[BITList] google -speech to text

[x50type at cox.net]

Here are a few examples of Google's handiwork. See if you can guess what the caller is saying, and then click the audio stream below the transcript to hear the actual message.
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This first message is a pretty typical mix of accurate transcription combined with utter nonsense. Sure, I understand that I'm being invited to a barbecue, but I have no idea what "God for something like that" is supposed to mean, much less "Lots of there and like a giant bolt lock only style." Without listening to the voice recording, I'd be hard-pressed to respond appropriately to this message.

Fortunately, Google uses different shades of gray to indicate its confidence in the transcription. As a general rule, the more gray you see, the less sure you should be of the content. Of course, when the text is basically gibberish, that's a pretty good indicator too.

When the caller mumbles at all, the challenge is even greater, as in the case below.





"Wholesale of the alright"? I have to admit that I'm not 100 percent certain what that message actually said, but I'm pretty sure Google's guess was way off the mark.


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