Google Voice.
It's a great idea that is usually paired with equally impressive performance. And, it gives "El Goog" unfiltered access to every voice mail that I receive...but that's a story for another day.
If you're not familiar with Google Voice, here's a primer. You can set up a GV phone number that your voice mails get sent to, bypassing your cell carrier's VM service. Once a voice mail is received, GV uses speech recognition to create text from the audio of the message, and emails it to you if you so choose. Which I did.
Like I mentioned, it usually works well. But when it doesn't, it can result in some cryptic, creepy hoobady-joobady. For example, I received a voice mail while in a meeting last night. When I turned my phone back on and checked the email transcription, the message read:
They don't think we just need to get back to you. So talk to you soon, please.
The original message was:
Hey, Johnny K., it's just me. Just getting back to you, so I'll talk to you soon. Peace.
So, maybe they're not after me, after all.
I've had some weird messages too, that I couldn't decrypt, even after reading the thing out loud. The easier thing to do would be to actually listen to the message, but where's the fun in that?
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me, I owe you a call.
ReplyDeleteThey don't think I recognize that message--I was so excited to make your blog please.
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me, I owe you a call.
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