Re: [NTLK] Brought to you by the letter M

From: good-dog_at_northshore.net
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 07:05:18 EST


Gang;

Thanks for all the tips, I'm going to try them all.

Would it be safe to assume I've trained my Newt to see the scratching
out to be an "M" because of how I make the scratched out marks most of
the time? This begs the question, "Can you teach an old Newt new
tricks?".

Thoughts?.

Mark

On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 05:16 PM, Trenton Tuggle wrote:

>
> For me, the trick is that if I do it quickly the >POOF< happens. If I
> do it
> nice and slowly, it'll let me write an 'm'. Same holds true for
> leading
> quotation marks -- if I make them slowly, then keep writing the rest
> of the
> initial word, it'll recognize them almost always. If I do the quotes
> quickly, the system will recognize it as a couple of taps, followed by
> my
> word. The system seems to appreciate the *speed* of writing: write
> slowly,
> and it will recognize things easier.
>
> -Trent
>
>> Original Message:
>> -----------------
>> From: good-dog_at_northshore.net
>> Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 05:42:47 -0600
>> Subject: [NTLK] Brought to you by the letter "M"
>>
>> Does anyone else have trouble when you're in the field where you can
>> correct the letters one by one, and you try to replace some letter
>> with
>> an "M", and all it does is >POOF!< on you because the newt's reading
>> it
>> like a "scratch out"?
>>
>> Anyone found a way around this? Eventually I can get it to recognize
>> an "M", but it takes a while.
>
>
>

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