"This is final call for passengers Graabir Boubi, I-Bin Pharteen and Awan Afuqya. Please come to the gate immediately your flight is boarding..."
Sometimes the problem is with a funny name but sometimes the problem is someone funny totally mispronouncing the name or adding their heavy ethnic accent to it.
So I am sitting at the airport and thinking that all announcements should use a software that digitizes the voice of the announcer, neutralizes the heavy accent, corrects mispronunciations and irons out all the kinks in calling funny names and eliminating irony. Calling it a voice iron seems most appropriate :)
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Showing posts with label voice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label voice. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Sextimates
When I log into Skype to talk to my girlfriend with whom we are in a long-distance relationship I see that another 12 million people are online and probably chatting or talking to each other. I read in an article yesterday that online communication has helped people maintain long-distance relationships more than in the past. So I always wonder, what percentage of the 12 million people talking for free on Skype are having phone sex? If the percentage is too high, I suggest we introduce a new verb in the English language to describe the activity: ' Phonycate'
On another note, do you think all 12 million Skype users (and probably millions more that use other software or normal phone) experience phonycation once at some point in their lives? What's your guess?
Being hypothetical in my thinking here. What if Skype added to your status the following options:
"Phonycating - Feel Free to Join", or
"Phonycating - Do Not Disturb".
How many people do you think would take advantage of the 'Feel Free to Join' option?
PS: If you vote for my poll below, be honest. I am hoping that if everyone votes honestly, I can get a pretty good sextimate about how many out of the 12 million people or so I see online on Skype phonycate. I tried to ask Skype but they gave some phony reason not to release the data, it was privacy I think...:D:D:D
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On another note, do you think all 12 million Skype users (and probably millions more that use other software or normal phone) experience phonycation once at some point in their lives? What's your guess?
Being hypothetical in my thinking here. What if Skype added to your status the following options:
"Phonycating - Feel Free to Join", or
"Phonycating - Do Not Disturb".
How many people do you think would take advantage of the 'Feel Free to Join' option?
PS: If you vote for my poll below, be honest. I am hoping that if everyone votes honestly, I can get a pretty good sextimate about how many out of the 12 million people or so I see online on Skype phonycate. I tried to ask Skype but they gave some phony reason not to release the data, it was privacy I think...:D:D:D
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Spread your voice worldwide via car horns!
This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 20 February 2008 by member smarty
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Talking about horny thoughts! What about a website service where people from all over the world upload a message that would be heard when a taxi driver in China or India or any country in the world presses his or her car horn to warn a pedestrian. Car drivers will be able to download it via their mobile phones or via wireless internet and use it as car horn. It can be a ring tone or a person's voice with a message in your own language or in a foreign language.
If you upload your own message, you will be notified by the website service daily as to how many times and in which countries your voice was heard. The people that used your voice to replace their usual car horn sound will be able to give you feedback online as to the reaction people had when they heard it. Wouldn't it be fun? What do you think?
Visit www.thinkaloo.com, our new online community where you can share your thoughts and knowledge, discuss your ideas, ask questions and meet smart people
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Talking about horny thoughts! What about a website service where people from all over the world upload a message that would be heard when a taxi driver in China or India or any country in the world presses his or her car horn to warn a pedestrian. Car drivers will be able to download it via their mobile phones or via wireless internet and use it as car horn. It can be a ring tone or a person's voice with a message in your own language or in a foreign language.
If you upload your own message, you will be notified by the website service daily as to how many times and in which countries your voice was heard. The people that used your voice to replace their usual car horn sound will be able to give you feedback online as to the reaction people had when they heard it. Wouldn't it be fun? What do you think?
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