Mail Archives: opendos/2000/11/01/19:59:45
Hmmm ...
I appreciate your problem, although you no doubt understand that
replies of this form (mixed with original text) are used for providing
better context ...
I wonder if it's possible for voice e-mail readers to selectively ignore
those lines beginning with the '>' character (or the '|' character, that
is also used sometimes) ?
Regards,
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Stevenson [SMTP:jims AT eos DOT arc DOT nasa DOT gov]
> Sent: Thursday, 2 November 2000 4:37
> To: bartlett AT smart DOT net; opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: difficulty reading quotes with speech
>
> Hi.
>
> I appreciate your posts, and find them valuable.
>
> This suggestion refers only to single topic replies.
>
> Those of us who read e-mail with speech want to get to the new
> information,
> with as little time as possible waisted listening to quotes which we have
> already heard several times.
>
> A fall back strategy is to dump the speech buffer, go to the end of the
> post,
> and search back for the last > and listen from there.
> When some people are so eager to include everything, that they put their
> new comments between the quoted stuff and the quoted tag lines and
> footers,
> even this last resort is defeated.
>
> I am not against all quoting,
> but it is often much too long or mostly superfluous.
>
> This is not a personal attack, but a constructive suggestion toward making
>
> the list easier reading and more helpful to all.
>
> Thanks much for your consideration.
>
> If you quote me, please put your comments first.
> I have already listened to my questions.
>
> Thanks.
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