[il-talk] voice recognition and grammar "correction"?

[Bill Reif]

Hello List,

Here's an interesting case of what happens when machines believe they 
know how better to say what we intended than we do.  Jemal has replied 
to an email via a voice recognition service through the telephone, a 
great solution for those on the go who aren't sitting at a computer.  
Jemal's voice and meaning were quite clear to anyone who listened to the 
attached .wav file.  Unfortunately, his email service took issue with 
the way his sentence was put together, and misdirected "tell me" to read 
as "you told me".  It's a good thing there are attachments with the 
actual voice file, which attachments even make it to the list.  Just 
know that Jemal normally makes more sense than the text of some of his 
messages would indicate.  In his case, there's probably no good way to 
edit them over the phone.  Those who use programs such as Dragon Dictate 
can have similar things happen, and need to edit the output.

Cordially,
Bill


On 6/8/2012 6:24 PM, Jemal Powell wrote:
> That phone number still works because you told me it was sold to a different company. And they decided to keep it open.
>
> Jemal Powell sent you this voice-to-text generated email using Voice on the Go.
> To listen, click on the voice message link or open the attachment.
> http://vemail.whitelabelapp.net:8080/enterprise/Recordings/QIOPjwiV-20120608-1920.wav
>
>
>> Original Message:
>> ---------------------------------
>>
>> From: Pittman Enterprises&  Associates<pittmanenterprises at att.net>
>> Sent: June 7, 2012 10:41:22 PM
>> To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List'<il-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [il-talk] help needed
>>
>> Just to let people know 800-555-8355 still works.
>
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