# I'm talking to the dope and it feels weird. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-talking-to-the-dope-and-it-feels-weird/571954 "2011-02-20T00:22:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-talking-to-the-dope-and-it-feels-weird/571954/1 "2011-02-20T00:22:31Z")
So I just got this new smartphone. It’s an lg optimus. I talk into the phone and it types for me. I feel like a total loon but damn this function is cool! This just feels wrong somehow. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-talking-to-the-dope-and-it-feels-weird/571954/2 "2011-02-20T01:06:46Z")
Did you go back and manually correct any of that, or did it type it all perfectly like that? I haven’t used much voice recognition software myself, but from what I’ve read I thought it was a pain in the ass. This looks amazing. I guess you put in the smiley manually, right? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-talking-to-the-dope-and-it-feels-weird/571954/3 "2011-02-20T01:16:48Z")
Yes, I had to put in the smiley and the punctuation. Funny thing tho’ I told myself that if it makes any mistakes, I was just going to post it as is. (Just for shits and grins) It didn’t make any. (This post was made from my laptop.) ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-talking-to-the-dope-and-it-feels-weird/571954/4 "2011-02-20T02:02:02Z")
I’ve only used Google Voice and I feel goofy; I over-pronounce everything. Recently I wanted to look up … Writer’s Room, I think? And it gave me Ryders. So I’m trying to succinctly pronounce “writer’s” as distinguished from “Ryder” visualizing the lack of pronunciation for the silent “w.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-talking-to-the-dope-and-it-feels-weird/571954/5 "2011-02-20T02:19:48Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > So I just got this new smartphone. It’s an lg optimus. I talk into the phone and it types for me. I feel like a total loon but damn this function is cool! > > This just feels wrong somehow. 😃 You should only start to worry if the Dope starts talking back! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-talking-to-the-dope-and-it-feels-weird/571954/6 "2011-02-20T04:56:18Z")
> [@Doctor](#): > > You should only start to worry if the Dope starts talking back! 😃 Technically, that’s the easy part! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-talking-to-the-dope-and-it-feels-weird/571954/7 "2011-02-20T05:51:28Z")
I have Dragon dictation. It’s a free app for the iPhone. I use it for sorting out my thoughts before making a lengthy post. It’s pretty accurate, too. I’m using it to dictate this post. I’m copying it as is, no editing. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-talking-to-the-dope-and-it-feels-weird/571954/8 "2011-02-20T07:00:12Z")
Is that a built-in feature of the Optimus or an app you installed? I have an Optimus. I think I like it. But instead of exploring its features, all I can do is try and uninstall Diner Dash Demo and remove the Fox Sports bookmarks. Over and over and over and over … maybe this time it’ll let me! (Yes, I’m new to smartphones, and I don’t care if it’s unreasonable to be pissed off at it. I paid full price for the fucking thing and I don’t want sports on my phone.) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-talking-to-the-dope-and-it-feels-weird/571954/9 "2011-02-20T13:44:15Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Is that a built-in feature of the Optimus or an app you installed? > > I have an Optimus. I think I like it. But instead of exploring its features, all I can do is try and uninstall Diner Dash Demo and remove the Fox Sports bookmarks. Over and over and over and over … maybe this time it’ll let me! > (Yes, I’m new to smartphones, and I don’t care if it’s unreasonable to be pissed off at it. I paid full price for the fucking thing and I don’t want sports on my phone.) Mine had a window pop up asking me if I want to install it. I have no idea what the actual name of the app is. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-talking-to-the-dope-and-it-feels-weird/571954/10 "2011-02-20T20:09:56Z")
Time for the new section Mundane Ramblings While I Talk In My Sleep. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-talking-to-the-dope-and-it-feels-weird/571954/11 "2011-02-21T07:43:34Z")
Mife own has problems trying to wreck a nice beach.