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Sebastian and the Voice Post
I thought that the screwed-up auto-translation of Sebastian's voice post yesterday was really funny, so I printed it out and gave it to Teri this morning. She laughed. Sebastian got curious and asked me to read it to him.
I did, and he didn't react much. I explained that the computer had made mistakes turning the recording of what he'd said into text.
We were running late, so I ran upstairs to finish getting ready. The next thing I knew I heard the sounds of paper tearing from downstairs. Sebastian was tearing up the printout. Moments later, he was upstairs shaking the computer monitor - not hard, but with the clear intent to punish it for misrepresenting him.
He wasn't going berserk or anything (he almost never does), but he was definitely upset and angry.
I stopped him and explained that the computer wasn't guilty, that the problem was with the transcription program on a computer far away - probably California. He started crying and asked me to fix it. We didn't really have time for me to sit down and correct the transcription, but he wouldn't accept that. So after I got him downstairs I lied and told him that I'd fixed the transcript. That calmed him down.
Here's the corrected transcript. It's very different from the auto-transcript! I'm leaving that one up because it's pretty funny and interesting, I think.
I did, and he didn't react much. I explained that the computer had made mistakes turning the recording of what he'd said into text.
We were running late, so I ran upstairs to finish getting ready. The next thing I knew I heard the sounds of paper tearing from downstairs. Sebastian was tearing up the printout. Moments later, he was upstairs shaking the computer monitor - not hard, but with the clear intent to punish it for misrepresenting him.
He wasn't going berserk or anything (he almost never does), but he was definitely upset and angry.
I stopped him and explained that the computer wasn't guilty, that the problem was with the transcription program on a computer far away - probably California. He started crying and asked me to fix it. We didn't really have time for me to sit down and correct the transcription, but he wouldn't accept that. So after I got him downstairs I lied and told him that I'd fixed the transcript. That calmed him down.
Here's the corrected transcript. It's very different from the auto-transcript! I'm leaving that one up because it's pretty funny and interesting, I think.
Peter: "These are Sebastian's holidays that he would like to see. Here he is."
Sebastian: "The three holidays I'd like there to be: I want there to be a day called 'Pajama Day' and 'Turkey Day', and 'Chicken Day'...and a day that's not a holiday, only a day called 'today'. On the holidays you would have to wear pajamas, drink hot cocoa, and also eat marshmallows. And on Turkey Day you would take pictures of turkeys. And on Chicken Day you would take pictures of chickens. And also there's another holiday called 'Cat Day'. You would have to find cats and take their pictures. That's all the holidays! Bye!"