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 Is it possible to “write” using speech-to-text software? Turning the spoken word into clear prose requires more planning than the human brain is capable of

https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2020/09/03/is-it-possible-to-write-using-speech-to-text-software

Circling back to this one, Hesitated to say this tehe frist time because the reference was to "clear prose." But, um, oral culture, anyone? 

Homer? 
https://youtu.be/64QPz2t5T3A?si=a0IxAIXrZPO4Kh_P&t=590

Singer of Tales? https://chs.harvard.edu/book/lord-albert-bates-the-singer-of-tales/

Walter Ong?
https://www.routledge.com/Orality-and-Literacy-30th-Anniversary-Edition/Ong/p/book/9780415538381

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