When are we gonna stop having to correct ai? speech to text still dumb sometimes. | SpinGraph: None
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keywords: speech-to-text
keywords: contextual misunderstanding
keywords: error correction
keywords: none
keywords: narrative intelligence
published: 2026-08-29T08:35:35+00:00
modified: 2026-08-29T18:57:30.045756+00:00

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When are we gonna stop having to correct ai? speech to text still dumb sometimes.
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date published: 2026-08-29T08:35:35+00:00
date modified: 2026-08-29T18:57:30.045756+00:00
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language: en-US
article section: community
keywords: speech-to-text, contextual misunderstanding, error correction
author: Reddit r/artificial
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citation: https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1w1h296/when_are_we_gonna_stop_having_to_correct_ai/
about: speech-to-text
about: contextual misunderstanding
about: error correction
mentions: Reddit r/artificial
abstract: Speech-to-text misheard 'I lean' as 'Eileen' during a nuanced opinion query. The error required manual correction, highlighting current limitations in contextual inference. This is a low-stakes, everyday failure reflecting broader gaps in pragmatic language understanding.

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  value: Users report speech-to-text errors where 'I lean' is misheard as 'Eileen'.
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    text: The AI transcribed 'Can you tell which way I lean?' as 'Can you tell which way Eileen?'
    appearance: the ai didn't understand the context or something, and typed out..... "Can you tell which way Eileen?"
    author: Reddit r/artificial