It would be simpler, cheaper, and more reliable to have one guy with a whistle in each meeting who could blow the whistle and ask for the speaker's name when appropriate.
Steve Silverman > -----Original Message----- > From: Thierry Ernst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 5:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: identifying yourself at the mic > > > >When identifying yourself at the mic, it's completely useless if you > >mumble your name, or say it at even approaching normal > speed. Slow down. > >Many of you mumble it very quickly, and after the > amplification system > >munges it, it's just a buzz. > > > >Even if your name was just said by the chair, the note taker might > >benefit from hearing it a second or third time :-) > > > >This is particularly the case for english speaking notetakers and > >non-native english speaking speakers. Alas, I at least, am stupid > >about typing names from hearing them. Often, the only way I > can guess > >what you said was because I already know who you are. > > As a non-native english speaker, I do have difficulties to understand > names of .... native english speakers. > > May I make a suggestion: why not having some of these RFIDs or another > technology where the speaker would be identified by his card and his > name would be displayed on some additional TV display ? I think it > would benefit everyone to know who is the person on the mic. > > Thierry _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
