[[Two characters stand close together in conversation. One of them is humming.]]
Man: Hey.
Woman: <<Musical notes>>
Man: What's that?
Woman: <<Musical notes>>
Man: Why are you humming?
Woman: <<Musical notes>>
Man: Should I know the tune??
Woman: <<Musical notes>>
Man: ...Hmm...
[[The man pulls out his cell phone and fires up a song-match app.]]
Phone: Identify song. Recorded
Live (beta)
Woman: <<Musical notes>>
Phone: Identifying...
[[We see the screen of the phone. There's a picture of the woman on it as album cover art.
Positive match: Check it out! By I hacked the audio fingerprint database feat. Meeeeee. Track: We're out of cat food (pick some up)
{{Title text: I'm so bad at carrying a tune, those 'find a song by humming its melody' websites throw an HTTP 406 error as soon as I start to hum.}}
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