RE: Retaining author's voice, was How to Use English PunctuationCorrectly - wikiHow

["Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>]

I like what you say about voice, but "118 wpm"?  I'm impressed.

Lauren
 

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> Subject: RE: Retaining author's voice,was How to Use English 
> PunctuationCorrectly - wikiHow
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> If I have one particular and unusual writing talent, it's my 
> ability to convey "voice" in transcribed material.  I worked 
> for many years as a professional transcriptionist; I type 
> quickly and punctuate accurately at 118 wpm.  It was good 
> training for tech writing and it still comes in handy when 
> I'm working with a "brain dump" SME.  
> 
> I think it's the accurate punctuation that captures the 
> rhythms and inflections that are commonly missing from 
> written words.  On one job, transcription of taped union 
> negotiations where the recorder was allowed but I was not, 
> the speakers usually forgot the important instruction to 
> identify themselves when they spoke.  In almost all cases 
> readers were able to deduce the identity of the speaker 
> because I was able to capture their inflection and tone 
> through the transcript.
> 
> The next time anybody's technical writing seems too dry or 
> flavorless, look at the punctuation.  Speak the words aloud, 
> say the same thing in a conversational tone, and adjust the 
> punctuation accordingly.  The new version will have a "voice".
> 
> Dori Green
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