Proof reading is essential when creating listings with voice apps.

I watch a lot of online auctions and have found that quite a few are posting crazy titles on items because they're using voice recognition (or whatever they call it nowadays) to create the titles.

Here's an example:

https://hibid.com/delaware/lot/303129608/while-our-pottery-jardiniere-planter-11x9-25-

That one wasn't too hard to figure out what they meant. But, I came across one for a jardiniere stand that had "Russian Koolaid" as part of the title. It took me a little searching with the picture to figure out it was actually "Brush McCoy".

And I know the people creating these listings. They don't have accents (other than Eastern Shoreman or Lower Slower Delawarean) and they speak clearly when I've interacted with them. So, it must that be the app just isn't reliable.

 

I got a chuckle out of this one.

https://reagan-watsonauctions.hibid...epartment-56-holiday-toy-with-box?ref=catalog

 

A friend of mine uses one of those voice to text apps on his phone. But he speaks with a broad accent, close to dialect, so he has to repeat what he says several times before he gets a result that is close enough. He still insists on using it, even though it is more work than just typing a text.

His attempts remind me of this classic English sketch :