something that really hasn't developed much
> in the 12 years since I first used it. Accessibility issues aside, it
> would have to be really special (and the preview doesn't indicate that)
> for me to want to use it, other than in a gimmicky way.

Yup, but I will appreciate the high quality voice in text-to-speech.

jay
Fri Feb 02, 2007
mailto:[email protected]

Go Fig <[email protected]> wrote:

> In article <1hswoqz.19ggce0cwjbklN%[email protected]>, David Horne,
> _the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Go Fig <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > []
> > > Speech recognition, a staple of the Mac OS for decades, will finally
> > > grow up with the new OS this spring... "Alex" :
> > >
> > > http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/accessibility.html
> >
> > Yes- it seems to have been something that really hasn't developed much
> > in the 12 years since I first used it. Accessibility issues aside, it
> > would have to be really special (and the preview doesn't indicate that)
> > for me to want to use it, other than in a gimmicky way.
>
> Yup, but I will appreciate the high quality voice in text-to-speech.

What would you use it for though?

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Let is be knownst that on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:53:02 +0100, Martin
<[email protected]> writted:

>On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:53:15 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>>Let is be knownst that on Fri, 2 Feb 2007 00:03:33 +0000,
>>[email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) writted:
>>
>>>David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:48:21 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>>>> > chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>>> []
>>>> > >I pay around £100 a year for upgrades on notation software, but it's
>>>> > >worth it. It saves thousands of pounds each year for people like me.
>>>> >
>>>> > Having a Mac you will miss all the fun of finding out exactly what Vista
>>>> > will do for you.
>>>>
>>>> My Mac can run Vista. What would I want it do for me that I can't
>>>> already do?
>>>
>>>It can't delete itself?
>>>
>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6320865.stm
>>
>>That is actually a sound file that can do it, and, boy, it's a pretty
>>far fetched scenario if you ask me.
>>
>>Would be pretty funny if it happened to someone else's computer
>>though!
>
>We would really laugh if it happened to a Mac.

I am guessing it wont ever happen.
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Let is be knownst that on Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:15:30 +0000,
[email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) writted:

>Go Fig <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> In article <1hswoqz.19ggce0cwjbklN%[email protected]>, David Horne,
>> _the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Go Fig <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > []
>> > > Speech recognition, a staple of the Mac OS for decades, will finally
>> > > grow up with the new OS this spring... "Alex" :
>> > >
>> > > http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/accessibility.html
>> >
>> > Yes- it seems to have been something that really hasn't developed much
>> > in the 12 years since I first used it. Accessibility issues aside, it
>> > would have to be really special (and the preview doesn't indicate that)
>> > for me to want to use it, other than in a gimmicky way.
>>
>> Yup, but I will appreciate the high quality voice in text-to-speech.
>
>What would you use it for though?

That's what I have always wondered.

Impressive as it may be, I can type almost as fast as I can speak, and
I can also use many other functions at the same time. I'd be surprised
if speech recognition ever replaced anything else.
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In article <1hsxc5c.uxd1oxx2anggN%[email protected]>, David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:

> Go Fig <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > In article <1hswoqz.19ggce0cwjbklN%[email protected]>, David Horne,
> > _the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Go Fig <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > []
> > > > Speech recognition, a staple of the Mac OS for decades, will finally
> > > > grow up with the new OS this spring... "Alex" :
> > > >
> > > > http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/accessibility.html
> > >
> > > Yes- it seems to have been something that really hasn't developed much
> > > in the 12 years since I first used it. Accessibility issues aside, it
> > > would have to be really special (and the preview doesn't indicate that)
> > > for me to want to use it, other than in a gimmicky way.
> >
> > Yup, but I will appreciate the high quality voice in text-to-speech.
>
> What would you use it for though?

IM's, proofing letters and 'subject' lines from certain peoples emails.

jay
Fri Feb 02, 2007
mailto:[email protected]

On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:52:39 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:


>Impressive as it may be, I can type almost as fast as I can speak, and
>I can also use many other functions at the same time. I'd be surprised
>if speech recognition ever replaced anything else.

GCHQ stenographers ?
--

Martin

On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:52:39 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

>Impressive as it may be, I can type almost as fast as I can speak, and
>I can also use many other functions at the same time. I'd be surprised
>if speech recognition ever replaced anything else.

there must be possibilities when driving or already controlling
something else. There's certainly a role in games.

remember some US mayor once said there will oneday be a telephone in
every city.
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Let is be knownst that on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:14:36 +0000, The Reid
<[email protected]> writted:

>On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:52:39 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>>Impressive as it may be, I can type almost as fast as I can speak, and
>>I can also use many other functions at the same time. I'd be surprised
>>if speech recognition ever replaced anything else.
>
>there must be possibilities when driving or already controlling
>something else. There's certainly a role in games.

The problem is that you need to be looking at the screen to use it,
otherwise all sorts of things happen.

>remember some US mayor once said there will oneday be a telephone in
>every city.

Telephones took off though. Speech recognition has yet to.
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On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:11:37 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

>>there must be possibilities when driving or already controlling
>>something else. There's certainly a role in games.
>
>The problem is that you need to be looking at the screen to use it,
>otherwise all sorts of things happen.

so far.
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UK walking, food, photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Spain walking, food, tourism "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
Beginners UK flight sim addons "http://www.lawn-mower-man.co.uk"

In article <1hssxdi.18g4mqd1k2i4owN%[email protected]>,
[email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

> > Agent? :-)
>
> I really do like MacSOUP, but others have problems with it. It doesn't
> support binaries, but I don't read them, and individual doesn't do them
> anyway.

MT Newswatcher is free and handles binaries if you want them.

On 2007-01-31, The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:44:52 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>>"well, thanks for your wonderful reply to my message about using
>>newsgroups. perhaps you could share some of your undoubt wonderful
>>knowledge with the poor unfortunates who are not as great as you are"
>
> I had to check what you that was so arrogant:-
>
> "I use it out of habit. Thunderbird is also excellent, and I would use
> it if I hadn't hacked my old version of Agent.
> I wouldn't mind paying for a better newsreader, but I haven't found
> one that does just what I want, without having to learn a whole new
> system."
>
> Eh?

It was probably a reply to <[email protected]>
where DFM wrote:

>Hey Allen!
>
>You'll never see this, or any of the other responses you may get,
>because you don't know how to use newgroups.

I have absolutely no idea what he's on about here, but it's certainly
arrogant.

On 2007-01-31, Keith Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I still think that the demise of déja.com (a long time ago now)

Imagine if The Reid had written that...