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FILENAME:	3296_1414_1419
TOPIC#:		325
DATE:		911022
TRANSCRIBER:	glp
UTT_CODER:      mmab
DIFFICULTY:	2
TOPICALITY:	5
NATURALNESS:	2
ECHO_FROM_B:	2
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	2
BACKGROUND_B:	1
REMARKS:        Tape skipped in several places, and Speaker A had
another call trying to ring through on call waiting. 

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o          A.1 utt1:  Now we're ready.  /
qy          A.1 utt2:  Do you have a personal computer? /  

na          @B.2 utt1:  We have one. /  

qy          A.3 utt1:  You do,  in your home? /  

ny          B.4 utt1:  Yes,  /
ny^r          B.4 utt2: yes, ma'am. /  

sd          A.5 utt1:  I do not have one in my home.  /
sd          A.5 utt2:  I use one all day at work,  /
sd          A.5 utt3: {C but } I don't have one at home. /  

%          B.6 utt1:  Do you wish you, -/  

qy          A.7 utt1:  Do you find you use it a lot? /  

ng          B.8 utt1:  I don't use it as much as my children and my husband do.  /
sd          B.8 utt2:  [ My, + actually my ] husband and I are taking a class at our local junior college called [ micro, + micro ] computers one o one  /
sd          B.8 utt3: {C and } we're just touching on data base, spreadsheets and word processing and just [ kind of, + {D you know, } different kinds of ] <noise> storage  /
sd          B.8 utt4: {C and } we're just kind of touching on a basic --   

b          A.9 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b^r          A.9 utt2: uh-huh. /  

+          B.10 utt1:  -- computer. /  

qw          A.11 utt1:  What kind do you have? /  

sd          B.12 utt1:  We have an I B M compatible.  /
sd          B.12 utt2: It's a Gateway brand --   

b          A.13 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.14 utt1:  -- that we bought mainly for our children to have educational programs. /  

b          A.15 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
ba          A.15 utt2: {D Well, } that sounds interesting. /  

b          B.16 utt1:  Yeah.  /
qw          B.16 utt2:  What kind of a computer do you use at work? /  

sd          A.17 utt1:  I have [ a, + a ] P S one I B M type. /  

b          B.18 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.19 utt1:  {F Uh, } {C and } I use it all day at work  /
sd          A.19 utt2: {C and } I put all my personal stuff on it at work <laughter>. /  

b          B.20 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.21 utt1:  {C So } I really [ don't, + haven't ] had a need for one at home  /
sd          A.21 utt2: {C but } probably if I didn't have access to one all the time at work, I'd want one at home. /  

b          B.22 utt1:  Right.  /
sd          B.22 utt2:  I worked on my airline Apollo Focal Point computer for about four years.    

b          A.23 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.24 utt1:  Which was different <laughter>. /  

b          A.25 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          B.26 utt1:  {C But } I didn't, -/  

qy          A.27 utt1:  What is that [ tracing, + tracking ] the flights and things? /  

na          B.28 utt1:  Right,  /
na^r          B.28 utt2: right. /  

b          A.29 utt1:  {F Uh. } /  

qw^t          B.30 utt1:  How long are we supposed to talk on this? /  

sd^t          A.31 utt1:  They tell us when we're through. /  

bk          B.32 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay,  /
bk^r          B.32 utt2: okay.  /
sd          B.32 utt3:  [ This is, +   

sd^t          A.33 utt1:  They come in and tell us.  /
qy          A.33 utt2:  Have you just started doing this? /  

+          B.34 utt1:  This is ] my very first time. /  

bh          A.35 utt1:  {F Oh } really? /  

ny          B.36 utt1:  Yes. /  

sd^t          A.37 utt1:  They'll come in and tell us that the switchboard is full now  /
sd^t          A.37 utt2: {C and } it's time for you to wind up in the next thirty seconds or something like that. /  

bk          B.38 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

sd^t          A.39 utt1:  It's not more than five min-, <clicking>, /  

ba          B.40 utt1:  Uh-oh. /  

sd          A.41 utt1:  {C But, }  I'm going to ignore that.  /
sd          A.41 utt2:  That's a call on my other line,  /
sd          A.41 utt3: {C so } --   

b          B.42 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

+          A.43 utt1:  -- I'm just going to ignore it.   /
%          A.43 utt2: {C But, } -/  

b          B.44 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay.  /
sd          B.44 utt2:  [ That, + I have that, ] too. /  

