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From our venerable newspaper “The Hindu”: check the spelling of marriage!
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The above is a German smart pen that vibrates whenever there is a spelling error...I think our newspaper correspondents should be given on Or may be an alert will pop us when they fail to do spell check on Word
Lernstift is a regular pen with real ink, but inside is a special motion sensor and a small battery-powered Linux computer with a WiFi chip.
Together those parts allow the pen to recognise specific movements, letter shapes and know a wide assortment of words. If it senses bad letter formation or messy handwriting, it will vibrate, 'ABC News' reported.
Users can choose between two functions: Calligraphy Mode - pointing out flaws of form and legibility or Orthography Mode - recognising words and comparing the word to a language database. If the word isn't recognised it will vibrate, according to Daniel Kaesmacher, the 33-year-old co-founder of Lernstift from Munich
renuka
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The above is a German smart pen that vibrates whenever there is a spelling error...I think our newspaper correspondents should be given on Or may be an alert will pop us when they fail to do spell check on Word
Lernstift is a regular pen with real ink, but inside is a special motion sensor and a small battery-powered Linux computer with a WiFi chip.
Together those parts allow the pen to recognise specific movements, letter shapes and know a wide assortment of words. If it senses bad letter formation or messy handwriting, it will vibrate, 'ABC News' reported.
Users can choose between two functions: Calligraphy Mode - pointing out flaws of form and legibility or Orthography Mode - recognising words and comparing the word to a language database. If the word isn't recognised it will vibrate, according to Daniel Kaesmacher, the 33-year-old co-founder of Lernstift from Munich
Wow! I guess they forgot a 3rd function!
Vibrates and writes too.!LOL
I was clean bowled to spot the number of mistakes in the yahoo news items.
It is mind blowing that even with the red wavy lines to help notice the errors
the editors seem to close their eyes and be oblivious to everything. :shocked:
It is mind blowing that even with the red wavy lines to help notice the errors
the editors seem to close their eyes and be oblivious to everything. :shocked:
Your thoughts would then convert into written words...
This is now getting into reality...No more laughing matter...
It would be possible to convert brain signals into speech for paralysed persons who cannot speak!
Read the article below!
'Mind-reading machine' can convert thoughts into speech - Telegraph
I read about a woman who used to guard the contents of her handbag very zealously. :suspicious:
The cat was out of the bag and so was her secret.
She had an adult vibrating toy with a remote control!!!
Small wonder she was used to be in ecstasy for no obvious reasons! :rapture:
1. Chalta hai.
2. Nobody may notice it.
3. Nobody may read this.
4. Colour blind or spell check turned off.
5. Has a special indlish dictionary.
6. Reader deserves this and has to live with it.
7. Someone else will correct it.
It is said that writer Kalki had an unreadable handwriting; only one type-setter in the press can decipher and correct his writing. And he gave the manuscript just a couple of hours before print run.
2. Nobody may notice it.
3. Nobody may read this.
4. Colour blind or spell check turned off.
5. Has a special indlish dictionary.
6. Reader deserves this and has to live with it.
7. Someone else will correct it.
It is said that writer Kalki had an unreadable handwriting; only one type-setter in the press can decipher and correct his writing. And he gave the manuscript just a couple of hours before print run.
opcorn:
renuka
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I read about a woman who used to guard the contents of her handbag very zealously. :suspicious:
The cat was out of the bag and so was her secret.
She had an adult vibrating toy with a remote control!!!
Small wonder she was used to be in ecstasy for no obvious reasons! :rapture:
Dear VR ji,
You see but this is even better..it writes too!
renuka
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Dear Vgane ji,
Thanks for the link...but the function I was talking about is in an area where there is no thoughts or speech(words) only ACTION!
Raji Ram
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Dear Sis,
The red wavy lines may not be of use always! It will NOT appear if we type 'hair' for 'heir' or 'loose' for 'lose'!!
Yesterday, a mistake I had made was visible while searching for an older post, but it was too late to edit!
'e-mail id' became 'e-maid id'!! ( it was found in one of my recent replies to Renu! ) :lol:
emaid can take care of forum and group postings with special rates for special messages.
It is not only spelling but even punctuation and grammatical errors are legion
Look at this...Slightly old...5 mistakes in 50 words in Times of India dated Dec 12, 2010
The first mistake is a duplicate word: “...as they tried to tried enter MG Road.” Then there is a missing article: “...it was at (a) snail's pace”, and a misspelled word followed by a missing comma: “Additional(ly,) commissioner of police...” The next error is a missing verb: “...pillars had to (be) lifted...”
Look at this...Slightly old...5 mistakes in 50 words in Times of India dated Dec 12, 2010
The first mistake is a duplicate word: “...as they tried to tried enter MG Road.” Then there is a missing article: “...it was at (a) snail's pace”, and a misspelled word followed by a missing comma: “Additional(ly,) commissioner of police...” The next error is a missing verb: “...pillars had to (be) lifted...”
dear Raji,
If we misspell but use existing grammatically correct words the wavy line will not appear.
But the mistakes I am talking about were underlined with red waves everywhere. :smash:
Raji Ram
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Now read this news:
"Last week (Cinema Plus, The Hindu, Feb. 17, 2013, Tamil Nadu editions) he wrote about the TKS Brothers’ film Bilhanan (1948). And there
was a spelling mistake in the article where poet Kavimani Desiya Vinayagam Pillai became Caveman Desiya Vinayagam Pillai."
Source: The limits of technology - The Hindu
BTW, is not the poet's name 'Desiga Vinayakam Pillai'?? :decision:
Raji Ram
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The corrected article too has the name as Kavimani Desiya Vinayagam Pillai!! :faint:
Bilhanan 1948 - The Hindu
Bilhanan 1948 - The Hindu
Let us look at the 1st page of Times Of India today...First article on top is about [h=2]US-Iran thaw fuels hope in energy-hungry India [/h]
I could see the glaring mistake in this article:
PresidentBarack Obama said, underscoring the hard task ahead given decades of mistrustfrom both sides. “The roadblocks may prove to be to great, but diplomatic roadsmust be tested,” he added.
A spelling/grammar check would not have solved it....Guess how many such mistakes in this paper?
I could see the glaring mistake in this article:
PresidentBarack Obama said, underscoring the hard task ahead given decades of mistrustfrom both sides. “The roadblocks may prove to be to great, but diplomatic roadsmust be tested,” he added.
A spelling/grammar check would not have solved it....Guess how many such mistakes in this paper?
Dear Dr Ross
English is not undergoing a torture in India alone - here is a short story of the evolution of European English :
English is not undergoing a torture in India alone - here is a short story of the evolution of European English :
| English or German, What shall it be??? The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as 'Euro-English' In the first year, 's' will replace the soft 'c'. Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard 'c' will be dropped in favour of 'k'. This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome 'ph' will be replaced with 'f'. This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter. In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent 'e' in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away. By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing 'th' with 'z' and 'w' with 'v'. During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary 'o' kan be dropd from vordskontaining 'ou' and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas. If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. Cheers Yay Yem |
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