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GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 17 Sep 2014 12:45

My daughter applied for a job in TV last year doing subtitling

It was done manually and keyboard speed/ accuracy was essential.
She quickly realised that her spelling was not as good as it could have been.
Although she could see her errors, she did not have the opportunity or time to correct them.

This job was definitely not for her!

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 17 Sep 2014 12:11

My dentist has a tv above the chair........ with subtitles, so you can watch tv while having your teeth worked on....... is it supposed to take your mind off it?

I believe the sub-titles are done by a computer, voice recognition or something........... and some of the sub-titles are hilarious..... my dentist has had to stop working because I've burst out laughing.

:-D

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 17 Sep 2014 10:36

standing in a queue in the bank, I was watching the TV with predictive text - it was at the time when there were long delays in Gibraltar passport check-in points - up came the sentence - Jews are being injured - which of course should have been - queues are being endured :-D

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 17 Sep 2014 00:41

Some converted to text messages are ridiculous.

:-D

I'm now wondering what songs your daughters sang...... the mind boggles.

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 16 Sep 2014 14:18

When my 3 "very grown up" girls get bored:-D :-D :-D they devised a game to play on their phones using SIRI.

Each in turn asks SIRI to send a text to a sister.
Instead of speaking, they sing a well known song
They then send the texts to teach other who have to guess the song based on SIRI's mad intertpretation.

It's hysterical!

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 16 Sep 2014 13:11

Please leave a 10 second message and it will be converted to text.

:-D

The usual blurb......

That's what a friend heard when he 'phoned my DH this morning, to ask for help removing a grevillea that blew down in the storm yesterday. (A grevillea is a native Australian plant).

What did the text message say?

Hi, can you help me with the dead gorilla in my garden?



:-D :-D :-D