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FILENAME:	3045_1292_1280
TOPIC#:		325
DATE:		910610
TRANSCRIBER:	LAB
UTT_CODER:      MMAB
DIFFICULTY:	1
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	2
ECHO_FROM_A:	2
STATIC_ON_A:	2
STATIC_ON_B:	2
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	2
REMARKS:       Speaker B had a baby in the background talking and
crying.  A lot of line noise in all three conversations.

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o          A.1 utt1:  <Beep> Okay.  /
qy          A.1 utt2:  {F Uh, } do you own a P C by the way?  /
qy^d          A.1 utt3:  I'm guessing you probably do. /  

ng          @B.2 utt1:  I don't have one in my home here.  /
sd          @B.2 utt2:  My, {F um, } <lipsmack> parents have one  /
sd          @B.2 utt3: {C and } they live just about three miles away, /  

bk          A.3 utt1:  {F Oh. } /  

sd          B.4 utt1:  {C so } we use that one. /  

bk          A.5 utt1:  I see. /  

sd          B.6 utt1:  {C And } my in-laws also have one,  /
sd          B.6 utt2: {C and } they're almost as close. /  

b          A.7 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.8 utt1:  They're in Richardson. /  

b          A.9 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.9 utt2: uh-huh.  /
qw          A.9 utt3:  {C And } what kinds of things do you use it for [ when you us-, + when you go ] [ to their [ hous-, + houses ] + to them?  ] /  

sd          B.10 utt1:  {F Um, } usually, {F uh, } word processing something, {F um, } <lipsmack> such as, {F oh, } forms for things, {F uh, } -/  

b          A.11 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.12 utt1:  {C also } I have a nine year old that I've been home schooling for the last three years. /  

b          A.13 utt1:  {F Oh. } /  

%          B.14 utt1:  {C And } we got, - /
sd          B.14 utt2: {F uh, } the one that my parents have is an Apple Two E. /  

b          A.15 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.16 utt1:  {C And } I have a sister-in-law [ who is, + who works ] in the Fort Worth school district. /  

b          A.17 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.18 utt1:  {C And so } she got me copies of, {F uh, } several of the Apple [ programs -- +   

ba          A.19 utt1:  Great. /  

+          B.20 utt1:  -- for school programs, ] /  

b          A.21 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.22 utt1:  {C and so } we use those  /
%          B.22 utt2: {C and } there's some, - /
sd          B.22 utt3: whenever we go over and visit grandma the kids love to play the computer game,  /
sd          B.22 utt4: {C so, }     

b          A.23 utt1:  {F Oh, } sure. /  

+          B.24 utt1:  that's part of it.  /
sd          B.24 utt2: {F Um, } my husband has used the one at his folks house for mostly business things.    

b          A.25 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.26 utt1:  {F Uh, } his resume, his, {F uh, } letter,  /
sd          B.26 utt2: he's been applying for jobs and  things,    

b          A.27 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.28 utt1:  [ so + ] that type of thing.  {F Uh, } forms for his photography business,   

b          A.29 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.30 utt1:  and that kind of thing. /  

b          A.31 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.31 utt2: {D well, } I tell you once you get used to having them [ you, + you ] get spoiled really quickly. /  

b          B.32 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b          A.33 utt1:  {F Uh, } /  

%          B.34 utt1:   I'm,  {F uh, } - /
sd          B.34 utt2: my father had a software company, /  

b          A.35 utt1:  {F Oh. } /  

sd          B.36 utt1:  {C and } they have a bunch of computers leftover from that -- /  

b          A.37 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.38 utt1:  -- {C and } we're hoping that they can put <talking> together something for us here that we can have the word processing,   

b          A.39 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.40 utt1:  here <talking>.   /
sd          B.40 utt2: {C But, }  {F um, } they're kind of <talking> [ old -- +   

b          A.41 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.42 utt1:  -- older ]  /
sd          B.42 utt2: {C so } I'm not sure that we'll be able to [ do, + get ] too many other programs for it. /  

b          A.43 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          A.43 utt2: yeah.  /
sd          A.43 utt3: {F Um, } [ I n-, + I'm ] [ a, + a ] writer by profession  /
sd          A.43 utt4: {C and, }  {F uh, } [ when, + when ] I was first here [ in, + in ] Dallas or in Plano, {F um, } [ and was finally able to, + {A this is, {F oh, } been like fourteen years ago we moved here. }  And I was finally able to ] afford a new typewriter, and I got an I B M Selectric.  I thought I had died and gone to heaven because <laughter>,   

