Voice Recognition Phone System Doesn't Recognize Southern Drawls

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[JoJo Gunn]

I'll keep my drawl before taking on an effeminate Valley Boy brogue that's so ******* "cool" nowadays....

[truthkeeper]

Same thing has happened to me except that I'm usually yelling at a kid. ;-)

[txhurl]

Rather hear Spanish?

[4CJ]

Well, obviously the system is racist and is aimed at intimidating southerners into conforming. NEVER!

Amen. Deo Vindice!

[auboy]

Voice Recognition Phone System Fails Diversity Test

[4CJ]

I have had the experience of a voice recognition system not sending me to the right place. This explains it ;)

I have yet to see one work yet on anything other than numbers.

[FrankR]

"Voice Recognition Phone System Doesn't Recognize Southern Drawls..."

Well...let's just tell all of the PD's in the South to NOT BUY a voice recognition system that isn't compatible with the area.

I'm sure it picks right up on those Bronx and Brooklyn accents...even a "yute" can operate one.

[varina davis]

The Midwestern or Yankee accent is more close to the ABSENCE of an accent.

What an absolutely biased and culturally deprived notion! There is nothing more melodic than a Southern "accent" from anywhere in Dixie.

I can't imagine who would prefer the harsh and nasal "accents" of northeasterners to the soft, polite and richly eloquent tones of Southrons.

About one thing you are correct Skywalk -- no one would fail to recognize the language spoken by a northeastern yankee.

[Ditter]

Oh come on, Skywalk no one thinks that THEY have an accent. lol

[varina davis]

I second the Deo Vindice! 4CJ.

[kayak]

ping

[mathurine]

Ah gess de gub'mint will hef to stot a prograam fo' speach they'rpee so we'c'n spen' megabillions to make dat dam' t'ing wo'k.

[mathurine]

Ah gess de gub'mint will hef to stot a prograam fo' speach they'rpee so we'c'n spen' megabillions to make dat dam' t'ing wo'k.

[Darlin']

"I disagree totally.
The Midwestern or Yankee accent is more close to the ABSENCE of an accent. -snip-
Otherwise they'd put people with strong Southern dialects on as news anchors and weather people--hint: THEY DONT!"

Well, you could be right but then again it might be that Southerners think sitting at a desk and talking to a camera is a silly way to earn a living.

"Whenever I'm asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one " - Flannery O'Connor

[Myrddin]

There is voice recognition software that'll take into account different accents. Nuance, for example, has one.

Nuance is generally good. I've worked with Conversay and the new reco engine from Vox Industries as well. The midwest speakers have 100% recognition. I've experienced major problems with regional accents. A customer from Boston says "Fah wood" in place of "forward". Her Swedish collegue says, "farrr vard" where the "rrr" indicates a rolled "r". IBM claims to have their "ViaVoice" adjusted to handle all U.S. regional accents. The toughest task is reco on a Japanese or Korean native speaker with a heavy accent. It's almost hopeless.

The text to speech engines have some issues too. The first pass speaking Pocatello was rendered "poh kay' tel oh". Wapakoneta was rendered "wah pay kon net uh". Many of those gaffes can be fixed with phoneme/diphone/allophone type symbol sets to construct a proper rendition.

[kayak]

LOL! Great quote!

[VOA]

Spatial vs. special

arrows...sound the same as "errors" in some areas

Probably not a problem, but if the recording is transcribed by digital processes,
there will be people scratching their head when the transcript says that the
police apprehended the accussed after a foot-chase on a "goff course".
(e.g., golf pronounced "goff", as in "Me and my goffing buddy are gonna'
go be at the course this mornin', hon."

[VOA]

"Whenever I'm asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing
about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one " - Flannery O'Connor

"Oh My Gawd, that's beautiful."
(spoken to self in Darryl Hammond's imitation fo Chris Matthews)

Also makes me think the novel "Confederacy of Dunces" was about government officials.

[Darlin']

Thankyoueversomuch :) LOL

[redbaiter]

Similar experience here, many years ago. I'll leave you to guess which state the 'Jive Turkey Lane' address was in, and no, it wasn't Minnesota.