Re: [NTLK] Handwriting recognition benchmarking

~~~ On 2007/05/10 17:31, Andrew Hill at adhill@fastmail.co.uk wrote ~~~

> Adam,
> This is very witty, and a good point, but bear with me!
> Andy
>
>
> On Thu, 10 May 2007 20:36:48 +1000, "Adam Goddard" <pashosh@tpg.com.au>
> said:
>> On 10/05/2007, at 8:21 AM, R A Parker wrote:
>>> What might be a better idea is to see if there exists a
>>> standardized paragraph, used by touch typists, to judge speed
>>> accurately.
>> "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"?
>>
>> Regards,
>> - Adam Goddard
>>
>>

But AFAIK, it's supposed to be, "The quick brown fox jumpS over the lazy
dog". The way I learned it, it was a typing exercise not only to judge
speed but also to demonstrate access to every letter of the alphabet. "ed"
would omit the "s".
 
Shalom.
Christian

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