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Pick up my arm

We asked you for the funniest erroneous transcriptions to come out of Google Voice's free voice-to-text service, and your hilarious examples poured in through e-mail and comments.

Like this reader, whose message, "Why aren't you picking up?" became the retort you see here.

Check out more Google Voice transcription mishaps in the comments thread, or add your own.

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Speech Recognition Is Alive & Well
I use speech (not voice) recognition on a daily basis. Much of my professional career depends upon it. I dictate most of my pleadings, letters and memos using Dragon Naturally Speaking Professional. M... (Read the rest)
Posted by: drxacto Posted on: 11/05/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Ummmm . . .  George Banfield | 11/04/09
I'm sure they could. Somehow. With much effort...  D. W. Bierbaum | 11/04/09
Poor feature in several respects  spyder3010 | 11/04/09
Nice concept, terrible implementation  bigredbird | 11/04/09
RE: (Best 'worst' Google Voice transcription errors--screenshots)  felixmk | 11/04/09
Proofreader?  Rick_from_BC | 11/04/09
How?  mejohnsn | 11/04/09
RE: (Best 'worst' Google Voice transcription errors--screenshots)  mejohnsn | 11/04/09
Also  lehnerus2000 | 11/04/09
Speech Recognition Is Alive & Well  drxacto | 11/05/09

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