b          B.44 utt1:  {F Oh. } /  

+          A.45 utt1:  I thought, {F oh, } they're so wonderful. /  

sd          B.46 utt1:  I have one of those.  /
%          B.46 utt2:   Yeah. /  

%          A.47 utt1:  {D Well, } then, {F um, } -/  

sd          B.48 utt1:  Mines broke at the moment,  /
%          B.48 utt2: {C but } <laughter>. -/  

b          A.49 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.49 utt2: <laughter> ours really needs to have some work done on it  /
sd          A.49 utt3: [ {C but, } +  {C but } ] then my husband, {F um, } worked at T I  /
sd          A.49 utt4: [ {C and } I got a, + {F um, } {A this has been years ago he doesn't work there anymore, } {C but } he got [ [ a, + {F um, } <lipsmack> {F uh, } the, ] + the ] ]  T I professional and brought that home  /
sd          A.49 utt5: {C and } I learned Wordstar on that, /  

b          B.50 utt1:  {F Oh. } /  

sd          A.51 utt1:  {C and, }  boy once that happened, there was just no way that I could ever go back to doing anything of length of the typewriter. /  

b          B.52 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.52 utt2: [ [ I learned, + I, ] + I learned ] Wordstar, {F uh, }  /
sd          B.52 utt3: I did some typing for my father when he had the company -- /  

b          A.53 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.54 utt1:  -- {C and so } I learned that on there too,  /
%          B.54 utt2: that was, -/  

b          A.55 utt1:  Yeah.  /
qy          A.55 utt2:  [ [ Have you ever used, + do you use WordPerfect ever? ] +  Have you ever used WordPerfect? ]   /
%          A.55 utt3: {C Or, } -/  

ng          B.56 utt1:  I haven't.  /
sd          B.56 utt2:  That's the one that my father, - /
nd          B.56 utt3: {D well, } I guess I have used it once or twice. /  

b          A.57 utt1: Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.58 utt1:  {F Uh, } it's the one that's on my father-in-law's computer. /  

b          A.59 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.60 utt1:  He's got on I B M. /  

b          A.61 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          A.61 utt2: yeah.  /
sv          A.61 utt3:  That's probably where you've used it. /  

sd          B.62 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {F uh, } {C so } ] that's the program that they're using there. /  

b          A.63 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
b          A.63 utt2: Yeah. {F Um, }  /
sd          A.63 utt3: I have that on my, {F uh, } computer here  /
sd          A.63 utt4: {C and } also, {F um, } I do some work at U T D  /
sd          A.63 utt5: {C and, }  {F uh, } that's what they have there  /
sd          A.63 utt6: {C and } it was just so  nice to be able just to step into the position [ and, + and ] [ already know the langu-, + {D you know, } already know [ the, + the ] software. ]   /
sd          A.63 utt7: {C And, }  {F um, } I don't know from my own experience,  {F um, }  /
sd          A.63 utt8: WordPerfect is just so much better [ than, + than ] Wordstar  at least the version of Wordstar that I used to have.  /
sd          A.63 utt9:  It may be improved by now  /
%          A.63 utt10: {C but, } -/  

sd          B.64 utt1:  That's what I've heard. /  

b          A.65 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.65 utt2: [ it's, + {F uh, } Wordstar was ] never very intuitive to me.  /
%          A.65 utt3:  {E I mean } {D you know, }  you, - /
sv          A.65 utt4: some of the commands just had nothing to do with, {D you know, } [ what you were supposed to be doing + [ what they, + what they ] did on the [ com-, + computer ] ]  /
%          A.65 utt5: {C but, }  {F uh, } -/  

b          B.66 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.67 utt1:  {E I mean } like going, {F um, } forward and backward a word or up and down a line that sort of thing just, {D you know, } didn't match with the kinds of keys,    

aa          B.68 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.68 utt2: you had to,   

