[NFBMO] Some spelling help

[linda at coccovizzo.com]

One thing I have done, which I did specifically with tenBroek, was go to
google, and type in the search, something like National Federation of the
Blind founder. Then I find the correct spelling in the search results.

 

Linda Coccovizzo

Adaptive Technology Instructor, Remote

TechVision

 <http://www.yourtechvision.com> http://www.yourtechvision.com

Carroll Center for the Blind

http://www.carroll.org

 

From: NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Gary Wunder via NFBMO
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2024 4:02 PM
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Cc: Gary Wunder <gwunder at earthlink.net>
Subject: [NFBMO] Some spelling help

 

It is really easy with speech to misunderstand the spelling of words.
Several times lately I have seen the name of our founder misspelled, and I
have tried to respond individually. The name is spelled tenBroek or t e n B
r o e k. What makes the name of little different is that the t is lowercase
as is the en. The B is uppercase, and the last part, broek, is once again in
lowercase. Before anyone takes offense, please understand that I spent a
good part of my life believing that authentic was spelled o f f e n t I c,
and that if a person was flustered, they would of course be flustrated. I
also thought that the word was inter rested rather than interested and that
the pronunciation really did end with rested but not so.

Although it probably won't help much with something like tenBroek, our smart
phones and Amazon and Google devices can help. What a pleasure it is after
trying to figure out how to own a Braille dictionary to be able to say
define allegory, spell simile, or give me the synonym for verbose. When it
comes to knowing how to spell tenBroek, Jernigan, or Marc Maurer, a list is
helpful. Adding it to your word processors dictionary is also helpful and
then getting the system to beep or buzz whenever it encounters a spelling
error. If folks believe it would be helpful, I can certainly go through the
list of words I have from working with the Braille Monitor that I have given
to my dictation software so that it knows how to spell them. One has to get
creative when getting the software to recognize the first name of our
president. She continues to wonder why so many other people in the world
misspell it.

 

Warmly,

 

Gary

 

P.S. some of you who may have found this note a little long will be glad to
know that when I dictated my name to end this, the product did not write
Gary but airy. There may be more artificial intelligence in this software
than I give it credit for.

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