{"id":7373,"date":"2015-11-27T15:18:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T20:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=7373"},"modified":"2015-11-27T15:31:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T20:31:17","slug":"microsoft-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=7373","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft voices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I tried to reach the\u00a0Microsoft Developer Network support line to sort out an issue with my MSDN subscription.<\/p>\n<p>After I made the appropriate touchtone selections, however, I was greeted with what sounded like an old Walkman on a nearly dead battery. Quite incomprehensible but certainly entertaining.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7375\" src=\"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Reel-to-reel_recorder_tc-630.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Reel-to-reel_recorder_tc-630.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Reel-to-reel_recorder_tc-630-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Reel-to-reel_recorder_tc-630-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Reel-to-reel_recorder_tc-630-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Reel-to-reel_recorder_tc-630-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Reel-to-reel_recorder_tc-630-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Reel-to-reel_recorder_tc-630-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><audio preload=\"none\" controls=\"controls\" volume=\"0.25\"><source src=\"\/documents\/techdiff-slow.mp3\" \/><\/audio><\/div>\n<p>It went on like this for a couple of minutes, but then the call was disconnected.<\/p>\n<p>I then tried to call the main Microsoft number, where a helpful lady tried to sort things out for me.\u00a0She apologized and put me on hold several times while she talked to her supervisor; unfortunately, the last time she tried to put me on hold, she managed to disconnect the call instead.<\/p>\n<p>So I called the MSDN number again (1-800-759-5474) and this time, I recorded the call. When I sped it up, suddenly it all made sense:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><audio preload=\"none\" controls=\"controls\" volume=\"0.25\"><source src=\"\/documents\/techdiff-fast.mp3\" \/><\/audio><\/div>\n<p>Technical difficulties indeed.<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=7373' send='false' layout='button_count' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I tried to reach the\u00a0Microsoft Developer Network support line to sort out an issue with my MSDN subscription. After I made the appropriate touchtone selections, however, I was greeted with what sounded like an old Walkman on a nearly dead battery. Quite incomprehensible but certainly entertaining. 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