Tim Bruening
12-20-2007, 04:50 AM
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:07:35 -0000, No 33 Secretary
<terry.notaniceperson@gmail.com> wrote:
>Matthias Warkus <Warkus@students.uni-marburg.de> wrote in
>news:fk3ptp$2oo9$1@news.nnrp.de:
>> Ken from Chicago schrieb:
>>> The key to voice
>>> command is that it's an INPUT channel / medium so using it
>>> without a OUTPUT channel / medium (e.g., a screen or even
>>> paper) is silly.
>>
>> To the contrary. In everyday life, voice is always used without
>> a corresponding output. People I talk to haven't got displays on
>> their foreheads that show what they're understanding.
>
>In my experience, in fact, it is fairly easy to tell if someone that
>you are talking to understands what you're saying. It's so easy, in
>fact, that we do it instinctively, with barely a glance. I submit
>that if you really do have trouble with it, you might have
>Asperger's. Seriously. It's a disability.
I do indeed have Asperger's, and I do have some difficulty "reading"
people's emotions.
<terry.notaniceperson@gmail.com> wrote:
>Matthias Warkus <Warkus@students.uni-marburg.de> wrote in
>news:fk3ptp$2oo9$1@news.nnrp.de:
>> Ken from Chicago schrieb:
>>> The key to voice
>>> command is that it's an INPUT channel / medium so using it
>>> without a OUTPUT channel / medium (e.g., a screen or even
>>> paper) is silly.
>>
>> To the contrary. In everyday life, voice is always used without
>> a corresponding output. People I talk to haven't got displays on
>> their foreheads that show what they're understanding.
>
>In my experience, in fact, it is fairly easy to tell if someone that
>you are talking to understands what you're saying. It's so easy, in
>fact, that we do it instinctively, with barely a glance. I submit
>that if you really do have trouble with it, you might have
>Asperger's. Seriously. It's a disability.
I do indeed have Asperger's, and I do have some difficulty "reading"
people's emotions.