IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Mar 1987
The spoken word
Susan Dressel
New Mexico State University
Abstract
Engineers transmit more words through speech than through printed, film, or electronic media. Even though 15 to 30 percent of an engineer's day may be spent on writing, another 15 to 30 percent is generally spent in technical discussions of current work. Further, most of us can generate 1000 words in a technical discussion in far less time than we can generate 1000 words of final copy for a technical report. Engineers also transmit spoken words in formal presentations, briefings, and meetings.
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- IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
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- 1987-03-01
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- 10.1109/tpc.1987.6449115
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