Google's Text-to-Speech Engine Praises Apple's iPad - Page 2

dysamoria · Jan 4, 2013, 04:28 PM

This still works for me in Google Translate on iPhone: "Bill Gates hates Windows RT so hard with" (he now praises the iPad).

milo · Jan 4, 2013, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foobardux

Interesting that none notice the .com.mx topdomain and that you are not logged in to google at that site. It's just all fake.

Nope. Not sure why the .mx is on that one link, but removing it still works. Try it yourself, navigate from the main google site and you'll hear it, bizarre but very real.

BornAgainApple · Jan 4, 2013, 04:37 PM

This brings a

to my face

milo · Jan 4, 2013, 04:42 PM

Somebody found another one, the word "condemned" is expanded to "condemned the attacks in this". Looks like they used some news stories for development or testing and some bits somehow got stuck in the software.

http://translate.google.com/#en/en/c...0filled%20with

dona83 · Jan 4, 2013, 04:59 PM

"He was courting her so hard, he now praises the iPad."

A clean version of what made me go lmao.

dysamoria · Jan 4, 2013, 05:03 PM

Interestingly, the voice simulates taking a breath before the "bug phrase" but not at commas.

deannnnn · Jan 4, 2013, 05:08 PM

Is it April Fools already?

JTToft · Jan 4, 2013, 05:26 PM

The bug doesn't show up here. Could it be a difference between the American English and the British English voice? If so, how does one enable the American English one?

dustinsc · Jan 4, 2013, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by milo

Nope. Not sure why the .mx is on that one link, but removing it still works. Try it yourself, navigate from the main google site and you'll hear it, bizarre but very real.

.mx is just the ending for Mexican web sites. So, the site you're looking at is just Google Mexico.

macs4nw · Jan 4, 2013, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacRumorUser

Siri has become self aware and she's out taking revenge

Haven't laughed this hard all day!! Thanks GOOGLE!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveN

Translategate... Lets see if fandroids demand an apology from Google because Google isn't praising an Android product!

As in demanding equal opportunity free advertising?

To TIM: Merry belated Christmas, and wishing you a happy, healthy and iPad-filled year, from Larry and Sergey; Eric is still too pissed to sign this card, but he'll come around....

Solomani · Jan 5, 2013, 12:08 AM

Google senior executive Eric Schmidt went to North Korea to meet with the leaders of the rogue communist nation, but his trip ended in disaster; detained in a prison near Pyongyang, he now praises the iPad.

Lil Chillbil · Jan 5, 2013, 12:15 AM

google is praising its competitor

Solomani · Jan 5, 2013, 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by extricated

A mole is working at Google.
Pretty darn funny.

Not surprising. Many Google employees love their Apple products.

Kinda like we already know there are a good deal of Microsoft employees who love their Apple gadgets, and yet they still risk the ire and wrath of Microsoft Management when they still smuggle their Apple products to work.

shandyman · Jan 5, 2013, 07:07 AM

not working here in the UK in the browser or the google translate app on iphone

bbeagle · Jan 5, 2013, 11:41 AM

Epic Fail. This spells the end for Google. Google is doomed.

Only writing this as a joke because this is the exact thing many iHaters on this board would write if this was an Apple bug. But since it was a Google bug, none of the iHaters are attacking Google. It's simply 'funny'

Tucom · 12:10 PM

I POSTED ABOUT THIS INITIALLY!

Thanks for the shoutout MacRumors

See my post: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1519774

shandyman · Jan 5, 2013, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tucom

I POSTED ABOUT THIS INITIALLY!

Thanks for the shoutout MacRumors

See my post: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1519774

Actually, you were beaten by this person below, who also pointed out in this thread they made a thread prior to macrumors article...

Quote:

Originally Posted by brayhite

lesson learned: submit a tip, don't start a thread.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1519350

ThunderSkunk · Jan 5, 2013, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shandyman

Actually, you were beaten by this person below, who also pointed out in this thread they made a thread prior to macrumors article...

Also, nobody cares.

shandyman · Jan 5, 2013, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThunderSkunk

Also, nobody cares.

You cared enough to comment

lol

Memo86 · Jan 5, 2013, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foobardux

Interesting that none notice the .com.mx topdomain and that you are not logged in to google at that site. It's just all fake.

Not fake at all, that's just google Mexico.

KdParker · Jan 5, 2013, 01:45 PM

That is a crazy 'bug'. Almost seems deliberate.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by extricated

A mole is working at Google.
Pretty darn funny.

right....that is what I though too.

el-John-o · Jan 5, 2013, 02:09 PM

Ever hear of viral advertising? Maybe it's just a silly intentional bug to get people interested and to try Google's text to speech!

