Speaking with a colleague today about voice-activated software, O advised that one of our mutual contacts uses such a product. He is a Kiwi (ie someone from New Zealand) and does have the accent which comes with that. She (from Thailand) was saying she had tried talking to Pat's software, and it hadn't been able to understand her. That raised the question - yes, forget for a moment that you probably have to "train" the software (hmmm that reminds me, I do have similar software on my tablet PC which I have never truly played with) - but does it give you a start by having "accent" versions? (Hopefully O's recently diagnosed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome [CTS] is of a transient nature and she will not have to seriously consider voice-activated computing.)
And on the subject of hands ... this is the fourth hand-related problem I've heard of in the last few weeks:
(a) Numerous stitches required after run-in with a hedge/power-saw. Thank goodness for the gloves D otherwise it would have been much worse.
(b) Fractured wrist required pinning and plates S walked away from waves surging up the beach and she tumbled over a large clump of seaweed
(c) Tendons in hand cut while placing plates in a dishwasher over knives with blades pointing up, and
(d) O house-work-induced CTS.
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's why I dont do housework. I'd rather blog!
According to Wikipedia, most cases of CTS are idiopathic: without a known cause.
Or they could just say some cases of CTS are idiot, trying to doing things by themselves and believing that noone can do the job as good.
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