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To: Voice Users Group
Fr: Charles Horth
Email: Charles_Horth_Biomed@@compuserve.com
Re: Dicterro
BYWONG@@aol.com wrote
<A typo suggests that the typist struck the wrong key. Dicto, verbo, etc.
suggests that the speaker said the wrong word.
In VR, the computer often misrecognizes and the speaker/dictator/editor
doesn't catch the error. When words and editorial errors are printed and
published, aren't these called
"erratum" or "errata".>
Rose wrote:
<You are absolutely right and I have no suggestions as to what word to coin
to describe the situation. However, for several years in DragonDictate
(discrete), I would say *#$%%^ when this happened and the Dragon would
display a little box that said "thank you kind human" Maybe I need to make
a voice macro for Nat like that. :) >
Before "typo" (abbr. typographical) got into the office vocab, they were
often called "howlers" as one howled with laughter at the audio-typists
transcription errors.
The VR correspondence had the office hooting with mirth so I in this spirit
I offer:
"hooto".
Charles
writing at 20:21 BST on 10 Jul 98
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