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Google has added a tool to generate automatic captions on videos based on automatic speech recognition. As with Dragon Naturally Speaking, you have to check output captions for accuracy, but it's free (or at least cheap) and it's a start if you post content to YouTube. This would be especially helpful for student project videos.
See info and demo at http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/automatic-captions-in-youtube.htm...
 

We have finalized the details for Blizzard's visit to Penn State!  The Director of Blizzard's University Relations program will be here to give a short presentation about Blizzard and talk about what it's like to work for the company as well as discuss job and internship opportunities.  We hope to see you there!

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Penn State has acronyms and custom names for many things that often appear as misspelling in your Word documents.
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Videoconferencing: On-Demand Video Bridge
The information for the ON-Demand Video Bridge from the TNS website is at the following URL:
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These tools are deactivated to ensure server access during a time of heavy testing, dropbox submissions, and gradebook usage occurring during finals week.
Details From the ANGEL Support Team:
ANGEL Import Wizard and Export Wizard tools to be turned off during finals week
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To optimize the performance of Penn State's Course Management System, ANGEL, during fall finals week, the Import Wizard and Export Wizard tools will be turned off from 4:00 a.m. Saturday, December 12 until 6:00 a.m. Saturday, December 19. These tools include the Copy Course, import Content Package, import Master Course, and export ANGEL Archive functions. Note: During finals week, instructors can continue to create course content and create master courses and learning object repositories. Students can continue to upload/download files and access lesson content.
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You might find that you have difficulty formatting numbers properly when using Mail Merge in Microsoft Word.
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Play2 is a new bar in South Philly with a twist. Games & whopping big screens to view the games. With 18 semi-private booths, 58" LCDS and a variety of gaming consoles, it's sure to be a fun place to gather with friends, eat, drink - and play games. Check out the pics!
To me, this is just another indicator on how our culture is embracing electronic games. Soon, the ability to play games in a socially interactive environment will be as easy to reach and as transparent as cell phones.

When you are working with a large spreadsheet, do you find yourself frequently scrolling up and down to other sections within the worksheet verifying your formulas are working properly?
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Do you have Windows 7 yet? If you do here are some of the popular Keyboard shortcuts along with a video demonstrating their use.
Win+Home: Clear all but the active window.
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