Google Voice

[tmette]

Has anyone else found the transcribed text messages that come through GV not very accurate at all? The first one I tried came through perfectly, however, all the others have been messed up that I don't even know what they mean.

Maybe my friends just can't talk properly? I will excuse the one time I was left a voicemail and it was from inside a bar with loud music. Kinda funny because I knew what song was playing before I even listened to it.

 

[alostpacket]

yeah it's pretty wonky but it's still a neat service for the price

 

[yfan]

The most hilarious thing about Google transcribing the messages happened to me when my mother called and left a message in Bengali, my native language. Google Voice actually put together some almost-coherent English stuff. Of course, it was nothing close to what she said. But, it was funny!

 

[phwaap]

I've found it to be pretty useless for details. Getting the general idea of the VM works sometimes.