Morshu9001 · Jan 5, 2013, 05:37 PM

Reminds me of MS Sam saying "crow's nest" instead of "crotch" and "swa" instead of "soy".

the8thark · Jan 6, 2013, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThunderSkunk

Also, nobody cares.

Wrong, People care just not you. And just not the MacRumors staff most times.

theanimaster · Jan 6, 2013, 06:03 AM

Seems fixed now.

On another note, I just realised how much better Google's voice is to Siri.

Apple really bungled big time.

If anything, this little publicity stunt will have iPhone and Mac users realising how crappy Siri is now... if they hadn't already.

Jan 4, 2013, 04:37 PM	#28
BornAgainApple macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Massachusetts	This brings a to my face __________________ Mid-2009 13" MBP OS X 10.8 (128GB SSD,500GB HDD, 8GB RAM) iPhone 5 32GB Retina iPad 32GB
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Jan 4, 2013, 05:08 PM	#32
deannnnn macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New York City & South Florida	Is it April Fools already? __________________ MacBook Pro (Retina) / iPhone 5 / iPad 1
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Jan 4, 2013, 05:26 PM	#33
JTToft macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Denmark	The bug doesn't show up here. Could it be a difference between the American English and the British English voice? If so, how does one enable the American English one? __________________ 2011 15" MacBook Pro, 2.2GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, AMD Radeon 6750M 1GB, 256 GB Samsung 830 SSD, 10GB RAM, Hi-Res Antiglare; iPhone 5 64 GB White
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Jan 5, 2013, 12:15 AM	#37
Lil Chillbil macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: California	google is praising its competitor __________________ Pentium D 4.2GHz 8Gb DDR3 X1900xt 512mb vram 256gb intel ssd 3tb data drive Windows 7 Core i5 Quad 4GHz 16Gb DDR3 GT 640 256 gb intel ssd 8tb on-board Windows 8 G5 dual 2.0Ghz 8 GB 6800 ultra 500gb
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Jan 5, 2013, 12:00 PM	#41
Tucom macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2006	I POSTED ABOUT THIS INITIALLY! Thanks for the shoutout MacRumors See my post: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1519774 Last edited by Tucom; Jan 5, 2013 at 12:10 PM.
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Jan 4, 2013, 04:28 PM	#26
dysamoria macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2011	This still works for me in Google Translate on iPhone: "Bill Gates hates Windows RT so hard with" (he now praises the iPad).
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Jan 4, 2013, 04:42 PM	#29
milo macrumors 603 Join Date: Sep 2003	Somebody found another one, the word "condemned" is expanded to "condemned the attacks in this". Looks like they used some news stories for development or testing and some bits somehow got stuck in the software. http://translate.google.com/#en/en/c...0filled%20with
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Jan 4, 2013, 04:59 PM	#30
dona83 macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Coquitlam, BC	"He was courting her so hard, he now praises the iPad." A clean version of what made me go lmao.
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Jan 4, 2013, 05:03 PM	#31
dysamoria macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2011	Interestingly, the voice simulates taking a breath before the "bug phrase" but not at commas.
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Jan 5, 2013, 12:08 AM	#36
Solomani macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2012	Google senior executive Eric Schmidt went to North Korea to meet with the leaders of the rogue communist nation, but his trip ended in disaster; detained in a prison near Pyongyang, he now praises the iPad.
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Jan 5, 2013, 07:07 AM	#39
shandyman macrumors 68040 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newbury, UK	not working here in the UK in the browser or the google translate app on iphone
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Jan 5, 2013, 11:41 AM	#40
bbeagle macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Buffalo, NY	Epic Fail. This spells the end for Google. Google is doomed. Only writing this as a joke because this is the exact thing many iHaters on this board would write if this was an Apple bug. But since it was a Google bug, none of the iHaters are attacking Google. It's simply 'funny'
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Jan 5, 2013, 02:09 PM	#47
el-John-o macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Missouri	Ever hear of viral advertising? Maybe it's just a silly intentional bug to get people interested and to try Google's text to speech! __________________ Windows7 PC - Phenom II 965@4GHz x4 Cores, 4GB DDR3-2133, Radeon HD5870 \| iPhone 5 32GB \| iPad WiFi+3G 64GB \| Mid 2012 MacBook Pro 13", Dual 256GB SSD's in RAID 0, 16GB DDR3-1600
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Jan 5, 2013, 05:37 PM	#48
Morshu9001 Banned Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: the capital of Assyria	Reminds me of MS Sam saying "crow's nest" instead of "crotch" and "swa" instead of "soy".
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Jan 6, 2013, 06:03 AM	#50
theanimaster macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2005	Seems fixed now. On another note, I just realised how much better Google's voice is to Siri. Apple really bungled big time. If anything, this little publicity stunt will have iPhone and Mac users realising how crappy Siri is now... if they hadn't already.
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