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FILENAME:	3086_1235_1054
TOPIC#:		325
DATE:		910618
TRANSCRIBER:	GL
UTT_CODER:	TC
DIFFICULTY:	2
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
ECHO_FROM_A:	2
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	1
REMARKS:        Baby sounds and traffic noises behind Speaker A

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qy          A.1 utt1: {D So } do you have P C -s? /  

sd          B.2 utt1: I have a personal computer at home.  /
sd          B.2 utt2: It's an A T compatible.  /
sd          B.2 utt3: I don't use it very much any more.  /
sd          B.2 utt4: I used to use it quite a bit. /  

b          A.3 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.4 utt1: I also have a P C at work that I use as a terminal.  /
sd          B.4 utt2: I do some P C stand alone work on it,  /
sd          B.4 utt3: {C and } I can transfer data back and forth between the P C and the main frame. /  

b^r          A.5 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

qo          B.6 utt1:  What about you?  /
qy          B.6 utt2: Do you own a computer? /  

no          A.7 utt1: {F Um, } {D well } I sort of own a computer.  /
sd          A.7 utt2: We have two P C -s at home,  /
sd          A.7 utt3: {C but } neither one do we really own.  {F Um. } /  

qy          B.8 utt1:  Are you leasing them? /  

nn          A.9 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          A.9 utt2: both of them are sort of work related,  /
%          A.9 utt3: {C and, } -/  

qy^d          B.10 utt1:  Loaners from work? /  

ny          A.11 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          A.11 utt2: <laughter> that's the nicer way, right. /  

qy          B.12 utt1:  Do you work for T I? /  

nn          A.13 utt1: No,  /
nn^r          A.13 utt2: no.  /
sd          A.13 utt3: {F Um, } [ I, + actually I'm ] doing consulting right now because I just had a baby,  /
sd          A.13 utt4: {C and } my husband's working at Bell Labs,  /
sd          A.13 utt5: {C but } he's really from France,  /
sd          A.13 utt6: {C and } these computers actually are from France. /  

qw          B.14 utt1:  What brand are they? /  

sd          A.15 utt1:  One of them's a Compaq -- /  

bk          B.16 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.17 utt1:  -- it's a three eighty-six -- /  

ba          B.18 utt1:  I'm jealous. /  

sd          A.19 utt1: -- <Laughter> and the other is actually a I B M P C compatible,  /
sd          A.19 utt2: it's a three eighty-six,  /
sv          A.19 utt3: I guess it's twenty-five,  /
aa          A.19 utt4: yeah,  /
sd          A.19 utt5: <<silence>> three eight six twenty-five C maybe  /
h          A.19 utt6: I don't know,  /
sd          A.19 utt7: no we don't have the (( )), - /
sd          A.19 utt8: (( )) we decided not to get the (( )) which is actually another loaner one too that we picked up for a consulting job that my husband was doing <horn>,  /
%          A.19 utt9: {C and, } -/  

qw          B.20 utt1:  What kind of consulting do you do? /  

sd          A.21 utt1: {F Um, } {D well, } I actually do some work, working at M I T and at NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology --   

b          B.22 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.23 utt1: -- in Washington,  /
sd          A.23 utt2: {C and then } I worked for Dragon Systems for a while. /  

qw          B.24 utt1: What kind of work do you do when you're consulting? /  

^h          A.25 utt1: {F Um, } {D well, } it depends,  /
sd          A.25 utt2: it's very different in the different places,  /
%          A.25 utt3: {C but, } -/  

qy          B.26 utt1:  Is it programming related? /  

ny          A.27 utt1: Yeah,  /
ny^r          A.27 utt2: yeah.  /
sd^e          A.27 utt3: Program related, research related,  /
sd          A.27 utt4: {C and } I work in the speech field,  /
sd          A.27 utt5: {C and } I do a lot metacoustic phonetics and --   

b          B.28 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.29 utt1: -- looking at the acoustic characteristics of speech,  /
sd          A.29 utt2: {C and } I do that type of stuff typically for other people,  /
sd          A.29 utt3: {C and } [ we, + {D like } here we ] use the P C -s to do that.  /
sd          A.29 utt4: Mostly I use it for writing papers and things like that. /  

bf          B.30 utt1:  Word processing. /  

ar          A.31 utt1: {D Well, } more, {F uh, } - /
qy          A.31 utt2: do you know Latek?    

