Meredith Patterson
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Sure, sure, Simon. Call me right back. Okay.
Sure, sure, Simon. Call me right back. Okay.
Sure, sure, Simon. Call me right back. Okay.
Director of production at the National Captioning Institute.
Director of production at the National Captioning Institute.
Director of production at the National Captioning Institute.
Do you think I'm right? I think you are mostly right, yes.
Do you think I'm right? I think you are mostly right, yes.
Do you think I'm right? I think you are mostly right, yes.
Well, let me back up. When we began with this voice writing line of work, the computer software wanted to hear you sounding like a computer.
Well, let me back up. When we began with this voice writing line of work, the computer software wanted to hear you sounding like a computer.
Well, let me back up. When we began with this voice writing line of work, the computer software wanted to hear you sounding like a computer.
Absolutely. That would sound like something like this, comma, something that is very articulate and also very robotic, hyphen sounding period. Very quick, sometimes clipped. I hear you laughing. I know. This is how we spoke for hours and hours of our day.
Absolutely. That would sound like something like this, comma, something that is very articulate and also very robotic, hyphen sounding period. Very quick, sometimes clipped. I hear you laughing. I know. This is how we spoke for hours and hours of our day.
Absolutely. That would sound like something like this, comma, something that is very articulate and also very robotic, hyphen sounding period. Very quick, sometimes clipped. I hear you laughing. I know. This is how we spoke for hours and hours of our day.
Yes, because there were certain difficult words for the software to distinguish. For example, in, an, and and.
Yes, because there were certain difficult words for the software to distinguish. For example, in, an, and and.
Yes, because there were certain difficult words for the software to distinguish. For example, in, an, and and.
It could be difficult to speak like a normal person after leaving. This job really did change me.
It could be difficult to speak like a normal person after leaving. This job really did change me.
It could be difficult to speak like a normal person after leaving. This job really did change me.
Commaphones could be very difficult for the software. Two, two, and two, for example.
Commaphones could be very difficult for the software. Two, two, and two, for example.
Commaphones could be very difficult for the software. Two, two, and two, for example.
Tuku for T-W-O, toodaloo for T-O-O. So if a sentence is, she has two daughters in college, too, I would echo that as, she has tuku daughters in Lake College, comma, toodaloo, period.
Tuku for T-W-O, toodaloo for T-O-O. So if a sentence is, she has two daughters in college, too, I would echo that as, she has tuku daughters in Lake College, comma, toodaloo, period.
Tuku for T-W-O, toodaloo for T-O-O. So if a sentence is, she has two daughters in college, too, I would echo that as, she has tuku daughters in Lake College, comma, toodaloo, period.
she has tuku daughter zinli college, tutulu. I mean, it's a whole language that you then have to remember and follow.
she has tuku daughter zinli college, tutulu. I mean, it's a whole language that you then have to remember and follow.
she has tuku daughter zinli college, tutulu. I mean, it's a whole language that you then have to remember and follow.
So, for example, Back when George W. Bush was still in office, that's how he was referred to on the air. George W. period Bush.
So, for example, Back when George W. Bush was still in office, that's how he was referred to on the air. George W. period Bush.
So, for example, Back when George W. Bush was still in office, that's how he was referred to on the air. George W. period Bush.
And so... I trained my software to print George W. Bush when I said GB.
And so... I trained my software to print George W. Bush when I said GB.
And so... I trained my software to print George W. Bush when I said GB.
Hillary Clinton became Hilco. Barack Obama became Bombo. Rudy Giuliani at the time was Ruju.
Hillary Clinton became Hilco. Barack Obama became Bombo. Rudy Giuliani at the time was Ruju.
Hillary Clinton became Hilco. Barack Obama became Bombo. Rudy Giuliani at the time was Ruju.
The word garage. Because when you're captioning local news, a lot of things happen in the garage. The fire started in the garage. The man hid in the garage.
The word garage. Because when you're captioning local news, a lot of things happen in the garage. The fire started in the garage. The man hid in the garage.
The word garage. Because when you're captioning local news, a lot of things happen in the garage. The fire started in the garage. The man hid in the garage.
I think the best voice writers really learned how to move with the software almost like dancing. Because it wasn't enough to just tell the software how to respond to you. You needed to respond to it to really achieve the highest accuracies when you were on the air.
I think the best voice writers really learned how to move with the software almost like dancing. Because it wasn't enough to just tell the software how to respond to you. You needed to respond to it to really achieve the highest accuracies when you were on the air.
I think the best voice writers really learned how to move with the software almost like dancing. Because it wasn't enough to just tell the software how to respond to you. You needed to respond to it to really achieve the highest accuracies when you were on the air.