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

[GlennMooreIII at yahoo.com]

It didn't recognize "tell Me" as a proper noun name, and read it as part of the sentence. Because it doesn't know the background context of the message.

By the wav, thanks for the info Jemal.

-Glenn III
(from iPhone: 1 (847) 899-9801)

On Jun 9, 2012, at 7:54, Bill Reif <billreif at ameritech.net> wrote:

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:
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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.

<VoiceMessage-20120608-1921.wav>
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