I have this acquaintance who is a linguist and works with computers he recently sent me the following.

Subject: ViaVoice

From: Ted Caldwell

Her recently installed over some of IBMs ViaVoice of wear.

(I recently installed a demo version of IBMs ViaVoice software.)

Fire from. It amusing so far, sort of it possible so of its were sure others say it boat.

(I have found it quite amusing so far, so I thought Id pass on a sample of its output – or should I say input.)

With text youre reading was produced by the program from white dictation; below what is that correct version of waters for a vote

(The text you are reading was produced by the program from my dictation; below is the typed version of what I spoke.)

to be fair, IBM chose the window that you meet the right kind of microphone of the more you dream the system on your own speech, the better it will perform.

(To be fair, IBM does point out that you need the right kind of microphone, and the more you train the system on your own speech, the better it will perform.)

I have no unfulfilled. Either of these criteria. .

(I have not fulfilled either of these criteria. I doubt that I will buy the damn thing anyway.)

Her-leveraged Group of potential of support for dinner, however, given the phrases but it pulls over events which is really doing a lot of work trying to powers what you say in to willful sentence, and it often seems to fall back on a survey of new business freeze.

(I think it has great potential as a poetry generator, however, given the odd phrases that it pulls out of its lexicon. Its really doing a lot of work trying to parse what you say into a full sentence, and it often seems to fall back on certain popular business phrases.)

Better to of the most foreign firms are trying to give it to work. Words like for have a share, and meeting of the first from some of Blues for her roles driver what Hole

(Two of the most fun things are trying to get it to recognize words like fuck and shit, and reading it the first stanza of Lewis Carrolls Jabberwocky: )

the West Berlin and his lawyer the toll vehicular and Wimbledon week. All means you were to borrow it will, of mole rats of greed.

(Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

did gyre and gimble in the wabe.

All mimsy were the borogroves,

and the mome raths outgrabe.)