I am one of the early adopters of a new service called Google Voice. It's a cool new service which I will not try to explain in detail since there are already dozens of good reviews available on the interwebs.
One thing that Google Voice does is take voice mails and transcribe them into text which is then emailed to you.
The thing is, the transcription software is not all that good yet, and the results can be hilarious. Here are a couple I have received so far.
"the
frigid
brilliant
really
it's
i
think
you're
or
right
by
the
past
here
if
i
hear
from
the
window
hi
mike"
"i'm
feeling
really
coming
it's
gary
hey
listen
i
have
to
say
is
nice
car"
That second one actually reads like somebody named Gary is leaving me dirty messages on my voicemail, which is not the case. Nor is it Mary leaving me dirty messages, which would be better.
Another thing that Google Voice does is allow you to create a widget on your website or blog that a visitor can click on and be connected to your phone or sent into a custom voicemail box.
I thought I would put these two pieces together and see if hilarity ensues.
If you are reading this on the web (as opposed to email) there is a "Call Me" button on the left side under the picture. If you are reading this in email, click on the title and it should take you to the web.
Click the Call Me button. It will prompt you for a name and phone number. A couple seconds after you click "connect" that phone will ring and you will be connected to my voicemail box for this blog.
Record whatever you want and I will review and post the best mis-translations.
Except for you Gary, you perv.
The first recording is in: My daughter explaining that they didn't have chocolate chips at Walgreens and can I drive her to Dominicks.
"hey matt it's stephanie me and i just got back from walgreens and the the kinda don't wanna talk with you it's or how to shut down there which is really weird but i talked to a lady and she would you like i was crazy wanna answer wake this'll thomas it's to address any rate you know so yeah you can it's got me into dominic says something like that so yeah"
Posted by: Tom Riley | July 07, 2009 at 12:32 PM