tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post116809834551414277..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Writing by Voice ... and by Mobile Phone!bibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1169781286549892082007-01-26T11:14:00.000+08:002007-01-26T11:14:00.000+08:00chuckles.More on txt novels:A novel whose narrativ...chuckles.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://poeticinvention.blogspot.com/2007/01/book-written-in-txt-msg.html" REL="nofollow">More on txt novels</A>:<BR/><BR/><I>A novel whose narrative consists entirely of mobile phone text messages has been published in Finland.<BR/>"The Last Messages" tells the story of a fictitious information-technology executive in Finland who resigns from his job and travels throughout Europe and India, keeping in touch with his friends and relatives only through text messages.<BR/><BR/><BR/>His messages, and the replies -- roughly 1,000 altogether -- are listed in chronological order in the 332-page novel written by Finnish author Hannu Luntiala.<BR/><BR/>The texts are rife with grammatical errors and abbreviations commonly used in regular SMS traffic.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168494303592651432007-01-11T13:45:00.000+08:002007-01-11T13:45:00.000+08:00huh? i don't get it.huh? i don't get it.Burhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582444270077430405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168325560736431752007-01-09T14:52:00.000+08:002007-01-09T14:52:00.000+08:00yeah and he wrote the "odd! he see?"yeah and he wrote the "odd! he see?"bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168311310612524012007-01-09T10:55:00.000+08:002007-01-09T10:55:00.000+08:00homer can see, and he has yellow skin and four fin...homer can see, and he has yellow skin and four fingers.Burhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582444270077430405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168299970038585212007-01-09T07:46:00.000+08:002007-01-09T07:46:00.000+08:00that's interesting, burhandidn't know joyce had ey...that's interesting, burhan<BR/><BR/>didn't know joyce had eye problems so went <A HREF="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:ZKQ0_pW8vV8J:www.robotwisdom.com/jaj/eyesight.html+joyce+blind&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3" REL="nofollow">here</A> to read about it.<BR/><BR/>no-one actually knows who homer was so how can we prove that he or she or they (according to which theory you believe) was blind?<BR/><BR/>i think that dictating can free anyone up though - it is for sure something to try when the words don't flow with writing. i must get myself sorted out with this and maybe try alex's softwarebibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168278673663212022007-01-09T01:51:00.000+08:002007-01-09T01:51:00.000+08:00there might be something about being blind that im...there might be something about being blind that improves the literary work when it is dictated (it certainly affects the rhythm, flow and syntax of the sentences). maybe it gives you a certain richer access to art and to The Truth.<BR/><BR/>great blind writers: homer, milton, joyce, borges...<BR/><BR/>on another note, leonhard euler, arguably the greatest of mathematicians and certainly the most prolific, was blind for the most part of his working life. he dictated his theorems to his secretaries, and the strange thing is that he was most prolific when he was blind. when he lost the use of his right eye, euler was alleged to have said: "Now I will have less distraction."Burhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582444270077430405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168251719832253512007-01-08T18:21:00.000+08:002007-01-08T18:21:00.000+08:00hurm ... can it help with all the typos? its killi...hurm ... can it help with all the typos? its killing me, those typos! then again, my tongue are just the same. okay, either way, I'll still make the same mistakes.*cosmic freak*https://www.blogger.com/profile/14123019688028579905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168250681715176502007-01-08T18:04:00.000+08:002007-01-08T18:04:00.000+08:00thanks alex - i've yet to give voice recognition s...thanks alex - i've yet to give voice recognition software a go ... but i do sometimes use a tape recorder when i'm "writing" - it helps with dialoguebibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168240982160552272007-01-08T15:23:00.000+08:002007-01-08T15:23:00.000+08:00Sharon,I use a commercially available software Dr...Sharon,<BR/><BR/>I use a commercially available software <I> Dragon Naturally Speaking</I> which transcribe my spoken speech into words. It works fine with any word processing software and with windows xp.<BR/><BR/>The only difficulty I find is the initial learning curve when the software learns how we pronounce our words. After that it is easy to use.Alex Tanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003300678212296112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168224126892195042007-01-08T10:42:00.000+08:002007-01-08T10:42:00.000+08:00hmm... how does 500 japanese characters translate ...hmm... how does 500 japanese characters translate to roman ones?<BR/><BR/>i bet a t9 dictionary helps! -- am hopeless with those.<BR/><BR/>fbt: weird how?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168217468597636112007-01-08T08:51:00.000+08:002007-01-08T08:51:00.000+08:00that thing about the mobile phone novel is amazing...that thing about the mobile phone novel is amazing - I love the youth of Japan. They're always at the forefront of what you can do with new technology. And they're soooo weird!FBThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313430517782838697noreply@blogger.com