[speaker001:] Now we're ready. Do you have a personal computer?
[speaker002:] We have one.
[speaker001:] You do, in your home?
[speaker002:] Yes, yes, ma'am.
[speaker001:] I do not have one in my home. I use one all day at work, but I don't have one at home.
[speaker002:] Do you wish you,
[speaker001:] Do you find you use it a lot?
[speaker002:] I don't use it as much as my children and my husband do. My, actually my husband and I are taking a class at our local junior college called micro, micro computers one o one and we're just touching on data base, spreadsheets and word processing and just kind of, you know, different kinds of [NOISE] storage and we're just kind of touching on a basic
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] computer.
[speaker001:] What kind do you have?
[speaker002:] We have an I B M compatible. It's a Gateway brand
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] that we bought mainly for our children to have educational programs.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh. Well, that sounds interesting.
[speaker002:] Yeah. What kind of a computer do you use at work?
[speaker001:] I have a, a P S one I B M type.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Uh, and I use it all day at work and I put all my personal stuff on it at work [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] So I really don't, haven't had a need for one at home but probably if I didn't have access to one all the time at work, I'd want one at home.
[speaker002:] Right. I worked on my airline Apollo Focal Point computer for about four years.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Which was different [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] But I didn't,
[speaker001:] What is that tracing, tracking the flights and things?
[speaker002:] Right, right.
[speaker001:] Uh.
[speaker002:] How long are we supposed to talk on this?
[speaker001:] They tell us when we're through.
[speaker002:] Oh, okay, okay. This is,
[speaker001:] They come in and tell us. Have you just started doing this?
[speaker002:] This is my very first time.
[speaker001:] Oh really?
[speaker002:] Yes.
[speaker001:] They'll come in and tell us that the switchboard is full now and it's time for you to wind up in the next thirty seconds or something like that.
[speaker002:] Oh, okay.
[speaker001:] It's not more than five min-, [clicking],
[speaker002:] Uh-oh.
[speaker001:] But, I'm going to ignore that. That's a call on my other line, so
[speaker002:] Oh, okay.
[speaker001:] I'm just going to ignore it. But,
[speaker002:] Oh, okay. That, I have that, too.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] It's kind of a hassle when you have this, but other times [clicking] it.
[speaker002:] W-, where do you work?
[speaker001:] I work at Texas Instruments.
[speaker002:] Oh, you do?
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] Oh, well, of course.
[speaker001:] I sure do.
[speaker002:] Of course. That's why you [LAUGHTER], why you're making these calls, right?
[speaker001:] Well, no, I'm doing this at home. I'm already home for the day.
[speaker002:] Oh, I see. Well, this is a pretty good deal.
[speaker001:] I [clicking] do it, you know, I can't do it at work. I, I'm, I work in the legal department so I'm pretty busy.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] But I use my P C there mostly for creating legal documents. We use Word Perfect, Lotus.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Uh,
[speaker002:] Oh, you do know Lotus, huh? Oh, that's great. That's something we want to learn.
[speaker001:] Yeah, it's really, I love Lotus.
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] I think that's about my favorite.
[speaker002:] I've heard that people that finally learn how to use it really like it.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] That's great.
[speaker001:] It really is, and I know there's still a hundred things I don't know how to do on it.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] But, uh, you know, you learn something every time you use it.
[speaker002:] I have a question. On this, this thing that I'm, this survey or whatever, you know, this
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I volunteered for. Do I start calling in myself or do I wait for people to call me?
[speaker001:] You can, did they give you a number to call?
[speaker002:] Right, and eight hundred number.
[speaker001:] You can start calling in whenever it's convenient for you but you can only make one call a day.
[speaker002:] Oh, only one a day.
[speaker001:] Yeah, if you've talked to someone, like you're talking to me now
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] and I place the call, this counts as your call.
[speaker002:] Oh,
[speaker001:] So you cannot make a call now until tomorrow.
[speaker002:] Oh, I see. Okay, so then, do you get the five bucks or do I?
[speaker001:] No, we both do.
[speaker002:] Oh, we both do. Well that's
[speaker001:] Didn't they
[speaker002:] a,
[speaker001:] ask you for your I D number when you answered?
[speaker002:] Right, I had to put that in.
[speaker001:] Okay so you both do.
[speaker002:] Well, that's a pretty good deal.
[speaker001:] From what I understand.
[speaker002:] So why, why are we doing this?
[speaker001:] It's for research.
[speaker002:] Actually, I'm doing this for somebody else but, you know, for a friend of mine.
[speaker001:] It's a research type project on
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] uh, voice activated electronics, you know.
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] To, uh, it's, uh
[speaker002:] It's almost like that,
[speaker001:] well they call it the speech lab that is setting this thing up.
[speaker002:] Like a voice command
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] computer type
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] thing, oh.
[speaker001:] They're doing research for a lot of big companies from what I understand on this. Now I don't know,
[speaker002:] Well, that's wonderful.
[speaker001:] I don't know everything about it but they, uh, try to get as many people as they possibly can to contribute to this and that way they can check voice patterns.
[speaker002:] I see, different kinds of voices and things.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, and get the computer where it recognizes voices.
[speaker002:] Wonderful. See that's why I, it's interesting because you have I, I'm going to say you have an accent [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Well, I probably do because I've,
[speaker002:] And I, and I think that I don't. I mean to you but,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] you know.
[speaker001:] Well, I've been b-, I was born and raised in Texas. Have lived here forever so I probably do.
[speaker002:] And you're in what city?
[speaker001:] I'm in Richardson. It's right outside of Dallas.
[speaker002:] Okay, my sister, one of my sisters lives in Plano.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And that's right outside of,
[speaker001:] Well, Richardson's right between Dallas and Plano.
[speaker002:] How about that. I probably went through Richardson, then.
[speaker001:] You probably did.
[speaker002:] And then I have a sister that lives in Austin.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But,
[speaker001:] Well, what are you doing way in Washington?
[speaker002:] Well, we're actually all from Nebraska. They just are recently moved there. My brother-in-law is director of Admissions at the University of Texas
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] in Dallas.
[speaker001:] Well, that's interesting.
[speaker002:] Yeah, and then my sister works at the Air Force Base.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh. So I imagine they use personal computers.
[speaker002:] Actually, yes, they both have personal computers.
[speaker001:] Do they do their correspondence on it?
[speaker002:] Uh, I think they just send Christmas letters on it.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] As far as I, mostly my one sister uses hers for her children.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] You know, children's games.