sv          A.45 utt1:  <Laughter> It's kind of a hassle when you have this,  /
%          A.45 utt2: {C but } other times <clicking> it. -/  

qw          B.46 utt1:  [ W-, + where ] do you work? /  

sd          A.47 utt1:  I work at Texas Instruments. /  

bh          B.48 utt1:  {F Oh, } you do? /  

ny          A.49 utt1:  Yes. /  

ba          B.50 utt1:  {F Oh, } {D well, } of course. /  

sd^e          A.51 utt1:  I sure do. /  

ba          B.52 utt1:  Of course.  /
qy^g          B.52 utt2:  That's [ why you + <laughter>, why you're ] making these calls, right? /  

nn          A.53 utt1:  {D Well, } no,  /
sd^e          A.53 utt2: I'm doing this at home.  /
sd          A.53 utt3:  I'm already home for the day. /  

bk          B.54 utt1:  {F Oh, } I see.  /
sv          B.54 utt2:  {D Well, } this is a pretty good deal. /  

sd          A.55 utt1:  [ I <clicking> do it, + {D you know, } I can't do it ] at work.  /
sd          A.55 utt2:  [ [ I, + I'm, ] + I ] work in the legal department  /
sd          A.55 utt3: {C so } I'm pretty busy. /  

b          B.56 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.57 utt1:  {C But } I use my P C there mostly for creating legal documents.  /
sd          A.57 utt2:  We use Word Perfect, Lotus. /  

b          B.58 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

b          A.59 utt1:  {F Uh, } /  

qh^g          B.60 utt1:  {F Oh, } you do know Lotus, {F huh? }  /
ba          B.60 utt2:  {F Oh, } that's great.  /
sd          B.60 utt3:  That's something we want to learn. /  

b          A.61 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.61 utt2: it's really, - /
sd          A.61 utt3: I love Lotus. /  

b          B.62 utt1:  {F Oh. } /  

sd          A.63 utt1:  I think that's about my favorite. /  

sd          B.64 utt1:  I've heard that people that finally learn how to use it really like it. /  

b          A.65 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

ba          B.66 utt1:  That's great. /  

aa          A.67 utt1:  It really is,  /
sd          A.67 utt2: {C and } I know there's still a hundred things I don't know how to do on it. /  

b          B.68 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.69 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, } {D you know, } you learn something every time you use it. /  

sd          B.70 utt1:  I have a question.  /
sd^t          B.70 utt2:  On [ [ this, + this thing that I'm, ] + this survey ] or whatever, {D you know, } [ this -- + ]   

b          A.71 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.72 utt1:  -- I volunteered for.  /
qy^t          B.72 utt2:  Do I start calling in myself  /
qrr^t          B.72 utt3: {C or } do I wait for people to call me? /  

na          A.73 utt1:  You can,  /
qy^t          A.73 utt2: did they give you a number to call? /  

na          B.74 utt1:  Right,  /
sd^t          B.74 utt2: {C and } eight hundred number. -/  

sd^t          A.75 utt1:  You can start calling in whenever it's convenient for you  /
sd^t          A.75 utt2: {C but } you can only make one call a day. /  

bk^m          B.76 utt1:  {F Oh, } only one a day. /  

b          A.77 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^t          A.77 utt2: if you've talked to someone, like you're talking to me now --   

b          B.78 utt1:  Right. /  

+          A.79 utt1:  -- and I place the call, this counts as your call. /  

bk          B.80 utt1:  {F Oh, } /  

sd^t          A.81 utt1:  {C So } you cannot make a call now until tomorrow. /  

bk          B.82 utt1:  {F Oh, } I see.  /
bk          B.82 utt2:  Okay,  /
qy^t          B.82 utt3: {C so } then, do you get the five bucks  /
qrr^t          B.82 utt4: {C or } do I? /  

nn          A.83 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          A.83 utt2: we both do. /  

bk^m          B.84 utt1:  {F Oh, } we both do.  /
%          B.84 utt2:  {D Well } that's --   

qy^t          A.85 utt1:  Didn't they --   

+          B.86 utt1:  -- a, -/  

+          A.87 utt1:  -- ask you for your I D number when you answered? /  

na          B.88 utt1:  Right,  /
sd^t          B.88 utt2: I had to put that in. /  

