Smithsonian Magazine

Listen to What Archivists Believe to Be Oldest-Known Whale Recording

The nearly 80-year-old disc resided in the archives of the the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for decades and may hold ...

Couple asks Washington Department of Licensing for Spanish speaker -- and gets a recording in a Spanish accent instead

Last summer, Maya Edwards and her husband called the Washington State Department of Licensing hoping to speak with someone in ...

Couple asks WA agency for Spanish, gets English recording in Spanish accent

Last summer, Maya Edwards and her husband called the Washington State Department of Licensing hoping to speak with someone in Spanish. But when they selected the Spanish self-service option, the first ...
Android Central on MSN

I get the best sound quality out of my Sony headphones and earbuds by changing this setting

Sony's LDAC codec enables hi-res audio on Android phones, but you need to download the Sound Connect companion app and change ...

With horse whinnies, there's more than meets the ear

A horse's whinny is an unusually distinctive mix of sounds including both high and low frequencies, a new study in Current Biology shows.
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Couple asks WA DOL for Spanish speaker and gets a recording in accented English instead

Last summer, Maya Edwards and her husband called the Washington State Department of Licensing hoping to speak with someone in Spanish. They got someone speaking English with a Spanish accent instead.