Hilarious Dangers of Voice Texting
@DeborahDiane (40846)
Laguna Woods, California
September 10, 2018 10:30pm CST
I use Audible to listen to books when I am riding in my car, and my friend, Shirley, and I are currently listening to the novel "The President is Missing" during our drives back and forth to the beach.
The other day, we were leaving the beach to meet a third friend, Lynn. The book was playing, and I suggested that Shirley send a text message to Lynn, letting her know we would meet her in a few minutes.
I didn't realize that Shirley was going to send a voice text, or I would have turned off the book.
Shirley picked up her phone and said, "Text Lynn."
Just then, the main character in the book said, "Cut the crap."
Shirley started yelling, "Don't send! Don't send!"
I turned off the book and asked what happened.
Shirley said, "Before I could say anything in the text, it had automatically written 'cut the crap' and that was the message which was about to be sent to Lynn!"
We both started laughing so hard that we could hardly contain ourselves. Shirley prevented the message from going out just in time!
If that message had gone to Lynn, she would have wondered why the heck we had sent her that message!
Have you ever sent an embarrassing message to someone by accident?
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
11 Sep 18
That is hilarious!!!!!!! Last winter in Florida (where else?) we were out with friends and my husband took lots of photos with his smartphone of me after I had my martini. I texted all the photos to my phone, or so I thought. A few minutes later, our neighbor, Dr. Jay, texted that the photos were beautiful. He probably thought I sent him all those photos just for him. I have never been more embarrassed in my life!
. Much apologizing ensued. All the photos were just awful, too. 
. Much apologizing ensued. All the photos were just awful, too. 3 people like this
@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Sep 18
@DianneN - Ha ha! That would have embarrassed me, too! I'm sure your neighbor was either surprised or pleased that you were texting pictures to him! LOL
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@LadyDuck (502456)
• Italy
12 Sep 18
@DeborahDiane I tried and it's not something I like. I like to read at my peace, imagining the scene first and then the characters. Listening is not something I like, you can read many books and not even remember what you listened.
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
13 Sep 18
@LadyDuck - Ah! I understand. It is good that we have so many options, today, to read, listen, see movies, etc. We are very fortunate to live when we do.
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Sep 18
@LadyDuck - I'm glad you have never sent out a message by mistake! I love listening to audio books. It allows me to read many more books than I would be able to, normally!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Sep 18
I am laughing over here.
By the way, I want to read "The President is Missing."
I haven't bought it yet though.
The voice recognition software never understands me at first. It doesn't matter whether it's on my phone (android), on my firestick (Alexa? whatever her name is), they just don't understand me first go.
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Sep 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum - So far, I have only read a little of the book, but I am really enjoying it. Fascinating story.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Sep 18
@DeborahDiane I am sure it is.
There is another book that I want to get, written in the 60's I believe. I forget the title but I wrote a discussion about it. It's about a President whose mental state is brought into question by a high official on his team. The official tries to warn others, but with little success ( I believe).
The book is out of print so it's hard to find.
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
13 Sep 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum - Too bad that book is out-of-print. It sounds like it would be interesting to read, especially considering the situation we have right now in our country.
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
5 Oct 18
@DeborahDiane
I wonder what your friend would have thought if she got that message. That was something. I probably have sent weird messages out and could not stop them after pressed send.
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
6 Oct 18
@Hannihar - I think our friend would have been shocked, and then wondered what the heck was going on! LOL
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
8 Oct 18
@Hannihar - Yes, I'm sure she would have wondered why she got that message! LOL Later, when we saw her, we all had a good laugh about it!
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
7 Oct 18
@DeborahDiane
I can imagine what would have been running through her mind getting a message like that.
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
18 Sep 18
@BabeSays - Yes, we explained what happened to her later and she thought it was funny!
@isweartokira (3459)
• United States
6 Mar 19
hahaha that's hilarious! a friend once sent a voice-to-text message to me from her car. it started out friendly and then evolved into strange cursing, which I then realized was her talking about someone who cut her off while driving, and the message still sent. still makes me laugh to this day 
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
6 Mar 19
@sweartokira - Ha ha! I can imagine how funny that message was! Sometimes, our technology can create all kinds of embarrassing problems for us.
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Sep 18
@rsa101 - Yes, we have to be careful with voice technology.
@snowy22315 (208906)
• United States
12 Sep 18
That is pretty funny...Lynn would have been wondering what she did to make you so mad..
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
13 Sep 18
@snowy22315 - Yes! It would have been really embarrassing if that message had gone out!
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Sep 18
@lady1993 - I agree. Voice searching always seems like a lot more trouble than it is worth!
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@stringer321 (5682)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
8 Oct 18
Wow, who would have thought sending messages can be so tricky. It is better to send text messages and voice messages in a quiet environment, so you can relax, think and send exactly what you want. The wonders of technology :-)
Have a safe ride to your friend, even if you send voice messages, stay safe. That "cut the crap" accident could be a car accident.
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
8 Oct 18
@stringer321 - Yes, it is better to drive and not send voice messages at the same time. I would not want to be in a car accident.
@wolfgirl569 (135744)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Sep 18
I have sent them before finishing typing, but never done anything like that
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Sep 18
@wolfgirl569 - Yes, I have sent half-finished text messages before, too!
@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
28 Sep 18
lol my uncle had sent my mother funny texts before. My mother also texted the wrong person before too.
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
29 Sep 18
@JESSY3236 - It can be funny, but it can also be embarrassing! LOL
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
11 Sep 18
Hmm have not experience audibles, maybe it is time for me to download one.
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Sep 18
@ilocosboy - Just be careful with them!
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@YrNemo (20254)
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11 Sep 18
I sent an angry grinding teeth emoji to a good friend by mistake when she reminded me of collecting her kid for her that day (she was very ill suddenly). She was so shocked until I apologised & told her the truth: I just rolled out of bed & still rubbing my eyes. The emoji should have been a thum up one.
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Sep 18
@YrNemo - Oh, that is funny! We have to be careful with emoji's. Sometimes, I am not sure what some of them are even supposed to mean!
@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Sep 18
@jstory07 - I'm just glad that Shirley caught it in time and it didn't go out. That would have been embarrassing!
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
11 Sep 18
That's so funny! One time when I used voice text, but didn't turn it off, the phone typed a very vulgar sentence to my boss. Thank goodness I didn't hit send! It was a perfectly complete sentence, but used words I have never used, ever! I would have been fired for sure. I thought my phone was demon possessed
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Sep 18
@1creekgirl - Oh, my! What a shock that must have been to see that message on your phone. I'm glad it did not go out!
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@Starmaiden (9308)
• Canada
11 Sep 18
I haven't made those boo boos...yet. Although I have been "autocorrected" many times.
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@DeborahDiane (40846)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Sep 18
@Starmaiden - Yes, I have been autocorrected many times, too!
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