I can sympathize because after 10 years in a Rolling Stones coverband I am also missing some of the high part of the frequency spectrum; also, I always have subtitles on because reading draws less cpu cycles (of the wetware) than listening; also you can do lots of other things while glancing at the screen with the refresh cycle of the subtitles.
But a more important point, I think, is the disrespect for the auditory impaired. I always wonder how angry I would be would if I really were deaf. I think it is part of the general dumbification of the world: image if the speaker really said ‘cash’ and would mangle the different plexes - IBM would be outraged and fire people or agencies. In the sixties there were high hopes of automatic translation, and it seemed to be more complex than people could imagine. Now we have to settle for ’statistic’ translation. There were high hopes for automated close captioning, but guess what, it is more complex than people thought. I don’t think we should settle for this: just give one knowledgeable person a job, and make sure it is done the right way. If one deaf manager decides to buy a Z16, you run a profit already. More or less the same goes for the ‘web conferencing’ - every company that manufactures plastic wastebaskets can afford an unreachable web conference - but an IT company that needs to keep a reputation of always available and high resilience … make sure you are in control of that appearance. René. > On 6 Apr 2022, at 17:25, Matt Hogstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Unless your deaf (well, in one ear and hard of hearing in the other) like me > and then you wonder if CICSplex is really SYSPLEX > > Matt Hogstrom > [email protected] > > “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." > — Hogstrom > >> On Apr 6, 2022, at 11:03 AM, Ed Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 4/6/2022 5:26 AM, Pommier, Rex wrote: >>> Oh I got the accidental joke alright (I actually thought it was funny the >>> first couple times I saw it), but there were enough other transcription >>> errors that the humor left me. Like I said, I was being picky but it did >>> detract from an otherwise fine video. >> >> All closed captioning has errors. >> >> The easiest way to shield yourself from having to read it is to simply turn >> it off. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
