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Article #1041Re: Southern Drawls Confuse La. Phone System
From: JJ
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 02:28
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 02:28
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So what's your point? I am sure spic "wuz up home" talk in East LA, "Mutha Fuckin" Nigger talk in Detroit and New York "Figgeit about it" Brooklyn talk is just as confusing as Southern dialect. If not more. uu wrote: > November 16, 2003 > Southern Drawls Confuse La. Phone System > By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS > > > SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) -- Southern drawls have thwarted voice > recognition equipment used by the Shreveport Police Department to > route non-emergency calls. > > A switchover to a lower-tech, touch-tone system -- in which callers > hear a voice recording they can respond to by pressing a different > number for each division -- is scheduled for Monday, said spokeswoman > Kaycee Hargrave. > > The voice-recognition system asked people to name the person or > department they wanted. More often than not, the system just didn't > understand, and they wound up at the wrong place, said Capt. John > Dunn, who oversees police communications. > > ``In Louisiana, we have a problem with Southern drawl and what I call > lazy mouth. Because of that, the system often doesn't recognize what > (callers) say,'' he said. > > Interim Chief Mike Campbell knows all too well how frustrating the > voice recognition system can be. > > ``I can count on one hand when I have been transferred to where I've > wanted to go, and I know the system. I can imagine how frustrating it > would be for a citizen,'' he said. > > >
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