+          A.69 utt1:  you were using. /  

+          B.70 utt1:  memorize it, /  

b          A.71 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          B.72 utt1:  {C and, } -/  

sv          A.73 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {C but } ] WordPerfect is just a lot more intuitive in a lot of ways.   /
sv          A.73 utt2: [ {C And } you, + {C and } it ] does a lot of things too that [ if you, + if you ] do any kind of, {F uh, } research or anything like that where you have to, {F uh, } use footnotes, it is just wonderful.    

b          B.74 utt1:  {F Oh. } /  

+          A.75 utt1:  Because it keeps track of all your footnotes. /  

ba          B.76 utt1:  {F Oh, } that's neat. /  

aa          A.77 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.77 utt2: {C and } [ if you add it, + if you put a footnote ] [ in, + in ] the middle, {D you know, } if you come up with some new piece of documentation and you put that in the middle of your paper and have to footnote it, [ you just change, + {F um, } it just automatically changes ] all your footnoting numbers for you. /  

ba          B.78 utt1:  {F Oh, } how wonderful. /  

%          A.79 utt1:  <Lipsmack> {C So, } {D you know, } it's just, -/  

sd          B.80 utt1:  [ That, + I had heard that [ that was better. +   

b          A.81 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.82 utt1:  That was a better one. ] ] /  

aa          A.83 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.83 utt2:  {C And } I think about how it used to be if you were doing a paper <laughter>  and you had to go back and retype everything,  /
sv          A.83 utt3: {C and } {F oh, } it was just awful.   /
sv          A.83 utt4: {C So, } {F um, } I don't know I think we have just become really spoiled.   /
sv          A.83 utt5: {C But } I think,   

b          B.84 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.85 utt1:  it's a nice kind of way to be spoiled <laughter>. /  

aa          B.86 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          B.86 utt2: I agree <laughter>. /  

sd          A.87 utt1:  {C So, } {F um, } {D well, } I have not really paid much attention  (( because I )) - /
%          A.87 utt2: clock, -/  

x          B.88 utt1:  <Talking>.   

sd          A.89 utt1:  although I think we've probably been talking at least ten minutes - /
qy^d          A.89 utt2: {C so, } {F um, } [ if you, + {F um, } unless you ] have some other things you want to talk about as having to do with P C -s. -/  

ng          B.90 utt1:  Not too much.  /
qw          B.90 utt2:  [ What kind of, + what kind of ] things do you write? /  

nd          A.91 utt1:  {D Well, } {F um, } I was a technical writer for many years, {F um, } /  

bk          B.92 utt1:  {F Oh } <baby_talking>. /  

sd          A.93 utt1:  {C and } my husband and I actually met in a computer company.  /
sd          A.93 utt2:  {F Um, } I was a tech writer  /
sd          A.93 utt3: {C and } he was an engineer.  [ {C And, } +  {F uh, } {C so } ] I did tech writing for a number of years. /  

t3          B.94 utt1:  <Baby_crying> <<talks to her baby>>.  Go talk to Daddy about it. /  

x          A.95 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

ad          B.96 utt1:  Excuse me. /  

aa          A.97 utt1:  {F Oh, } sure. /  

t3          B.98 utt1:  <<Talks to her baby>> Go on and talk to Daddy about it </baby_crying>.  /
t3          B.98 utt2:  Tell Daddy I unplugged it for you.  /
t3          B.98 utt3: {C But } you don't need to drag it down the hall <baby_crying>. /  

qy^g          A.99 utt1:  <Laughter> Got a problem, {F huh? }  /
%          A.99 utt2:  <Laughter> {F Um, } /  

sd          B.100 utt1:  <Noise> [ Daddy, + Daddy ] came home and found her playing with the telephone that I had unplugged <laughter>. /  

qy^g          A.101 utt1:  {F Oh. }  Trying to figure out what all that was about, {F huh? }  <Laughter>. /  

ny          B.102 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          A.103 utt1:  {C But, }  {F um, } I have, - /
sd          A.103 utt2: {F um, } [ that, + that ] was the majority of my writing  although, {F um, } I have also done {F oh, } free lance magazine writing and some educational writing.   /
sd          A.103 utt3: {C And, }  {F um, } <lipsmack> for a while I had [ a, + {F um, } <lipsmack> {F uh, } a ] partnership [ with a, + in an ] advertising agency with another woman who is [ a, + an ] artist.   /
sd          A.103 utt4: {C So } I did some advertising and P R  /
%          A.103 utt5: {C but, } -/  

