For the sake of international harmony:
You have reached the Wikimedia Foundation. Our phone options have recently changed, so please listen to the entire menu before making your choice.
To hear this message in English, press 1 To hear this message in German, press 2 To hear this message in French, press 3 ..... To hear this message in Kurdish, press 236 To hear this message in Ovimbundu, press 237 To hear this messag in Yanomami, press 238 ... To hear this message in Eyak, press 4,312 To hear this message in Labradorian Inuktitut, press 4,313 .... To hear this message in Ancient Egyptian of the Middle Kingdom Era press 12,747 To hear this message in Classical Moabite, press 12,748
etc.
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Wow, I just realized that my phone does, in fact, have a 12,748 key!
On 28/01/2008, daniwo59@aol.com daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
For the sake of international harmony:
You have reached the Wikimedia Foundation. Our phone options have recently changed, so please listen to the entire menu before making your choice.
To hear this message in English, press 1 To hear this message in German, press 2 To hear this message in French, press 3 ..... To hear this message in Kurdish, press 236 To hear this message in Ovimbundu, press 237 To hear this messag in Yanomami, press 238 ... To hear this message in Eyak, press 4,312 To hear this message in Labradorian Inuktitut, press 4,313 .... To hear this message in Ancient Egyptian of the Middle Kingdom Era press 12,747 To hear this message in Classical Moabite, press 12,748
etc.
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Mark Williamson wrote:
Wow, I just realized that my phone does, in fact, have a 12,748 key!
How does it look?
On 28/01/2008, daniwo59 wrote:
For the sake of international harmony:
You have reached the Wikimedia Foundation. Our phone options have recently changed, so please listen to the entire menu before making your choice.
To hear this message in English, press 0000001 To hear this message in German, press 0000002 To hear this message in French, press 0000003
....
Sorry, you pressed an invalid number of digits. Please carefully listen the available options and try again.
Use categories: To hear this message in an American language press 1 To hear this message in an European language press 2 To hear this message in an Asian language press 3 To hear this message in an African language press 4 To hear this message in an Oceanic language press 5 To hear this message in an Antartic language press 6
Then add geolocation by caller-id.
On Jan 29, 2008 9:37 PM, Platonides Platonides@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry, you pressed an invalid number of digits. Please carefully listen the available options and try again.
Use categories: To hear this message in an American language press 1 To hear this message in an European language press 2 To hear this message in an Asian language press 3 To hear this message in an African language press 4 To hear this message in an Oceanic language press 5 To hear this message in an Antartic language press 6
Then add geolocation by caller-id.
Sounds better but it doesn't work completely unless this guidance itself is multilingual.
Platonides wrote:
Use categories: To hear this message in an American language press 1 To hear this message in an European language press 2 To hear this message in an Asian language press 3 To hear this message in an African language press 4 To hear this message in an Oceanic language press 5 To hear this message in an Antartic language press 6
It would be better to divide languages by their language group.
To hear this message in an Indo-European language press 1 To hear this message in an Turco-Altaic language press 2 To hear this message in an Ugro-Finnic language press 3 ...
On Jan 29, 2008 3:07 PM, Nikola Smolenski smolensk@eunet.yu wrote:
Platonides wrote:
Use categories: To hear this message in an American language press 1 To hear this message in an European language press 2 To hear this message in an Asian language press 3 To hear this message in an African language press 4 To hear this message in an Oceanic language press 5 To hear this message in an Antartic language press 6
It would be better to divide languages by their language group.
To hear this message in an Indo-European language press 1 To hear this message in an Turco-Altaic language press 2 To hear this message in an Ugro-Finnic language press 3
Where is the point in telling a person he does not understand the way to hear the message in a language he does understand?
Mathias
On 29/01/2008, Mathias Schindler mathias.schindler@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2008 3:07 PM, Nikola Smolenski smolensk@eunet.yu wrote:
Platonides wrote:
Use categories: To hear this message in an American language press 1 To hear this message in an European language press 2 To hear this message in an Asian language press 3 To hear this message in an African language press 4 To hear this message in an Oceanic language press 5 To hear this message in an Antartic language press 6
It would be better to divide languages by their language group.
To hear this message in an Indo-European language press 1 To hear this message in an Turco-Altaic language press 2 To hear this message in an Ugro-Finnic language press 3
Where is the point in telling a person he does not understand the way to hear the message in a language he does understand?
