Re: Voice Prompts

Subject: Re: Voice Prompts
From: Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 13:50:28 -0400

I'd set each prompt using a different typeface to distinguish it from the
body copy.

Chris Morton



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On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
wrote:

> Why are you documenting this? For what audience?
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Bruce Megan (ST-CO/MKW-NA)
> <Megan -dot- Bruce -at- us -dot- bosch -dot- com> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > I am beginning a technical manual for a product that uses voice prompts
> to program. So, the user will enter the programming mode, push a button and
> hear two options. They push once or twice for the option choice.
> > Once selected a voice prompt verifies their choice and then moves onto
> the next programming prompt.
> >
> > In writing out the voice prompt, what do you use to define that this is
> the voice prompt? You know, like italicizing the result of an action. Since
> this is a technical manual, I think I'd like to stay away from quote marks.
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Follow-Ups:

References:
Voice Prompts: From: Bruce Megan (ST-CO/MKW-NA)
Re: Voice Prompts: From: Robert Lauriston

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