Google Voice is a very useful service and has many cool features, including voice mail transcription. It is also endlessly entertaining when it attempts to transcribe messages in foreign languages. I frequently get voice mails from my Russian-speaking friends and family, and the Google transcripts are hilarious. Here is what Google thinks the callers were saying:
Vaguely business-sounding:
I was on yesterday was and schedule before the use of the estimate based on the body of it because the designation weather or what the yeah she doesn’t look good. Lunch Program.
Sinister:
Well I’m Linda all my money right now. I’ve been watching for you on your.
International flair:
Well, I’ll talk with each other. I just want to discuss poorest via Samos messages and Campbell. Bittel horrible. And don’t worry I’m not. Hey I’m on my telephone so is the voice him that he said he said lucky session resources. David’s you really my cellphone, Hi, this is the voice in just left, so if you have a Steven off of the Lebanese if you bye.
Project Runway :
Or you read this all otherwise have several show. Yes, you assume you’re at it. I know that quit their intention is going great. I would really love her so go ahead. Sorry you and we are a model you know that they’re celebrating again. You know we’ll see if she was because yo dude, I was hoping for a couple of Appointment door sweating new address. Andrew, which is restrictions. How are you. I’m gonna send it, couple of minutes. Okay.
And finally – existential:
Well I’m calling in life.
I use PhoneTag (the former Simulscribe.) I’m amazed at what the service gets right, but even more amazed at what it gets wrong. Today I received: “We are in the process in dealing a sales for a Stockholm knowledge base implementation” which, having listened to the audio, I would have made “We are in the process of doing a Salesforce.com knowledgebase implementation.” But maybe “Sales for a Stockholm” is relating a deeper truth.