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WFXT's CC: "17" = "XENADRINE"!

While on-hold--calling-in to work the other night--I had Fox-25 News
on, with MUTE and CLOSED CAPTIONING on.
During this time, I noted the (I presume automated) CC interpreter--for whatever reason--*ALWAYS* (not just the occasional glitch) translated "17" to "xenadrine" (I must admit, there IS a bit of a vocal
similarity P=).
I don't know if it is coincidence or not, but one of the stories was
about the baseball player who died, apparently using a diet
supplement:  One of the bottles they showed was "Xenadrine"!
I checked again this morning (the rebroadcast) and the story about
the 17-year-old's organ mixup was quoted as "the xenadrine year-old".
Yet, another story mentioned something "17th" which was quoted properly (AND there was a spurious "17" glitch in some other story--so the interpreter DOES recognize "17").
Relatedly, during their story about driving school shenanigans, "6" was interchangably quoted as either "6" or, more commonly, "six".

     ~Kaimbridge~

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