nn^e          B.32 utt1:  No I'm --   

+          A.33 utt1:  [ Wo-, +     

+          B.34 utt1: -- not familiar with that. /  

+          A.35 utt1: Word ] text processing,  /
sd          A.35 utt2: {D so } [ I don't, + I don't ] use, {E I mean, } - /
sd          A.35 utt3: you can call it word processing,  /
sd          A.35 utt4: {C but } I don't usually use a word processor to do it -- /  

b          B.36 utt1:  Uh-huh /  

sd          A.37 utt1: -- {C and } we don't have too much standard software.  /
sd          A.37 utt2: {D Like } [ I haven't bought, + we haven't really bought ] any commercially available software at all.  /
sd          A.37 utt3: {D So } we don't use it for things like our accounts and addresses and things like that.  /
sd          A.37 utt4: We use it more for just writing programs when we need to or, {F um, } doing research, looking at the speech signal and then doing writing, and also [ as a + <laughter> just as a ] terminal,  /
sd          A.37 utt5: {C and } we connect to other computers to read our net mail and things like that. /  

bf          B.38 utt1:  {D So, } [ you've got, + you've got ] a modem in it then. /  

ng          A.39 utt1:  {F Uh, } neither one has a modem,  /
sd          A.39 utt2: {C but } we have a modem. /  

qy^d          B.40 utt1:  At home --    

sd          A.41 utt1:  Neither one, -/  

+          B.42 utt1:  -- you have a modem that you can connect to each of them? /  

na          A.43 utt1:  Right. /  

qy^d          B.44 utt1:  {F Uh, } {C and so } it's an external modem. /  

ny          A.45 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          A.45 utt2: we have (( )). -/  

sd          B.46 utt1:  [ I got, + when I got ] mine I had an internal modem in it -- /  

b          A.47 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.48 utt1: -- I used it, {F uh, } quite a bit when I was, {F uh, } {F uh, } looking at, {F uh, } information on a large bulletin board sponsored by a newspaper [ in a, + in ] Fort Worth -- /  

b^r          A.49 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.50 utt1: -- {C but, } {F uh, } went out of town for a while,  /
sd          B.50 utt2: [ {C and, } + {C and } ] sort of got off the, {F uh, } bulletin board and off of my micro completely -- /  

b^r          A.51 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.52 utt1: -- {C and } after a while the modem started making noises on its own [ without, + {F uh, } even without ] using it on the computer,  /
sd          B.52 utt2: I could turn a computer on,  /
sd          B.52 utt3: it'd start squawking.  /
sd          B.52 utt4: {C So } I finally <siren> opened up the box and took it out. /  

bf          A.53 utt1:  <Laughter> {D So } that was it. /  

sv          B.54 utt1:  I think that's the thirty second warning. /  

sd          A.55 utt1: {F Oh, } I didn't hear it.  /
qy          A.55 utt2: Do you hear, [ the, + the ] beep in the background. /  

ny          B.56 utt1:  Yes. /  

sv          A.57 utt1: {F Oh, } that's [ a, + an ] ambulance or something going on here, I think. /  

aa          B.58 utt1:  Okay.  /
qw          B.58 utt2: [ Where, +   

sd          A.59 utt1: I haven't ever noticed the thirty second warning actually. /  

+          B.60 utt1: Where ] are you, - /
%          B.60 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } -/  

sd          A.61 utt1:  In Manhattan. /  

qy          B.62 utt1:  Are you at home now? /  

ny          A.63 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          A.63 utt2: I'm at home. /  

qy^d          B.64 utt1:  {D So } you've got a lot of traffic noise real close. /  

ny          A.65 utt1: Uh-huh.  /
sv          A.65 utt2: {D So } it'd be interesting for the people that look at this signal <laughter> {E I mean, } because there's a lot of background noise that, {D you know, } people can hear.  /
sv          A.65 utt3: {C So } it'll be interesting how much of it actually gets picked up.  /
%          A.65 utt4: {F Um, } yeah,  /
%          A.65 utt5: {C and } often times that, - /
sd          A.65 utt6: I [ can't talk on th-, + can't do this ] much later than now, between sort of {D like } six, five thirty and six thirty or something like that, because the traffic outside, they honk the horn so loud I can't even hear the phone call. /  

qw          B.66 utt1:  What time is it now where you are? /  

sd          A.67 utt1:  {F Uh, } about twenty after four. /  

sd          B.68 utt1: {C So } you're an hour ahead of where I am.  /
sd          B.68 utt2: I'm in [ Central -- +   

b          A.69 utt1:  Okay,  /
%          A.69 utt2: yeah -- /  

+          B.70 utt1: -- Central ] time zone. /  

sd          A.71 utt1: -- we're Eastern.  /
qy          A.71 utt2: {C And, } {F um, } [ what + ] [ did, + did ] you ever try using like Prodigy or any of those systems? /  

