Date:    Fri, 29 May 1998 12:07:04 -0500
<br>From:    Mark Mandel <Mark[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DRAGONSYS.COM>
<br>Subject: Re: kleenex, sheetrock, and dragon systems; emoticon
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<br>Rima McKinzey <rkm[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SLIP.NET> asks:
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<br>Very impressive.  But if you did the whole thing by speech, how did you get the emoticon at the end???
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<br>Very easily!  ;-)\
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<br>That is, I created a command, using the Command Wizard, whose function is to type those four keystrokes, and maybe a
<br>couple of spaces around it (I don't remember). I named the command "smiley wink", and for good measure I trained it: I
<br>clicked the "train" button in the Command Wizard dialogue, and NatSpeak asked me to say "smiley wink" once. Now I
<br>enter that emoticon by saying "smiley wink". Similarly, I say "email signature" to enter the following block --
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<br>       Mark A. Mandel : Senior Linguist : mark[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]dragonsys.com
<br>    Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition : +1 617 796-0267
<br> 320 Nevada St., Newton, MA 02160, USA : http://www.dragonsys.com/
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<br>-- and "NatSpeak credit" to enter this --
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<br>This document was created by voice with Dragon Systems' NaturallySpeaking.
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<br>-- although I am typing this message manually.
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<br>By the way, the backslash in my smiley-wink emoticon represents my slanting asymmetric beard.
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<br>(BTW)^2 and back on topic, how do YOU pronounce "emoticon"? The first time I saw the word I thought /i.'mat.I.kan/, as
<br>in "lexicon", and that pron still echoes faintly for me, although I say the word now as /'i.mot.'ay.kan/. It's an awkward
<br>clash of spelling and pron.
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<br>-- Mark
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