Having fun with the dictation feature on the new iPad
Found some tongue twisters .

The first in each twister is the correct twister, followed by the dictated version.



If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?

If stewed shoes shoes, should stew cheese the shoes and shoes?

I'm not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's mate.
I'm only plucking pheasants
'Cause the pheasant plucker's late

I'm not the pheasant plucker, 
I am at the pheasant plucker's mate. 
I'm only plucking pheasant's 
house the pheasant plucker's late.


Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.

Around the rock and rocks the right it rascal ran.


Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar.

Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar.



Betty better butter Brad's bread.

Betsy better butter Brad's bread.


The epitome of femininity.

See you could have me of femininity.


Fat frogs flying past fast.

Fat frogs flying pass fast.


A fat thrush flies through thick fog.

A fat Suresh flies through sick fog.


Flee from fog to fight flu fast!

Flee from fog 25 flew fast!


Gertie's great-grandma grew aghast at Gertie's grammar.

Girtys great grandma grew aghast at Girtys grandma.


How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
And chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.

How much wood would a wood chuck chuck
If a wood chuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as she could,
And check as much wood as a wood chuck wood
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.



I cannot bear to see a bear
Bear down upon a hare.
When bare of hair he strips the hare,
Right there I cry, "Forbear!"

I cannot bear to see a bear
Bear down upon a hair.
When bear of hair he strips the hair,
Right there I cried," forebear!"

I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.

I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.


Is this your sister's sixth zither, sir?

Is this your sisters sixth zither, sir?


I saw Esau kissing Kate. I saw Esau, he saw me, and she saw I saw Esau.

I saw Esau kissing Kate. I saw Esau, he saw me, and she saw I saw Esau.


Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.

Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.


Lily ladles little Letty's lentil soup.

Lillie ladles little ladies wouldn't don't soup.

Pretty Kitty Creighton had a cotton batten cat.
The cotton batten cat was bitten by a rat.
The kitten that was bitten had a button for an eye,
And biting off the button made the cotton batten fly.

Christie cutie Crayton had a cotton bat cat.
The cotton fat cat was bitten by a rat.
The kitten that was bitten had a button for an eye,
And biding off the button made a cotton bat fly.



She stood on the balcony inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping, and amicably welcoming him home.
She stood on the balcony inexplicably mimicking him cupping, and amicably welcoming him home.

In the dictated part, to get the commas, quotation marks and new paragraphs, just say "quotation mars" or " new paragraph" for example.

Also in the above, this s as much on me as a speaker, as I've always had some speech problems. But that's okay because some are still funny.

Seriously, the feature handled words like "inexplicably" pretty well. Also differentiated between "wood" and "would" in context as I really don't pronounce them differently.

I will use this.

Dave.

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I'm impressed!

I do not speak clearly and I talk to fast! South Jersey style where I grew up.

I think this would be a good exercise for me to improve my speaking clearly.

I just read yesterday about how politicians adjust their speech when going from the north U.S. to the Southern states. i.e. W would drop "ing" and just us "n". "doing" became "doin'" and so forth. I know it is over simplifying, I'm just saying what I read.

I've been know to utter, "Where you gone? [going] Jeet yet? [Did you eat yet?] Sup? [what's up?]

Anyway, I'm going to try all those later Dave. Thanks.

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What was the % accuracy on all that dictation ??

I've been using Dragon Dictation on my Mac for 4-5 years and it's about 98 - 99% accurate unless I get lazy and start sslurrring wordsss slike Sylvester the scat !

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You're the teacher, prof! Tell US what the percentage of accuracy is on the iPad "dictation key".

Ha.

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I don't have one yet, but good news I got an email today it'll ship 1 week earlier than expected. Originally was April 11th, now between March 30th ans April 6th.

AND the stock went up $5 more /share today !!

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OMG $605.96

Can we believe it? Remember when it was $18? I do.

I didn't realize your iPad was not in your grubby little mits yet.

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I think, a lot f it s my speaking ability. But you never heard that from me.



Dave

From what I've read ambient noise, clarity of dictation, and internet connection speed all affect the accuracy.

hey I resent that !!

I have BIG grubby mits ! (from Texas, remember?)

Well Kate, just got a note today it HAS shipped !! so I've moved from April 11 to March 23 - 24 ??

Don't know if my track record of purchases, or the Apple Care pushed it forward, but something changed it ! maybe they looked me up and found I was a stockholder?
I went for the 32Gb 4G black iPad. maybe they're not selling as many of those as the WiFi only or the smaller 4G.

Kate & Dave - have you used yours as a bed warmer yet ?