Software Translates Your Voice into Another Language Researchers at Microsoft have made software that can learn the sound of your voice, and then use it to speak a language that you don’t. The system could be used to make language tutoring software more personal, or to make tools for travelers. In a demonstration at Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington, campus on Tuesday, Microsoft research scientist Frank Soong showed how his software could read out text in Spanish using the voice of his boss, Rick Rashid, who leads Microsoft’s research efforts. In a second demonstration, Soong used his software to grant Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, the ability to speak Mandarin. Hear Rick Rashid’s voice in his native language and then translated into several other languages: English: Spanish: Italian: Mandarin: In English, a synthetic version of Mundie’s voice welcomed the audience to an open day held by Microsoft Research, concluding, “With the help of this system, now I can speak Mandarin.”
Redaction Business plan : presentation, objectif, strategie Publications | Fiches point de vue La rédaction d'un plan de développement ("business plan") correspond à un travail de fond nécessaire à la mise en place d'un projet d'entreprise. Ce travail conséquent permet à l'entrepreneur de se poser un ensemble de questions sur tous les aspects de la création et du développement de son projet, et d'y apporter des éléments de réponse. Le plan détaillé ci-dessous correspond à un modèle général qui doit bien évidemment être adapté par l'entrepreneur à son projet. Celui-ci peut donc, à sa convenance, développer ou réduire certaines des parties, la longueur moyenne d'un plan de développement étant de 20 à 50 pages. Sommaire I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. Annexes I. Synthèse rapide du plan de développement en quelques dizaines de lignes, le résumé opérationnel doit présenter les points clés du projet afin de permettre à l'investisseur d'avoir rapidement une idée globale et de lui donner envie d'en savoir plus. Cette synthèse comprend : A. B. C. D.
Expression orale – Anglais pour le BAC Tout au long de l’année vous avez étudié des documents afin de pouvoir illustrer les quatre notions. En fin d’année vous devriez avoir plusieurs documents (textes, images, enregistrements audio ou vidéos) par notion. Afin de mieux préparer l’épreuve ce serait utile de classer ces documents par notion, sachant que certains sujets documents peuvent être utilisés pour illustrer plusieurs notions. L’épreuve (Séries ES, S, STI2D, ST2S LV1 et LV2) Vous devez tirer au sort une des quatre notions du programme étudiées dans l’année. Voici un tableau synoptique pour les épreuves orales (toutes séries) Cliquer pour accéder à tableau_synoptique_epreuves_orales_toutes_series_lv1-lv2_et_lv3_revu_adv__j2f_19_janvier_2014_1.pdf Vous trouverez les fiches d’évaluation ici : L’épreuve (Série L) Partie orale des épreuves de langues vivantes obligatoires Épreuve orale obligatoire de littérature étrangère en langue étrangère
The Awful German Language by Mark Twain A little learning makes the whole world kin. -- Proverbs xxxii, 7. I went often to look at the collection of curiosities in Heidelberg Castle, and one day I surprised the keeper of it with my German. If he had known what it had cost me to acquire my art, he would also have known that it would break any collector to buy it. Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp. N. There are ten parts of speech, and they are all troublesome. Yet even the German books are not entirely free from attacks of the Parenthesis distemper -- though they are usually so mild as to cover only a few lines, and therefore when you at last get down to the verb it carries some meaning to your mind because you are able to remember a good deal of what has gone before. "But when he, upon the street, the (in-satin-and-silk-covered-now-very-unconstrained-after-the-newest-fashioned-dressed) government counselor's wife met," etc., etc. [1]
Fake model photography Christmas Tongue Twisters Christmas Tongue Twisters Seven Santas sang silly songs. Tiny Timmy trims the tall tree with tinsel. Santa's sleigh slides on slick snow. Bobby brings bright bells. How many deer would a reindeer reign if a reindeer could reign deer? Running reindeer romp 'round red wreaths. Kris Kringle chose to climb the chimney at Christmas. Chilly chipper children cheerfully chant. Two trains travel together to Toyland. Eleven elves licked eleven little licorice lollipops. Santa's sack sags slightly. Ten tiny tin trains toot ten times. Santa stuffs Stephie's striped stocking. There's chimney soot on Santa's suit. Comet cuddles cute Christmas kittens carefully. Kris Kringle clapped crisply. Contributed by Jade Aqualina: Frosty froze frequently,furthermore fell on frozen frost freezing his fiddly thumbs. Reindeers ride round and round around a round-a-bout repeatedly ready for a reactive lift off. Silly santa sleeps silently on the sleigh safely. Contributed by Nsync703: Santa sang seven songs. Know of anymore?
Should We Care About Grammar and Spelling on Twitter? | Media on GOOD Many people assume I am a guardian of grammar. The typical plane-ride conversation goes like this: “What do you do?”” “I am an English professor” “Oh! Their worries are unfounded. Nothing elicits comments like a story on grammar (are you composing your response to me right now? Language is a means to communication. All grammatical rules are like the one against split infinitives: They are all manmade. What interests me about grammatical and other “mistakes” on Twitter is what they signal about our changing culture—a thread of inquiry entirely absent in the Times article. Cusack’s misspelling indicates an out-moded keyboard layout, not a reigning illiteracy. We are living in a moment of seismic linguistic change, and attention should be paid—but not to errors.
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