Time: March 25th 2000, 13:00hrs
Place: Ruislip, Middlesex
PC: Time Computer Family Package
Program: IBM ViaVoice 98
Participants: Lewis (6), Verity (6), Freya (3)

Experiment: ViaVoice trained to recognize my voice using 100 phrases.
"Dictate To VoicePad" left running with microphone on,
and children asked to talk to the computer for a few minutes,
and respond to what they see on the screen.


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He does 
A flick at the Oval 
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that her refusal led 80 ago derek he still at first at the close 
behind the canals of the medicine we he will he told us go half, then 



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is laying the head if he and if you from my pc gain direct the healthcare
 rate on to do with the inscription old ago and at the front of you laugh
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 off an old as a go top men at his goalposts a and a accused behind her
 and there was further heightened ill-health don't go for the scheme 
demands ago over a heartless humour at the Howard the ink into a peace
 through with it a a. Powell. 

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cross he has here are roped accept a a car on Sept her ears Friar who 
see what the computer makes of her old friend, told the computer to 
insult to the computer can only come round from a round hole Catholic
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 a holiday villa Friar he then I will allow room for me and go up here
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it infuriates going bolt-hole stop 

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the her how K Co It is going cow in gallery he held to be the infuriate
 going bald holes for a home lately he birth of the greenhouse wider 
than any rival is all this nonsense computer and where is it coming 
froth so a Keith you know the word Keith Griffith and her hair and teeth 
who have been fit coming from. The roof when her home, her behaviour 
inhaled go ago he had hoped the Gold World Illinois alleged Johan has 
lower room for manoeuvre ago he throw who've been through her it is Julio
 a 4th fines and hoped her going north vote cautiously have forgotten her 
go her the allowance de how luck can now go ahead on her help Hugh Kerr, 
Hugh Howard he helped 

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and our old will always run a health if have on the run who live rent-free
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go under in an arena will go ahead it had a go at her two-year-old winner
 here for any that are fitted people have come from that for a full Walker
 and for a figure close to accept her excellent all-round if players are 
to be a whole we up and up (Luton defender Patrick developer perhaps At
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paper would be put on good enough for the health and 5th for proper perspective
 paper presented at for her attempts for hardship put up put her teeth kept 
a little shocked Hartley picture accepted


This text is still being analyzed, but initial findings seem to indicate the infiltration, by sports-mad frustrated novellists, of IBM's voice-interface development team. Or did IBM hire Martin Amis as language consultant?!

Further news will be posted as we get it. In the meantime, I will publish any other voice-interface anomolies that you send me.