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Thread poster: David Wright
David Wright
David Wright  Identity Verified
Austria
Local time: 16:17
German to English
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Jan 10, 2013

I'm generally very happy with Dragon, but there are occasions when the result is just way out.

Today: venous thromboembolism came out as "vagueness trombone embolism"

I'm sure anyone using Dragon will have their own examples - please reveal!
 
Anton Konashenok
Anton Konashenok  Identity Verified
Czech Republic
Local time: 16:17
French to English
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Dragon Jan 10, 2013

An older version of Dragon once transcribed an organisation name, Kazakhstan Applied Ecology Agency, as "cats don't apply to college agency".
 
Daniel Meier
Daniel Meier  Identity Verified
Local time: 16:17
English to German
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Yes, Dragon does some funny things sometimes Jan 10, 2013

In an IT-related text
Me: Virtualisierungsserver
Dragon: Arisierungsserver
You can imagine I hastened to correct that.


In a transcription project about multilateral political relations during the cold war:
Me: Außenminister Gromyko
Dragon: Außenminister Gummikuh
In this case I was tempted to leave the text as Dragon suggested, but unfortunately my sense of responsibility would not let me do that.
 
Triston Goodwin
Triston Goodwin  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 08:17
Spanish to English
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Windows speech recognition software Jan 10, 2013

I found an old copy of Dragon, but it wouldn't work on my computer, so I've been playing with the free software that comes in windows 7. I actually kind of like it for translation and my hands don't hurt after long hours like they used to.

I love it when it tries to transcribe what my wife says in her thick Argentine accent. She got a little frustrated and said "you stupid machine" and it wrote, "you need a new jean." She took that as a sign to go shopping, so I guess she doesn't w... See more
I found an old copy of Dragon, but it wouldn't work on my computer, so I've been playing with the free software that comes in windows 7. I actually kind of like it for translation and my hands don't hurt after long hours like they used to.

I love it when it tries to transcribe what my wife says in her thick Argentine accent. She got a little frustrated and said "you stupid machine" and it wrote, "you need a new jean." She took that as a sign to go shopping, so I guess she doesn't want to kill it anymore. ▲ Collapse
 
Nicole Schnell
Nicole Schnell  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 07:17
English to German
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In memoriam
Gummikuh?? Jan 10, 2013

Daniel Meier wrote:
Me: Außenminister Gromyko
Dragon: Außenminister Gummikuh




Daniel, you made my day. This is gorgeous.

 
Phil Hand
Phil Hand  Identity Verified
China
Local time: 23:17
Chinese to English
foam/phone Jan 11, 2013

I was doing a consumer survey on shampoo, and the damn thing would not learn that I was saying "foam" instead of the higher-frequency "phone". It kept turning out oddly well-formed sentences like: I like my shampoo to phone up while I'm washing my hair.
 


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Delights of transcription programs






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