It's an automated phone system, what is this "point" of which you speak?
On Jan 30, 2008 5:51 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
It's an automated phone system, what is this "point" of which you speak?
I think I gave the answer on this thread already. Unless the menu itself is multilingual, only English speaking people can be benefited. Other people can even not select their favorite item from this menu. And since they understand those messages in English, they don't need other language ultimately (or can be toralent with it)
When a corporate makes their telephone automessages multilingual, they first make their selection menu multilingual. Unless we are going to this direction, I think, this is just a killing-time.
On Jan 29, 2008 8:33 PM, Aphaia aphaia@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 30, 2008 5:51 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
It's an automated phone system, what is this "point" of which you speak?
I think I gave the answer on this thread already. Unless the menu itself is multilingual, only English speaking people can be benefited. Other people can even not select their favorite item from this menu. And since they understand those messages in English, they don't need other language ultimately (or can be toralent with it)
When a corporate makes their telephone automessages multilingual, they first make their selection menu multilingual. Unless we are going to this direction, I think, this is just a killing-time.
Yes, especially because we do not have people who speak all of those languages answering the phones. :-( Only English, most likely.
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On 30/01/2008, Casey Brown cbrown1023.ml@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2008 8:33 PM, Aphaia aphaia@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 30, 2008 5:51 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
It's an automated phone system, what is this "point" of which you speak?
I think I gave the answer on this thread already. Unless the menu itself is multilingual, only English speaking people can be benefited. Other people can even not select their favorite item from this menu. And since they understand those messages in English, they don't need other language ultimately (or can be toralent with it) When a corporate makes their telephone automessages multilingual, they first make their selection menu multilingual. Unless we are going to this direction, I think, this is just a killing-time.
Yes, especially because we do not have people who speak all of those languages answering the phones. :-( Only English, most likely.
"For English, press 12479. For any other language, please hold as we put you through to Aphaia."
- d.
David Gerard wrote:
On 30/01/2008, Casey Brown cbrown1023.ml@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2008 8:33 PM, Aphaia aphaia@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 30, 2008 5:51 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
It's an automated phone system, what is this "point" of which you speak?
I think I gave the answer on this thread already. Unless the menu itself is multilingual, only English speaking people can be benefited. Other people can even not select their favorite item from this menu. And since they understand those messages in English, they don't need other language ultimately (or can be toralent with it) When a corporate makes their telephone automessages multilingual, they first make their selection menu multilingual. Unless we are going to this direction, I think, this is just a killing-time.
Yes, especially because we do not have people who speak all of those languages answering the phones. :-( Only English, most likely.
"For English, press 12479. For any other language, please hold as we put you through to Aphaia."
Perhaps they could be connected to a random number generator that would decide the language of the message, the order in which the languages are mentioned, and the applicable number connected with each language. ;-)
Ec
On 30/01/2008, Aphaia aphaia@gmail.com wrote:
When a corporate makes their telephone automessages multilingual, they first make their selection menu multilingual. Unless we are going to this direction, I think, this is just a killing-time.
Mmm. On the other hand - thinking purely of hold music, not menus - there is something aesthetically pleasing about having the basic English message of "you are on hold, etc" interleaved, not with music, but with the same message repeated in a constantly shifting set of languages as background...
(Does anyone already do this?)
On 30/01/2008, Aphaia aphaia@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 30, 2008 5:51 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
It's an automated phone system, what is this "point" of which you speak?
I think I gave the answer on this thread already.
That was a joke...
It has the number "12748" on it and below it has printed some 30-stroke Chinese characters for simple T9 text-messaging use!
On 29/01/2008, Platonides Platonides@gmail.com wrote:
Mark Williamson wrote:
Wow, I just realized that my phone does, in fact, have a 12,748 key!
How does it look?
On 28/01/2008, daniwo59 wrote:
For the sake of international harmony:
You have reached the Wikimedia Foundation. Our phone options have recently changed, so please listen to the entire menu before making your choice.
To hear this message in English, press 0000001 To hear this message in German, press 0000002 To hear this message in French, press 0000003
....
Sorry, you pressed an invalid number of digits. Please carefully listen the available options and try again.
Use categories: To hear this message in an American language press 1 To hear this message in an European language press 2 To hear this message in an Asian language press 3 To hear this message in an African language press 4 To hear this message in an Oceanic language press 5 To hear this message in an Antartic language press 6
Then add geolocation by caller-id.
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