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By: LG Launches DTXTR Site To Translate Text Messages « NextGenGear

LG Launches DTXTR Site To Translate Text Messages « NextGenGear — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:31:09 +0000

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free online games for kids — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:35:19 +0000

“Yesterday, the NY Times came out with an article on texting, with physicians and psychologists saying the increased usage of SMS by teens leads to “anxiety, distraction in school, falling grades, repetitive stress injury and sleep deprivation”. Just imagine how much more of that you’d see if teens were to use full phrases and actual words in text messages!”

The study isn’t really saying that the use of SMS-language is causing anxiety and distraction, but rather the increased usage of SMS i.e. students are distracted by their social lives rather than the use of teen text. The “falling grades” could maybe, be attributed to students being unable to spell as a result of their frequent use of teen text, but even then I think there are other factors.

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DTXTR translates tweenspeak | GadgetMETER - Meet the Coolest Gadgets — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:11:27 +0000

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By: Joshua Finnie

Joshua Finnie — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:55:07 +0000

I wishi it would “translate” whole sentences. Doing it one word at a time gets a little annoying. Fun program non-the-less!

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The Nerophades Child, Narcissa. ^_^ — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:04:38 +0000

I fail to understand spelling and grammar these days. The only teenagers whom spell that way, appear to be the “cool” ones. I honestly do NOT know a teenager whom doesn’t speak “dat wai” and does not smoke or/and drink. If I have children when I am older, I would get worried if they started writing like that.
I cannot describe in words how agitating and infuriating it is when children my age don’t know how to spell. It just shows how well they’re doing in school.
“i dnt go2 skl iz borng mahn.”
I really do wish for there to be more teenagers my age whom know how to spell and hold a conversation. Infact, my ex-best friend is a very good example of how not to spell or act. It seems that thirteen-nineteen year olds are obsessed with drinking, smoking, sex and illiteracy. If only it was the “olden days”. The teachers would not stand for anything inadequate…

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LG、子供たちのSMS語を英語に翻訳してくれるDTXTRをリリース — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:35:43 +0000

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By: podginater

podginater — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:23:50 +0000

neither do I and I’m 14

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Wed, 27 May 2009 18:21:23 +0000

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By: Free Freebies

Free Freebies — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:08:54 +0000

sucks for kids though

By: TroutRed

TroutRed — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:51:02 +0000

Sometimes?

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Great Sites To Visit — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:46:25 +0000

LGDTXTR.com for those who want to learn the teen txt…

Ok now for a lighter side of life. If you have a teen in your house then you can understand where this post is going. I have a 17 year old that is a txt maniac. She loves to do the short 30 letter texts that come out the other end as full sentences whe…

By: Great Sites To Visit

Great Sites To Visit — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:46:23 +0000

LGDTXTR.com for those who want to learn the teen txt…

By: Maor

Maor — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:36:56 +0000

Seriously?

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Wed, 27 May 2009 16:34:29 +0000

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Wed, 27 May 2009 16:30:42 +0000

[...] LG has launched a new web app that lets parents (and formerly with-it-but-now-old-geeks) figure out what, exactly, their kids are saying when the text/IM. DTXTR is a translator that lets parents type in what their child said and translate it into human speak, or vice versa. It may be silly, but I know my parents would have killed for something like this. The only problem I can see with it? Unless LG has a 15 year-old in their employ, teens are going to come up with new phrases faster than we can keep up with. Tags: AIM, AOL, Dtxtr, instant messenger, LG, LGDTXTR.com, online safety, parental controls, Ready To ZooLoo?, Social Media, social networking, zooloo, zooloo.com [...]

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:28:47 +0000

I can see how parents who are concerned what their kids are up to would want to use this, but with how fast they come up with new acronyms and phrases, I don’t see how this tool can possibly stay current (unless LG has employed a boatload of 15 year olds).

By: Shanky Baba

Shanky Baba — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:43:53 +0000

These messages short-cuts used by teens are sometimes really tough to decipher! Good app to know the lingo… but spying on kids doesn’t seems to be a very good idea!

By: Confucius

Confucius — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:35:09 +0000

This thing’s terrible. I’ve tried around a dozen common words and none of them are found. All you’ve got to do is read out txtspeak phonetically and it becomes pretty clear anyway.

By: Travis Heinstrom

Travis Heinstrom — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:26:08 +0000

Ah, the eradication of the English language is almost complete!

By: Fion

Fion — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:20:51 +0000

I don’t, either.

By: Robin Wauters

Wed, 27 May 2009 15:16:27 +0000

You must be getting old.

By: flynn like

flynn like — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:06:27 +0000

wtf, rotflmao… not in the dic!

By: spence

spence — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:46:27 +0000

There are many more important things to worry about in the world. What code do our teens use in order to retain some privacy from snooping parents? Any code that will work. I have two teens in my world and they deserve respect and privacy, not a new piece of code that decrypts their comms.

Besides, it’s not smart enough. Once you figure out texting abbreviations, they’ll just switch to Cyrillic.

By: Robert N

Robert N — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:32:31 +0000

OMG! My kids talk lol speak and this doesn’t seem to understand it!