On 8 July 2010 06:19, Caryl Bigenho <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dinko, > > A quick note on my way out the door. Since you are writing the tutorial in > the first person singular (rather than first person plural "editorial we", > you probably will want to have it be the computer (or Python) talking. So > in the first paragraph of the Intro, you might want to give the speaker a > name and start something like this: > > "Hello there, and welcome to <tutorial name>. I'm Pippy Man (or what ever > you pick for a name) and I will be your guide to this adventure in > programming. I "speak" Python so we will need an interpreter for you to be > able to give me commands (tell me what to do). > [snip] > An interpreter is a special computer program that changes your commands > from Python to a language I can understand so that I can do what you tell me > to do. And, by the way, I always do exactly what you tell me to do... which > may not always be what you thought you told me to do. Programming is full > of lots of surprises! > > Now, before we continue, please tell me your name.... etc>" >
Consistency with Speak would be for the bot to speak out the XO's name. Mine says, "Hello Olly, type something". Tim
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