Fun with Speech to Text

Many of us have dabbled with Siri and similar “speech-to-text” applications on our phone when we’re in a hurry to communicate. But between accents, uncommon words, and the, shall we say, general opportunities with technology, sometimes what gets “typed” isn’t quite what we intended! For your amusement, here are some of the funnier speech-to-text “fails” we’ve had.

Bird names

Now arranged by category because…some birds are “harder” (or more hilarious) than others.

Bobolinks

  • Bubble links
  • Bubbling
  • Bible links

Dickcissels

  • Discuss
  • Texas
  • Dick thistle
  • Dick’s thistle
  • Dixissels
  • Winn Dixie supposed —> One Dickcissel posed
  • D*** sizels [when Christie’s phone also censored her!]

Key combo: “No bubbling for a dick thistles” —> No Bobolinks or Dickcissels

Mergansers

  • Carmen morganzas —> Common Mergansers
  • Tumor answers —> Two Mergansers
  • More cancer’s —> Mergansers
  • Warmerganzers —> More Mergansers
  • Who did Mergansers —> Hooded Mergansers
  • More dancers —> Mergansers

Scaups

  • Scopes
  • Scalp
  • Scoff
  • Lester Scott —> Lesser Scaup
  • Leicester scope —> Lesser Scaup

Other Ducks and Geese

  • Canvasmax —> Canvasbacks
  • Get walls —> Gadwalls
  • Widgets —> Wigeons
  • Greenland teals —> Green-winged Teals
  • Green winged heels —> Green-winged Teals
  • Snuggies —> Snow Geese
  • Already Ducks —> Ruddy Ducks
  • Blue ain’t teals —> Blue-winged Teals
  • Gad balls —> Gadwalls
  • In Jails —> Pintails
  • Campus pack —> Canvasback

Warblers

  • Profanatory —> Prothonotary
  • Black-footed blue warmer —> Black-throated Blue Warbler
  • Babe rested Warbler —> Bay-breasted Warbler
  • Black polo —> Blackpoll
  • Black footed blue Harbor —> Black-throated Blue Warbler
  • Warm eating —> Worm-eating
  • Pannitterri —> Prothonotary
  • Swing since warbler —> Swainson’s Warbler
  • Sanitary Warbler —> Prothonotary Warbler
  • Yellow dumped —> Yellow-rumped
  • Yellow room for blur —> Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Yellow rum —> Yellow-rumped

Herons and Pelicans

  • Night Karen —> Night-Heron
  • Two bits —> Two bitterns
  • Yellow crunchy hands —> Yellow-crowned Night Herons
  • Veteran —> Bittern
  • Battle Egret —> Cattle Egret

Shorebirds

  • Redneck follow rope —> Red-Necked Phalarope
  • Semi pollinated —> Semi-palmated
  • Send me Paul mated —> Semi-palmated
  • Semi pomated —> Semi-palmated
  • Sunny palmated —> Semi Palmated
  • Semi-palmated Clover —> Semi-palmated Plover
  • Dowager —> Dowitcher
  • Doubture —> Dowitcher
  • Abby sets —> Avocets
  • Lester yellowlegs —> Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Yellow lakes —> Yellowlegs
  • Semi palmetto plumbers —> Semipalmated Sandpipers
  • Plumber —> Plover

Gallinules

  • Gallileo
  • Daniel
  • Gallon Noels
  • Gala News
  • Gallonnewal
  • Gallonual

Gulls

  • Goals
  • Girls
  • Golf
  • Ring build —> Ring-billed
  • Hearing —> Herring

Wrens

  • Cedron —> Sedge Wren
  • Cedrin —> Sedge Wren
  • Marcia —> Marsh Wren
  • Martian —> Marsh Wren

Other Bird Names

  • Kuyt —> Coot
  • Cute —> Coot
  • Hoops —> Whips (as in Whip-poor-wills)
  • Dalton Kingfishers —> Belted Kingfishers
  • Shorty towels —> Short-eared Owls
  • Pivots —> Pipits
  • Gold flock —> Gull flock
  • Lincoln —> Limpkin
  • Olympic —> Limpkin
  • Song Smiles —> Song Sparrows
  • Broadway Talk —> Broad-winged Hawk
  • Wobbling videos —> Warbling Vireos
  • Grow speaks —> Grosbeaks
  • Bald men —> Bald eagles
  • Strike —> Shrike
  • Bread rested —> Red-breasted

Grebes

  • Pineville Greaves —> Pied-billed Grebes
  • Three-horned greaves —> Three Horned Grebes
  • Greaves
  • Grapes

Places

  • Alcohol duck pond —> Alcoa Duck Pond
  • I’ll throw a duck pond —-> Alcoa Duck Pond
  • Taco and Duck Pond —> Alcoa Duck Pond
  • A cool duck pond —> Alcoa Duck Pond
  • Yahoo.com —> Alcoa Duck Pond
  • 80P —> ADP
  • Hyperbottoms —> Kyker Bottoms
  • Hiker bottoms —> Kyker Bottoms
  • Cocker Bottoms —> Kyker Bottoms
  • Take your bottoms —> Kyker Bottoms
  • Kicker Bottles —> Kyker Bottoms

Other phrases

  • Murder —> Birder
  • Burger —> Birder
  • Ebert —> eBird
  • I’ve never murdered there…. —> I’ve never birded there
  • Smaller than a nearby commune –> Smaller than a nearby Common [Loon]
  • Cocktail marsh —-> Cattail marsh
  • Peter watch —> Feeder watch
  • Worst food on —> Worst photo
  • Stilt paw —> Stilt Pond
  • Kneebird —> eBird
  • I Knud —> I canoed
  • Came for a brief joint —> Came for a brief jaunt
  • Handsome thoughts —> Had some thoughts
  • Good fuse —> Good views