b          B.104 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

sd          A.105 utt1:  {F um, } [ now I'm, + actually [ I'm, + I'm ] ] not working anymore.  /
sd          A.105 utt2:  [ I'm a student, + I'm a graduate student ]  /
sd          A.105 utt3: {C so } I'm doing a lot of writing  /
sd          A.105 utt4: {C but, }  {F uh, } now all of the sc-, scholastic majors though, -/  

b          B.106 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.107 utt1:  <Laughter> I've done [ a little, + a lot ] of different kinds,  /
sd          A.107 utt2: {C but } [ I, + I ] just know right now that I couldn't have put out half of what I did if that much without the being in computers  /
sd          A.107 utt3: {C so } that's been really great.   /
sd          A.107 utt4: [ {C And, }  {F uh, } I'm, + {C so }  I'm ] real spoiled. /  

b          B.108 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.108 utt2:  I'm anxious some day to have one here. /  

b          A.109 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          B.110 utt1:  I'm, - /
sd          B.110 utt2: {C and } they just talked [ to + ] (( the [ other day )) +  other day ] about setting something up again  /
sd          B.110 utt3: {C so } --   

b          A.111 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
b          A.111 utt2:  Yeah. /  

+          B.112 utt1:  -- hopefully pretty soon we'll at least have the word processing.  /
sd          B.112 utt2:  My nine year old I've decided to teach her how to type --   

ba          A.113 utt1:  Good. /  

+          B.114 utt1:  -- using the computer,  /
%          B.114 utt2: {C so. } -/  

ba          A.115 utt1:  That's great. /  

b          B.116 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b^m          A.117 utt1:  Yeah. /  

 %         B.118 utt1:  I've, -/  

sv         A.119 utt1:  {D Well, } those are skills that she certainly [ w-, + is ] going to need early on  /
sv          A.119 utt2: [ {C and, } {D you know, } <lipsmack> the, +   

aa          B.120 utt1:  That's right. /  

+          A.121 utt1:  {C and } it ] seems like it's getting earlier and earlier with the children.  /
sv          A.121 utt2: {C So, }    

b          B.122 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.123 utt1:  {F um, } I think that that would be [ a real, + a real, ] {F uh, } advantage [ to, + to ] her to have that and, {F uh, }   

b          B.124 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.125 utt1:  do it early,  /
%          A.125 utt2: {C so. } {F Uh, } [ do yo-, + d-, ] -/  

sd          B.126 utt1:  [ We've been, + we've been, ] {F uh, } writing a story together. /  

ba          A.127 utt1:  {F Oh, } neat. /  

sd          B.128 utt1:  [ {C And so } I, + {C and } I ] wanted her to put it into the computer,   

b          A.129 utt1:  Yes. /  

+          B.130 utt1:  and then print it out and,    

b          A.131 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.132 utt1:  make a book with it, {D you know. } /  

ba          A.133 utt1:  {F Oh, } great. /  

sd          B.134 utt1:  {C And so } I decided {D well, } if she's going to do that, it would be a whole lot easier if she could type <laughter>. /  

b          A.135 utt1:  Right <laughter>. /  

sd          B.136 utt1:  {C So } we'll slowly learn just to type here {C and } [ {C then } -- +   

ba          A.137 utt1:  That's great. /  

+          B.138 utt1:  -- {C then } ] put the story in. /  

sv          @@A.139 utt1:  {D Well, } [ that's a, + that's a ] skill that she can use for the rest of her life,  /
sv          @@A.139 utt2: {C so } <laughter>.   

aa          B.140 utt1:  Yes,  /
aa^r          B.140 utt2: yes. /  

+          A.141 utt1:  Might as well start now, {F huh? }  <Laughter>. /  

aa          B.142 utt1:  I agree. /  

fc          A.143 utt1:  {D Well, }  (( Nola ))  I have enjoyed talking with you thoroughly.  /
fc          A.143 utt2:  This is really going to be fun I think, /  

fc          B.144 utt1:  Yeah. /  

fc          A.145 utt1:  {C and, }  {F um, } my husband is a ham radio operator  /
fc          A.145 utt2: {C and } I think about all the people that he talks to all over the, -/ 
