Wow, interesting. So let's see what we learned..
Answer:"Call Forwarding" "Basic Monthly Service" "Voicemail"
Guesses:1. "I'm forwarding" "...this to everyone on voicemails" "on voicemails"
2. "alrighty…" "everyone listens…" "whispers"
3. "marty" "kiss me" "kiss me"
4. ? "everyone listens" ?
5. *i'm forty* *do you want this.....
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6. "I'm forwarding" "everyone listens" "on voicemails"
7. "I'm forwarding . . . this sentence in . . . a voicemail."
8. I'm recording...this sentence...in a voicemail...
9. "Marty/ A Party" "Purple monkey snips/slips" "kiss me"
10. Allready....Give me my piece man....Peace man.
11. " I'm all ready.....Listen....whisperings"
12. Forward it . . . I'm listening . . . peace guys.
13. "I'm foraging..... people what they said would see.... Kiss me!"
Consonantsen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_consonants- So, we obviously heard the fricatives pretty well (S's and soft C's, F's are also fricatives), but at least one of us (me = 9) missed the first F.
- I'm somewhat surprised we got the bilabials right (B's, P's, M's) -- though I and one other person turned the B in "basic" to a P.
- We identified the dental (T's, D's) in "forwarding" but many of us misheard the voiced D as an unvoiced T. Many people got the fricative "v" in voicemail, but some of us interpreted it as a plosive (?!) k
Vowelsen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_vowelsNote: I think Alissa's northeastern accent makes many of her vowels different than I would pronounce them; I'll use english characters below, but the link above to the IPA alphabet may help those who know that alphabet. This also implies that it would be hard to pick out the correct vowels from an unfamiliar (or even just unknown) accent.
- In the first phrase, we all heard the right vowels (!) although some people heard an 'extra' vowel sound that wasn't there -- probably just trying to come up with a word from the sounds that were heard. [Note whoever guessed #5 must live somewhere where "forty" is pronounced with a much more open vowel than, say, British English -- they do this in some places in the midwest-- would be curious to know where this person is from]
- We struggled much more on the middle phrase, but almost everyone got the close, front vowel "y" in "monthly". However, some people interpreted this as an (also close, front vowel) "i" in the word "listens"
No one got the open-mid front ɛ (IPA) in "Basic". A few people got the mid-central ə (IPA) in "Monthly", (many guessed it as the ending ə in "everyone").
- We really screwed up the vowels in the last phrase
My totally unscientific conclusion:- Consonants are much easier than vowels
- Even consonants without very high frequencies were detectable - note the nasal 'm' and 'n' in "Monthly"
- Vowels can vary quite a bit based on dialect/accent
- Voiced vs. unvoiced consonants get messed up in whispering (not surprising)
- Sometimes fricatives and plosives get mixed up - what can we listen for?
- The most dependable vowels are the close, front ones and maybe the back, open ones.
Now I'm gonna apply this to the Cassie mp3, though (a) I'm reasonably confident that it's a scham and (b) tomorrow.