Google�s Nexus One Censors Your Curse Words

It appears that the Nexus One�s speech-to-text function performs the digital equivalent of washing your mouth out with soap. Reuters discovered that the innovative voice recognition feature converts swear words into a string of # symbols when rendered into text. Why the censorship? A spokesperson from Google (Google) says the �feature� is less about sanitizing users� speech and more about making sure curse words don�t accidentally appear in transcriptions erroneously, a real possibility given the early and not always accurate state of voice recognition technology.�We filter potentially offensive or inappropriate results because we want to avoid situations whereby we might misrecognize a spoken query and return profanity when, in fact, the user said something completely innocent,� the statement said.