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Many years ago when t-mobile first debuted their "visual voicemail" that did automated transcription, my dad brought me his phone and wanted to know what the hell has happened with one of his messages. It said something like "Parrot vegan spaniel primo wavy." I showed him that he could still press a button to listen to the actual message, and it was from Walgreens; the computer had been trying to transcribe the Spanish voice saying "para diga en Espanol, oprima nueve."