Level 1 · Reading series
Lesson 44 · Voice Input Got It Wrong
Audio track 44
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Miki taps the mic and uses voice input. She says, “Meet me at the school gate.” Her speech becomes text, but the phone writes “school cake.”
The room is noisy, and the two words sound similar. Miki laughs, then edits the mistake. She reads the message again to double-check it.
Clear pronunciation can help, but software still makes errors. Miki also avoids speaking private information where other people can hear it.
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After reading, state the main idea in one sentence and find a line that supports it.
Chinese translation
Miki 点开麦克风，使用语音输入。她说：“在学校门口见。”手机却把英语 gate（门口）识别成了 cake（蛋糕）。
房间里很吵，这两个英语词的发音又相近。Miki 笑了笑，接着改正错误，发送前再读一遍，仔细核对。
发音清楚会有帮助，但软件仍会出错。Miki 也避免在别人能听到的地方说出私人信息。
Key words and expressions
Key terms have Chinese explanations. Hover over dotted words in the English passage for word help and pronunciation when available.
- mic
- 麦克风，是 microphone 的简称。
- voice input
- 语音输入。
- speech
- 讲话；言语。
- text
- 文字；文本。
- noisy
- 嘈杂的。
- edit
- 编辑；修改。
- mistake
- 错误。
- double-check
- 再次仔细核对。
- pronunciation
- 发音。
- private
- 私人的；不公开的。
Background notes (Chinese)
语音识别会把听到的声音与可能的词语匹配。环境噪声、说话方式、人名和近音词，都可能造成识别错误。因此发出消息前要检查并修改，也要留意说出个人信息时周围有没有人。