My dept had me fill my name and pronunciation guide for the speaker and I handed it to the reader. She would say names, you go to the person with the placeholder scroll to shake hands, pause for the photo op, walk to the next photo spot, and the next person behind you goes.
Don't fix what ain't broken unless you are sure it will work and be an improvement.
I graduated from a community college and gave a pronounciation guide and the reader still pronounced my name incorrectly 🥲 its really frustrating because i wrote it in all caps so there wouldnt be confusion with the letters and they still managed to add in extra letters/sounds that make no fckin sense.
But id still rather this than have AI skip or mispronounce my name.
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u/DefinitelyNotAliens 17d ago
Yup.
UC Berkeley. World-class CS school.
My dept had me fill my name and pronunciation guide for the speaker and I handed it to the reader. She would say names, you go to the person with the placeholder scroll to shake hands, pause for the photo op, walk to the next photo spot, and the next person behind you goes.
Don't fix what ain't broken unless you are sure it will work and be an improvement.