Dear Aunt, Let’s Set So Double The Killer Delete Select All

Jared Spool

By Jared Spool

August 3rd, 2006

One of the first products I ever usability tested was a speech recognition package, back in 1989. I remember user after user having very similar experiences to this poor guy:

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5 Responses to “Dear Aunt, Let’s Set So Double The Killer Delete Select All”

  1. justindz Says:
    August 4th, 2006 at 10:26 am

    It’s a more subtle version of the infamous USB blue screen of death.

  2. Microsoft Speach Recognition Software - NOT « Nancy’s Blog Says:
    August 28th, 2006 at 4:13 pm

    [...] Video of embarrassing attempted-demo of Microsoft’s new speak recognition system: http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/08/03/dear-aunt-lets-set-so-double-the-killer-delete-select-all/ [...]

  3. Jimmy Says:
    August 28th, 2006 at 5:52 pm

    This reminds me of the first spell check I came accross (Samna Word IV) where “Crouton” (crunchy thing in soup) came out as “Scrotum”!!

  4. Peter Says:
    August 28th, 2006 at 6:16 pm

    I’ll add that to my collection, thanks. I recently showed this one at a conference presentation about XML editors: http://silmaril.ie/downloads/filetypes.png

  5. Daniel Says:
    November 2nd, 2006 at 9:44 am

    This is hilarious! I wish I could come up with these incredibly creative ways of using the English language. Go Microsoft!!

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