People just don't seem willing to speak up when giving their name; it's as if they're embarassed to say their own name. They certainly can be loud enough when giving their point. Be loud, and be proud! On 3/19/07, Thierry Ernst <thierry.ernst@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>When identifying yourself at the mic, it's completely useless if you >mumble your name, or say it at even approaching normal speed. Slow down. >Many of you mumble it very quickly, and after the amplification system >munges it, it's just a buzz. > >Even if your name was just said by the chair, the note taker might >benefit from hearing it a second or third time :-) > >This is particularly the case for english speaking notetakers and >non-native english speaking speakers. Alas, I at least, am stupid about >typing names from hearing them. Often, the only way I can guess what >you said was because I already know who you are. As a non-native english speaker, I do have difficulties to understand names of .... native english speakers. May I make a suggestion: why not having some of these RFIDs or another technology where the speaker would be identified by his card and his name would be displayed on some additional TV display ? I think it would benefit everyone to know who is the person on the mic. Thierry _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
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