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Archive for March, 2014
How to resolve error “Speech Recognition could not start because the language configuration is not supported”
2014/03/12
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- Problem: I have seen this error
, - Root cause: when the display language and speech language do not match (the latter is set to default to the former in the LRC, but it seems they can get out of sync), as you can witness here (English display does not match Chinese speech recognition):
- Solution: Follow the instructions in the error message, i.e.
- Access the Speech recognition control panel here:
- Then change the speech recognition language to match the display language, like I am doing here:
- Quick workaround: Not sure about how quick, but in the LRC, you can also just try and restart the computers, they are “frozen” to a default configuration in display and speech recognition language (English/English – matches).
Have patience if you see “No free/busy information could be retrieved” on Room mailbox
2014/03/12
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When trying to schedule a room, I am now seeing this: 
When ctrl-right clicking: 
, I get this as my connection status:
Becomes available after a long while:
What can I tell my users how long is the wait currently usually is?
Categories: e-infrastructure, Glitches&Errors, office-software
calendaring, live@edu, ms-exchange, office365, outlook
Mapping of Language Student Locations using PowerView
2014/03/09
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- What do our language students call home? Based on a pivot-table that counts zip codes, let PowerView tell you, which is can now distributed as a free add-in for Excel 2013 Prof, but you need to enable it (under File / Options / Add-Ins).
- Comes with a nifty zoom:
- Click, then Hover a data bubble for more info;
- Like with Bing Maps Visualization, the weighting is surprising:
Mapping of Language Student Locations using Bing Maps
2014/03/09
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- What do our language students call home? Based on a pivot-table that counts zip codes, let Bing Maps tell you, a default add-in easily accessible in the insert section of the ribbon:
- Note a Limitation: Bing Maps max 100 data points.
- So we limited to zip codes with at least 15 students (which returns just below 100 zip codes).
- Also note, the Bing maps app cannot be increased beyond a certain size (below is the maximum).
- Finally, note that the visualization does have a weight indicator, but it seems imperfect:
- Here is how data (type) input errors get handled (duplicates override the original):
- Fix your data, the reload from the upper right unfoldable menu:
- Voilà:
How students can manage sidetone manually
2014/03/08
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Sidetone echoes your voice from the microphone back into your headphone speakers. It makes wearing the headphones feel more natural, and lets you evaluate your pronunication better.
Until it is configured properly out of the box, to enable it, you have to:
Open sound settings: 
Check and Increase the sidetone volume until you can hear yourself talking well: 
Categories: audience-is-students, digital-audio-lab, e-languages, Speaking
sanako-study-1200, sidetone
Watch how you can backup and restore your Windows speech-recognition training data
2014/03/07
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Categories: audience-is-students, Student-Computers
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Example 5: Watch how you can dictate to Windows speech-recognition (e.g. in English) and correct results in MS-Word
2014/03/07
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- Important: Listen carefully: I am not a native speaker, but have a reasonably low amount of errors, because it enunciate, speak clearly and slowly, and separate the words.
- Consider it part of the exercise that you will have to re-read and re-type some your output – use track changes in MS-Word:
- Make it a game: How good can you get?
- If you get really good at it, make a screencast like this one and include it in your Mahara ePortfolio as authentic evidence of your foreign language proficiency.
- Overall, it’s like how I refer to cycling: Beats walking. Anytime.
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