For those of you not familiar with the service, Google Voice is a service that provides a single phone number that can route incoming calls you at one or more other numbers based on a predefined schedule. It also provides a voice mailbox. In addition to allowing you to listen to your voicemails, it also performs a speech-to-text conversion so you can read them in your inbox.
Google Voice's speech to text engine can be, shall we say, "creative" at times. As an example, Appscout contrubutor Lance Ulanoff read the original version of the poem into his Google Voice mailbox. The result was this:
The Night Before Christmas
Twelfth Night Before Christmas one off of the house,
not a creature was stirring not even a mouse
the stockings were hung, but the chimney with care,
it helps at Saint Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were home. Nestle all snug in their beds
all stations of sugarplum danced in their heads
and my mind. Her, Curtis and I and my cap.
I just sort of town for a long winter's nap,
went out on the lawn there arose such a platter
i spring for my bed to see what was the matter
a way to the window wiper fluid, like flash.
We're open the shutters and swelter. Slash
the moon. On the best of the new fallen snow
get the luster of mid, day to optics below.
When what my wondering eyes should appear,
but a miniature sleigh and a tiny reindeer
with a little try. Versall lively and quick.
I know with the moment. It must be saint neck
more rapid Nichols his courses they came
in handy with tools and shouted and called in by name
now. Dash here not answer printer infection
on. Com it on to bid on the under, and blessed
to the top of the porch to the top of the wall
not dash away dash away dash weight all
as a dryly used it before the wind. While the hurricane fly
when they meet with an obstacle amount to the Scott
so up to the house tops of course is a flu
with the sleigh full of toys in Saint Nicholas 2
and then I just went going. I heard on the roof
the pressing appalling of each little of
as a true in my hand was turning around
down the chimney same necklace came with the bound.
He was dressed all in for from hit 2
As and it's close world punished with ashes and so it
a bundle of toys here as long as back
and it looks like a Pablo just opening back.
Hey size her between goal to simple Samari
has cheeks for like roses his nose like a cherry
his troll little mouthful showing up in the bow
and the beard. Assist in which is why does the smell
the stump of Up. I. P L taken is T's
and then and smoke it in circle test had, like, a recent
you get a relaxation the little round belly
that shook when you left a couple full of jelly.
He was chubby and plump right jolly old elf
and I left. When I saw him in spite of myself.
Hope you can decide twist of his head
soon gave me to know what you had nothing to do it.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to work.
Hey, syllable the stock Kingston turned up with a jerk
and laying the finger of side of his nose
and giving, or not up the chimney. He rose
he's trying to this way to is team gave a whistle
and the wait a whole flu like the down, I'll talk to sell
but I heard him exclaim air. He drove out of sight.
Happy Christmas to all and to all. Ohh good night.
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