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Voice - > text

[heavensreader]

[Clearly, there is only one thing to do here.]

Tablet, please write down what I am saying in text.

[And the tablet does.]

Hello, Brian. It is a pleasure to meet you.

Did it work? Does this text say anything right?

still just text

[0thingsonmymind]

yes, it sent text
iwill assume itis what you said

*He's never tested that function out and all.*

text

[heavensreader]

It works! I can't believe it! It's like some kind of miracle. Oh, God, I wish I had such a thing back in Calcutta! Just wait until I show it to Dr. Stein, it will solve all our problems!

if only he knew Dr stitches was Dr stien

[0thingsonmymind]

cal cut ta?

AHAHAHA can't wait for that particular confusion!

[heavensreader]

Don't you know Calcutta? It's a great city, the second greatest city of all the British Empire. I heard that London is bigger, but I can hardly believe that. My mistress and I lived there, before we went to Kabul.

[0thingsonmymind]

<font face="courier>ido not ido not know anyof those</font> *But, to be fair, he doesn't know the name of the city he lived in either.*

[heavensreader]

You must come from some place very far away then, or from a very small village. Are you British, sir?

did my html not work on that comment, wtf

[0thingsonmymind]

from faraway, yes
i donot know
brit ish

IT'S THE OPERATOR

[heavensreader]

[The voice-to-text function can't quite transcribe the little sound of shock that Kesara makes at the idea of someone who doesn't know what British is. There is clearly only one answer.]

You must be American. From someplace very far in America. Someplace downright uncivilized.

[0thingsonmymind]

amer i can?

*Hm. That sounds right for some reason.*

ithink amer ican, yes
here is al so america

text -> audio

[heavensreader]

Here is - what?

[The text can't convey how confused she is, so she gets short-tempered with it.]

Tablet, let me talk with voice again. How did I get from Serindia to America? Why, there's a whole ocean in the way, in both directions!

still just text

[0thingsonmymind]

here is america
alaska

ido not know
i donot think any one knows

[heavensreader]

Maybe it's another miracle device, like this telegraph that sends sounds. A telegraph that sends people... no, that's absurd. Are you sure this is the American Alaska? Maybe the name is simply the same?

[0thingsonmymind]

iam not sure of any thing here
but thatis what the things we have fou nd say