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Old 07-07-2025, 10:44 AM   #2971
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I had to call a customer service hotline that used some kind of voice recognition technology instead of pressing buttons. It couldn't understand what I was saying.
Most companies that use voice recognition have it set so that if you cannot be understood or they don't have what you are saying as an option, you get send to an operator/human being to then say what you want so you can be properly transferred.
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Old 07-07-2025, 11:29 AM   #2972
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I had to call a customer service hotline that used some kind of voice recognition technology instead of pressing buttons. It couldn't understand what I was saying.
Next time, try pressing 0 or saying "agent".
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Old 07-07-2025, 09:55 PM   #2973
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If it's like one system I was recently victimized by, I had to speak very slowly and use military pronunciation for numbers (tree niner fower fife instead of 3945) before it would understand me. At least, it gave my spouse a good laugh listening to me sound like a slowed down recording...
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Oh, actual people have trouble too. Frequently have to type into phone to communicate these days.
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Old 07-08-2025, 06:01 PM   #2975
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If it's like one system I was recently victimized by, I had to speak very slowly and use military pronunciation for numbers (tree niner fower fife instead of 3945) before it would understand me. At least, it gave my spouse a good laugh listening to me sound like a slowed down recording...
Really? No keypad DTMF recognition? How stupid.


Sounding like VOA "easy English", which is r e a l l y _ h a r d _ t o _ l i s t e n _ t o _ o r _ u n d e r s t a n d !

OTOH real French radio Adverts are like an auctioneer.

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Old 07-08-2025, 06:18 PM   #2976
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I had to call a customer service hotline that used some kind of voice recognition technology instead of pressing buttons. It couldn't understand what I was saying.
I had one awhile ago ,say why you are calling today, as soon as I said complaint it cut me off

I soon cottoned on, called back immediately and said renewal - as soon as I got through to an agent I said I don't want to renew I need to make a complaint - but I have two now, the original and one about your automated phone system
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Old 07-16-2025, 05:12 PM   #2977
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My beloved WeatherCAN app now only works on Android 9 and above.

Nice to see Environment Canada has deemed people with older phones unworthy of receiving weather alerts.
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Old 07-16-2025, 06:08 PM   #2978
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My beloved WeatherCAN app now only works on Android 9 and above.

Nice to see Environment Canada has deemed people with older phones unworthy of receiving weather alerts.
I think the issue is more Google and their policies. See this article --> https://share.google/zsLI59FukbXf4Z2qa
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Old 07-16-2025, 09:36 PM   #2979
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But did they really have to break the older versions?
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Old 07-16-2025, 11:15 PM   #2980
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But did they really have to break the older versions?
Happens on iOS all the time.
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Old 07-22-2025, 06:08 PM   #2981
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Can't express how much I hate Fandom.com. Unusable without adblocker. Stupid rules to prevent forking/migrating wikis. SEO means they're at the top of search results.

And wikis that were on Gamepedia to avoid these, they just bought out Gamepedia and merged it in.

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Old 07-22-2025, 06:49 PM   #2982
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English language public broadcasters that use adult voices to voice over children speaking in another language… not only is the tonality wrong, often as not, so is the translation… children tend not to use metaphors, let alone mix them.

Yes I'm looking at you BBC and your local baby bro, the AusBC.

Maybe commercial broadcasters do it too, but I don't listen to them.
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English language public broadcasters that use adult voices to voice over children speaking in another language… not only is the tonality wrong, often as not, so is the translation… children tend not to use metaphors, let alone mix them.

Yes I'm looking at you BBC and your local baby bro, the AusBC.

Maybe commercial broadcasters do it too, but I don't listen to them.
Here they just use subtitles. No voiceover.
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And wikis that were on Gamepedia to avoid these, they just bought out Gamepedia and merged it in.
That's been the MO for Wikia since before the name change. GameFAQs, GameSpot, TV Guide(!) and more. But I'm seeing a growing number of dissatisfied fan and official wikis leaving Fandom.com for Weird Gloop including Balatro and Vampire Survivors.
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wiki.gg is another alternative people move to now, if not completely independent.

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