5.0153 Qs: drs, e- mail, Wordsworth & HCY; Speech; Pagans (6/98)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Tue, 18 Jun 91 10:54:31 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0153. Tuesday, 18 Jun 1991.


(1) Date: Thu, 13 Jun 91 17:10:32 EDT (19 lines)
From: paul wagner g <pwagner5@mach1.wlu.ca>
Subject: doctoral lists

(2) Date: 13 Jun 91 21:51:36 EST (5 lines)
From: James O'Donnell <JODONNEL@PENNSAS.UPENN.EDU>
Subject: 5.0144 Humanities Computing Yearbook

(3) Date: 14 Jun 91 09:57:00 bst (24 lines)
From: D.Mealand@edinburgh.ac.uk
Subject: Speech recognition

(4) Date: Fri, 14 Jun 91 11:10:09 PDT (26 lines)
From: sn01peri@UCSBUXA.BITNET
Subject: E-mail for U. of Palermo, Italy

(5) Date: Fri, 14 Jun 91 15:43:42 CST (11 lines)
From: Oliver Phillips <PHILLIPS@UKANVM>
Subject: Pagans and Christians

(6) Date: Mon, 17 Jun 91 12:36:42 EDT (13 lines)
From: Howard Spivak <HOSBC@CUNYVM>
Subject: Inquiry: Wm. Wordsworth

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 91 17:10:32 EDT
From: paul wagner g <pwagner5@mach1.wlu.ca>
Subject: doctoral lists

I am wondering if there is such a thing as a list which includes the
names of persons who are awarded honorary doctorates in N. America.

I am trying to track down an institution which awarded a certain
individual an honorary doctorate early in this century, but no one has
ever been able to track down the the university. He is (Dr.) Albert
Simpson, founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination.
I doubt if such a list exists, but thought I'd toss it out. Thanks,
Paul Wagner.


Paul Wagner
Trinity College, Toronto, Canada
Email: pwagner5@mach1.wlu.ca
(519) 747-4025
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Date: 13 Jun 91 21:51:36 EST
From: James O'Donnell <JODONNEL@PENNSAS.UPENN.EDU>
Subject: 5.0144 Humanities Computing Yearbook

When will the e-version be available for ftp?
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Date: 14 Jun 91 09:57:00 bst
From: D.Mealand@edinburgh.ac.uk
Subject: Speech recognition

Does anyone know where the long quest for speech recognition leading
to voice input has reached ? Given that we don't yet have a scanner
that can read print or typescript with much more than 90% accuracy
I suppose it isn't surprising that voice input is many years behind
schedule. Some years ago I once saw a system that after several
(about 8) trial shots could recognize my speech on simple words
like up, down, left, right. Amazingly it moved the cursor in
the correct manner after this feat ! :-)

Yet I hear vague talk of projects which would allow say a lecture to be
transferred to text and then searched for key words. Is there the
remotest chance that anyone anywhere has something far simpler than this?
Is there yet a system for instance that would even allow dos commands
to be entered by voice, let alone the contents of a lecture ?
Presumably the kind of institution that would be most likely to acquire
such a thing once invented would be some inter-governmental body, and
humanities scholars would not afford such a thing for years thereafter.
So does someone know if voice input is still a pipe dream ?

David M.
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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 91 11:10:09 PDT
From: sn01peri@UCSBUXA.BITNET
Subject: E-mail for U. of Palermo, Italy


Would anyone out there have an e/mail address for
Prof. Marcello Cappuzzo
Facolta di Letteratura e Lingue
Universita degli Studi, Palermo, Italy

A generic address for the University would be fine.
Please answer directly to:

Giorgio Perissinotto
University of California, Santa Barbara
e-mail sn01peri@ucsbuxa.bitnet
sn01peri@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu

or to
moconnel@ucsbuxa.bitnet

Thank you
Giorgio Perissinotto
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 91 15:43:42 CST
From: Oliver Phillips <PHILLIPS@UKANVM>
Subject: Pagans and Christians

I would be interested in receiving some impressions from readers of
Robin Lane Fox's _Pagans and Christians_.

Oliver Phillips
Classics
University of Kansas
PHILLIPS@UKANVM
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 91 12:36:42 EDT
From: Howard Spivak <HOSBC@CUNYVM>
Subject: Inquiry: Wm. Wordsworth



A colleague of mine seeks the works of Wm. Wordsworth in electronic
form (ASCII files,CDROM, Etc.). Any Suggestions?

Please send responses to me and I will summarize for the lists.

Howard Spivak (HOSBC@CUNYVM)
Brooklyn College, CUNY