Last week’s accidental experiment with Radio Transcription Gobbledygook inspired me to set up Dragon’s speech recognition software a few more times, letting it try its darndest to keep up with the announcers at 1010 WINS, one of two all-news stations in New York. I don’t know how long I’ll keep at this but the results provide a wealth of near nonsense with glimmers of recognizable news items of the day. What I’m looking for is the poetry that arises from this software machine:

The essence of money is cancerous.


Dude I need at least three days off after stepping on a leg.

 

Archaeologists are learning as much as they can from the newly uncovered crêpes under Greenwich Village.

 

I had the habit of adding two more goals, including antimatter.

 

Sorry, Citrobacter. You requested to go to headquarters. I have no authority for headquarters.

 

The latest music news on demand shows a destination for pacifists incarcerated in sports and interactive content.

 

The grass was terrorist related. 

 

Most people can’t even begin to live in this world so that they just have to decide what to do with Tuesday.

 

Out of control newbies may help hermetically lower your blood type.

 

Stenosis at the hotel is all about window reporting.

 

Here’s what you need to know about the bridges and tunnels to Deliverance.

 

If you’re stuck in the gym let us know.

The raw output from which these highlights were chosen is at torturechamber.com.