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Speech-to-text is a wonderful tool. Or an electronic demon. Maybe both.
March 11, 2026, 07:17 PM
vthokySpeech-to-text is a wonderful tool. Or an electronic demon. Maybe both.
I texted The Lovely Girlfriend a moment ago, taunting her about some ice cream I had picked up while she’s at her parents’ place.
Speech-to-text butchered me once again, almost as if it were competing with autocorrect to see who can make a bigger mess of things. (What ever happened to damnyouautocorrect dot com?)
It went a little like this:
Me: I have ice cream, yes I do! I have ice cream, how ‘bout you?
TLG: I do, I do! What kind do you have?
Me:
Homestead Creamery espresso chocolate chip. I was looking for women crunch, but they were out. This will do.
(And then I read what had been sent.) OMGOSH!
TLG:
Really? Me: LEMON crunch! Stupid speech to text!
I’m sure glad TLG puts up with me.
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ETA:
Lemon crunch, for those interested.
Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around.
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God bless America. March 11, 2026, 08:08 PM
DennisMSpeech-to-text called my former student/trainee and current part-time employee "my hot ranger friend." Every aspect of that accurately describes her, but it's not what I actually SAID.
Thankfully, she has a sense of humor.
March 12, 2026, 02:39 PM
Delta-3Turn off auto-correct. I always do. I don't need my phone guessing what I'm trying to say.
Rom 13:4 If you do evil, be afraid. For he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.
March 12, 2026, 04:04 PM
HRKI call it iFuckcorrect....
Just to help a bit...
To turn off autocorrect on an iPhone, go to Settings > General > Keyboard and toggle off Auto-Correction. You can also disable Predictive text and Check Spelling in this same menu to further customize your typing experience.
March 12, 2026, 10:18 PM
sjtillI find dictation, at least on my iPhone, superior to my accuracy + autocorrect insanity.
Also I use voice to Grok for simple questions when I’m expecting a short answer and not a midterm essay.
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March 13, 2026, 04:46 AM
PatriotI love you too turned into I love YouTube.
Now it’s a common text between my wife and I.
I love YouTubes!
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March 13, 2026, 10:12 AM
GeorgeairAlso a danger in email translations.
Had a peer send a very unfortunate email to Mr. Balloszak, and another to Mr. Aswad.
Neither the ballsack or asswad seemed surprised.
You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02
March 13, 2026, 11:33 AM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by HRK:
To turn off autocorrect on an iPhone ...
The guy who invented autocorrect died this week. His funnel is tomato.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים March 13, 2026, 11:34 AM
kz1000Autocorrect is my worst enema.
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"Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt"
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."
-Bomber Harris
March 13, 2026, 07:12 PM
MelissaDallasSigned, Melissa Degenerate
March 13, 2026, 07:29 PM
ZSMICHAELA psychiatrist friend tried Dragon for his professinal work. Never again, psychiatry is pretty much all words. BTW he speaks the Kings English and is very clear in his speech.
March 13, 2026, 11:50 PM
coloradohunter44Ya dang well better proof read it before ya send it. Always!
"Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am."
looking forward to 4 years of TRUMP!
March 14, 2026, 05:47 AM
selogicI never use speech to text.
March 14, 2026, 03:26 PM
Rey HRHI don't do speech to talk. I can type faster than I talk. I can read faster than I can listen to someone speak
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.