Google Voice tried to transcribe my mom’s voicemail message. If Google Voice had realized my mom wasn’t speaking English, it might not have bothered.
Then again, Google Voice has a hard time transcribing even English voicemails.
My favorite one is the one where it transcribed a voicemail that didn’t contain any speech whatsoever.
Google Voice also has first-time callers say their names so that it notifies me of who is calling me before I have the call patched through.
My mom didn’t understand the prompt and said, “Yoboseyooo (Hello?)”
So, now, whenever she calls, Google Voice tells me I got a call from “Yoboseyooo”.
For this hilarity alone, I would suggest you get yourself a Google Voice account.
I invite any of you with a mic to leave me a voicemail, as long as you’re okay with having it embedded here and transcribed.
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HA!! Yoboseyooo? I hear that all the time when I call my nieces & their Grandma (halmoni) picks up!