Like the iPhone's highly temperamental Siri, Dragon and the rest of the dictation apps I tried steadfastly refused to understand pretty much everything I had to say. Apparently none of [Dragon's] coders have spent a natural minute below the Mason-Dixon Line. A smart person could make a lot of money by inventing a Siri for Southerners.
I suppose. But the first thing I thought about when reading this article was: "How does Siri deal with Ebonics and Ghetto English?"
1 posted on
02/10/2016 1:48:23 PM PST by
SkyPilot
To: SkyPilot
2 posted on
02/10/2016 1:50:24 PM PST by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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I guess first I would have to use siri. It is the first thing I turn off on my apple stuff.
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Accents have been on the way out since long before Siri. When TV decided the “normal” American accent was midwestern all other accents were on a ticking clock. Every generation is exposed less and less to their regional accent and more and more to the midwestern. Mass media does that.
4 posted on
02/10/2016 1:53:49 PM PST by
discostu
(This is a different kind of flying... all together.)
To: SkyPilot
Texans don’t have accents, lot’s of folks outside the state kind’a sound funny but not Texans.
5 posted on
02/10/2016 1:55:04 PM PST by
Jolla
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The article conflates accent with jargon.
6 posted on
02/10/2016 1:55:45 PM PST by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that. HAL
10 posted on
02/10/2016 1:58:08 PM PST by
showme_the_Glory
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They’ll have to pry my Texas drawl from my cold dead vocal chords.
13 posted on
02/10/2016 1:59:22 PM PST by
catfish1957
(I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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In an article in a British newspaper. Using poor language is not the same as having an accent.
I grew up in the country in Northern Arkansas. I have a very thick accent. There is absolutely no chance of me ever loosing my accent. I don’t like Siri or any other dictation program, I can type faster than I can talk.
14 posted on
02/10/2016 1:59:51 PM PST by
justlittleoleme
(Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.)
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Don’t want to sound like what ‘others’ want. When I lived abroad, I still said “no ma’am”, etc. even tho I was ridiculed. Instilled in me since birth. Will never deny my heritage or upbringing.
21 posted on
02/10/2016 2:13:36 PM PST by
DoughtyOne
(the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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Funny. My parents, my siblings, and my nieces and nephews who live in Texas all have Texas accents. They’re all technologically savvy and I haven’t noticed a drop off.
22 posted on
02/10/2016 2:13:59 PM PST by
Durbin
To: SkyPilot
By the same token, I wonder if Siri could tell me the quickest way to the corner of Toidy Toid ‘n Toid?
23 posted on
02/10/2016 2:16:40 PM PST by
Impala64ssa
(You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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The best one I heard was when my son was fishing on the Stubblefield bridge on the North fork of Lake Conroe in Walker County. He said this old lady pointed to the creek bank and said, “I’m gonna bunker down over yonder.”
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I have a Texas accent but I don't use the word “mosey” very often and I don't talk to Siri. Yesterday I called 1411 to get a phone number. No matter how many times I said “ Houston” the robot on the other end did not understand me and finally after about 10 tries the robot hung up on me!
I don't think my accent was the problem.
25 posted on
02/10/2016 2:19:56 PM PST by
Ditter
(God Bless Texas!)
To: SkyPilot
I suppose I do have a Texas accent, like everyone else out here-but since I shut off GPS-and all those annoying apps as soon as I got this phone, I’ll never know if it is unable to understand accents...
32 posted on
02/10/2016 2:35:37 PM PST by
Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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I asked siri where to find a Chicken fried Steak and she couldn’t tell me.
True story.
(I already knew where to go, anyway).
37 posted on
02/10/2016 2:49:59 PM PST by
GrouchoTex
(...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free.)
To: SkyPilot
I’ve never heard a Texan ask how can we mosey on down to the rodeo. EVER.
To: SkyPilot
I speak normal, no accent required... makes Laz jealous
59 posted on
02/10/2016 9:46:13 PM PST by
TexasTransplant
(Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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