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[challenge entry] Make 888 the deface-the-politician page

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(, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:20, archived)
# Haha
Do they have a clever voice recognition thing to do subtitles for news etc, or is it a work experience kid hammering away?
(, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:21, archived)
# It used to be people who could type really really fast and accurately for live stuff
Might have moved over to voice recognition now, sometimes you get mistakes in it (like girth instead of earth).

Pre recorded programmes are easy to subtitle.
(, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:31, archived)
# They don't type letter by letter
they have quick-typing combinations for different sounds or something.

/edit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtitling#Live
(, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:32, archived)
# hahaha
woo!
(, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:21, archived)
# he does
of cabbage
(, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:22, archived)
# Duly clicked :)
(, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:28, archived)
# Yes . . . but how ?
(, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:31, archived)
# By pressing 888
(, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:43, archived)
# Uuuuugh . . . that stinks !
(, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:45, archived)
# BREAKING WIND
(, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:32, archived)
# it's not polite to point...
(, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:51, archived)
# You've got a point there ------------->
▐▀▐▄π
(, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 22:54, archived)