voice recognition technology to the masses. However‚ this is just the beginning of the possibilities with voice recognition software Newer voice command devices are speaker independent‚ so they can respond to multiple voices‚ regardless of accent or dialect. They can respond to several commands at once‚ by separating vocal messages and providing appropriate feedback‚ while accurately imitating a natural conversation. They can understand approximately fifty different commands and retain about two
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In the period between 1943 and 1950 Italian cinema was dominated by Neorealism which became the most significant film style of post-war Europe. Formation began back in 1936 when propagandists opened modern Cincitta studios and the film school name ‘Centro Sperimentaledi Cinematografia’. Along with the opening of schools such as this was a movement that placed a group of cinematographers under full-year contracts‚ among them was Carlo Montuori who used his classic techniques in creating ‘Bicycle Thieves’
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Beowulf (/ˈbeɪ.ɵwʊlf/; in Old English [ˈbeːo̯wʊlf] or [ˈbeːəwʊlf]) is the conventional title[1] of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines‚ set in Scandinavia‚ commonly cited as one of the most important works ofAnglo-Saxon literature. It survives in a single manuscript known as the Nowell Codex. Its composition by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet[a] is dated between the 8th[3][4] and the early 11th century.[5][page needed] In 1731‚ the manuscript was badly damaged
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(5.5 million in the GTA -‐ Greater Toronto Area) is heralded as one of the most multicultural cities in the world. Over 140 languages and dialects are spoken here‚ and just over 30 per cent of Toronto residents speak a language other than English or French at home. Toronto’s rich
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Sociology Colombia Since declaring independence on 20 July 1810 and achieving it in 1819‚ Colombia has changed its name seven times. Regional cultural traditions are diverse‚ with a broad range of distinct groups that have unique customs‚ accents‚ social patterns‚ and cultural adaptations. These groups are classified into three cultures: those in the interior‚ the countryside‚ and the coastal regions. Only during elections‚ sporting events‚ and beauty pageants do the regional cultures unite for
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adjective are preserved more or less unimpaired) * Old English has 4 main dialects => Northumbrian ‚ Mercian ‚ West Saxon ‚ Kentish Northumbrian & Mercian are found in the region north of the Thames settled by the Angles. Kentish is known from still scantier remains & it’s the dialect of Jutes in the southeast. West Saxon (WS) is the only dialect which has an extensive collection of text and it’s the dialect of WS Kingdom in the southwest. * The tenses‚ Verb and nouns are simpler
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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE & EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE [pic] EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Emotional intelligence is a form of intelligence relating to the emotional side of life‚ such as the ability to recognize and manage one’s own and others’ emotions‚ to motivate oneself and restrain impulses‚ and to handle interpersonal relationships effectively. Emotional intelligence is originated by Daniel Goleman‚ psychologist‚ denoting the cluster of traits/abilities relating to the emotional side of life
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English-knowing bilingual’ (Alptekin‚ 2005) Is likely to be skilled in communicative and comprehension strategies. The fully competent speaker of English as a lingua franca A speaker with a wide vocabulary‚ accurate grammar‚ easily understood accent. May or may not be originally a native speaker. Three circles redefined? Perhaps it is more useful‚ therefore‚ to define the three circles of users of English internationally simply in terms of their level of competence in the language rather
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Spanglish is a well-known term that describes the linguistic behaviors on Spanish speakers‚ who’s Spanish is uniquely influenced from the English language. Spanglish can also be defined as a “mixed-code vernacular that includes a range of linguistic phenomena‚ most notably code-switching”. Despite the fact that Puerto Rican linguist‚ Salvador Tio‚ coined the term ‘Spanglish’ in the late 1940’s‚ this language contact phenomena has actually been used over the past 150 years‚ since the Treaty of Guadalupe
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Like all of Shaw’s great dramatic creations‚ Pygmalion is a richly complex play. It combines a central story of the transformation of a young woman with elements of myth‚ fairy tale‚ and romance‚ while also combining an interesting plot with an exploration of social identity‚ the power of science‚ relations between men and women‚ and other issues. Pygmalion is one of Shaw’s most popular plays as well as one of his most straightforward ones. The form has none of the complexity that we find in Heartbreak
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