Message-ID: <67BAFB085CD7D21190B80090273F74A45B7D22@emwatent02.meters.com.au> From: "Da Silva, Joe" To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" Subject: RE: difficulty reading quotes with speech Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 12:03:15 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com 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.