nn          B.72 utt1: No,  /
sd^e          B.72 utt2: I haven't done that.  /
sd          B.72 utt3: {F Uh, } I know someone who has,  /
sd          B.72 utt4: [ {C and, } + {C and ] } she's, {F uh, } very, {F uh, } pleased with it.  /
sd          B.72 utt5: She told me some of the things you can do,  /
sd          B.72 utt6: {C and } it's <baby> just [ a, + a ] very handy tool to have. /  

b          A.73 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

b          B.74 utt1: Yeah,  /
sd          B.74 utt2: {C and } you can do a l-, - /
sv          B.74 utt3: it makes things very convenient.  /
sv          B.74 utt4: You can save a lot of money, too. Certainly cut down on long distance charges [ if you, + if that's what you ] have in mind. /  

b          A.75 utt1: Uh-huh,  /
b          A.75 utt2: yeah,  /
sd          A.75 utt3: I've never tried using that,  /
sd          A.75 utt4: I don't know too much about it.  /
qw          A.75 utt5: What about, - /
qy          A.75 utt6: [ have you, + did you ] use commercially available software  /
%          A.75 utt7: {C or, } -/  

sd          B.76 utt1: [ I have, + I have ] used Lotus.  /
sd          B.76 utt2: I have used, {F uh, } Word Perfect -- /  

b          A.77 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.78 utt1: -- {F uh, } I, - /
sd          B.78 utt2: not heavy use.  /
sd          B.78 utt3: I've used, {F uh, } D Base  /
sd          B.78 utt4: {C and, } {F uh, } I've used a substantial amount of shareware.  /
sd          B.78 utt5: {F Um, } I haven't done much Lotus work connected with my job.  /
sd          B.78 utt6: I've been through three classes -- /  

b^r          A.79 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.80 utt1:  -- {C and } I have a great deal of respect for it. /  

b^r          A.81 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.82 utt1: {F Um, } I haven't done much <baby_crying> word processing work with my job.  /
sd          B.82 utt2: I do some -- /  

b^r          A.83 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.84 utt1: -- {C and } I, - /
sd          B.84 utt2: {C and } the D Base work I've done was </baby_crying> strictly class related. /  

sd          A.85 utt1: I've never used D Base, <baby_crying> {F um, }  /
sd          A.85 utt2: {C but } I've heard both good things and bad things about it. /  

sd          B.86 utt1: {D Well, } it's probably the granddaddy of most, {F uh, } data base management systems. /  

b          A.87 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.88 utt1: It's got some pretty strong competitors.  /
sd          B.88 utt2: Some of them have reviews that are better than D Base,  /
sv          B.88 utt3: {C so, } [ I, + I ] think by now, it's a matter of, {F uh, } personal taste. /  

b          A.89 utt1: Yeah,  /
sd          A.89 utt2: people told me that it was sort of cumbersome to use. /  

sd          B.90 utt1: I can understand that very easily.  /
sd          B.90 utt2: [ I've used, + I've had ] a class on, {F um, } R Base and also in Paradox -- /  

b          A.91 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.92 utt1: -- {C and } both of those seem very easy to use compared to D Base. /  

b^r          A.93 utt1: Uh-huh.  /
qy          A.93 utt2: Do you think [ you + ] D Base is more flexible or allows you to do more.  /
qrr          A.93 utt3: {C Or } do you think the others are pretty much compatible these days? /  

sv          B.94 utt1: {F Um, } I wouldn't say compatible, but --   

%          A.95 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh } -- -/  

+          B.96 utt1:  -- certainly comparable. /  

b          A.97 utt1: -- yeah,  /
sd          A.97 utt2: I didn't mean compatible,  /
sd          A.97 utt3: <laughter> I meant comparable.  /
sd          A.97 utt4: My brain is going to mush. /  

b          B.98 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

qw          A.99 utt1: {C And } what do you work on at T I? /  

sd          B.100 utt1: I'm a computer programmer --   

b          A.101 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.102 utt1:  -- on the I B M main frames. /  

b^r          A.103 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.104 utt1: I do, {F uh, } [ main-, + mainly ] business data processing. /  

b^r          A.105 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.106 utt1: I also handle <baby> production support for the systems in my area of responsibility. /  

b^r          A.107 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.108 utt1: {F Um, } sometimes I get called late at night at home because there's a production problem,  /
sd          B.108 utt2: {C and } that gives me the opportunity to, {F uh, } come in to work and fix it, if I can't think of --   

x          A.109 utt1:  <Laughter.>   

+          B.110 utt1:  -- some thing to tell the trouble shooter while we're on the phone. /  

b          A.111 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.112 utt1: {F Um, } I also, {F uh, } handle most of the calls from our users and other programmers who need to find out something connected, / 