bk          A.89 utt1:  Okay  /
sd^t          A.89 utt2: {C so } you both do. /  

ba          B.90 utt1:  {D Well, } that's a pretty good deal. /  

aa          A.91 utt1:  From what I understand. -/  

qy          B.92 utt1:  {D So } [ why, + why ] are we doing this? /  

sd          A.93 utt1:  It's for research. /  

sd          B.94 utt1:  Actually, I'm doing this [ for somebody else + [ {C but, } + ] {D you know, } for a friend of mine. ] /  

sd          A.95 utt1:  It's a research type project on --   

b          B.96 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.97 utt1:  -- {F uh, } voice activated electronics, {D you know. } /  

bk          B.98 utt1:  Oh. /  

%          A.99 utt1:  To, {F uh, } - /
%          A.99 utt2: it's, {F uh } -- -/  

sd          B.100 utt1:  It's almost [ like that, +   

sd          A.101 utt1:  -- {D well } they call it the speech lab that is setting this thing up. /  

+          B.102 utt1: Like ] a voice command --   

b          A.103 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.104 utt1:  -- computer type --   

b          A.105 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.106 utt1:  -- thing, {F oh. } /  

sd          A.107 utt1:  They're doing research for a lot of big companies from what I understand on this.  /
sd          A.107 utt2:  {D Now } [ I don't know, +   

ba          B.108 utt1:  {D Well, } that's wonderful. /  

+          A.109 utt1:  I don't know ] everything about it  /
sd          A.109 utt2: {C but } they, {F uh, } try to get as many people as they possibly can to contribute to this  /
sd          A.109 utt3: {C and } that way they can check voice patterns. /  

bk          B.110 utt1:  I see,  /
bf          B.110 utt2: different kinds of voices and things. /  

aa          A.111 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
sd          A.111 utt2: {C and } get the computer where it recognizes voices. /  

ba          B.112 utt1:  Wonderful.  /
sv          B.112 utt2:  See that's why [ I, +  it's ] interesting because [ you have + [ I, + I'm going to say you have ] ] an accent <laughter>. /  

aa          A.113 utt1:  {D Well, } I probably do because I've, -/  

sv          B.114 utt1:  [ {C And } I, + {C and } I ] think that I don't.  /
%          B.114 utt2:  {E I mean } to you - /
%          B.114 utt3: {C but, } -/  

x          A.115 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

%          B.116 utt1:  {D you know. } -/  

sd          A.117 utt1:  {D Well, } [ I've been b-, + I was born ] and raised in Texas.  /
sd          A.117 utt2:  Have lived here forever  /
aa          A.117 utt3: {C so } I probably do. /  

qw          B.118 utt1:  {C And } you're in what city? /  

sd          A.119 utt1:  I'm in Richardson.  /
sd          A.119 utt2: It's right outside of Dallas. /  

bk          B.120 utt1:  Okay,  /
sd          B.120 utt2: [ my sister, + one of my sisters ] lives in Plano. /  

b          A.121 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.122 utt1:  {C And } that's right outside of, -/  

sd          A.123 utt1:  {D Well, } Richardson's right between Dallas and Plano. /  

ba          B.124 utt1:  How about that.  /
sv          B.124 utt2: I probably went through Richardson, then. /  

aa          A.125 utt1:  You probably did. /  

sd          B.126 utt1:  {C And then } I have a sister that lives in Austin. /  

b          A.127 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.128 utt1:  {C But, } -/  

qw          A.129 utt1:  {D Well, } what are you doing way in Washington? /  

sd          B.130 utt1:  {D Well, } we're actually all from Nebraska.  /
sd          B.130 utt2:  They just are recently moved there.  /
sd          B.130 utt3:  My brother-in-law is director of Admissions at the University of Texas --   

b          A.131 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.132 utt1:  -- in Dallas. /  

ba          A.133 utt1:  {D Well, } that's interesting. /  

b          B.134 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.134 utt2: {C and then } my sister works at the Air Force Base. /  

b          A.135 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
qy^d          A.135 utt2: {C So } I imagine they use personal computers. /  

ny          B.136 utt1:  Actually, yes,  /
sd^e          B.136 utt2: they both have personal computers. /  

qy          A.137 utt1:  Do they do their correspondence on it? /  

ng          B.138 utt1:  {F Uh, } I think they just send Christmas letters on it. /  

b          A.139 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.140 utt1:  As far as I, - /
sd          B.140 utt2: mostly my one sister uses hers for her children.    

b          A.141 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.142 utt1:  {D You know, } children's games. / 
