[lit-ideas] Re: Political Schadenfreude
- From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 18:46:13 +0000 (GMT)
> When a Scottish user said 'iPhone,' the software
> thought he said 'sex.'
>(etc.)
Something about this nagged away at me. I finally realised it was 'said
"iPhone"'. Why would a user say 'iPhone' when using an iPhone app for
netsurfing?.
Anyway. I found a discussion of the app. There's a UK user using it
successfully and a US user having the following (not totally unpredictable)
problems:
"I say “boggle”… it hears “ogle”
I say “what time is it?”… it hears “times it”
I say “flashlight”… it hears “fleshlight”
I say “worthy”… it hears “warranty” "
so it goes with voice software.
Judy Evans, Cardiff
--- On Wed, 4/3/09, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Political Schadenfreude
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, 4 March, 2009, 8:38 PM
> On Mar 4, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Judith Evans wrote:
>
> > couldn't happen to a nicer party...
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1158970/BNP-shot-uses-POLISH-Spitfire-anti-immigration-campaign.html
> >
> Brill. Cheered me up more than an improbable piece in my
> Scottish magazine that claimed, "A Google application
> released last November was designed to let iPhone users
> search the Internet with voice commands alone. But it
> became quickly apparent that the American-designed software
> was completely hopeless at understanding Scottish accents.
> When a Scottish user said 'iPhone,' the software
> thought he said 'sex.' On a second try, the
> software heard 'sledding.'"
>
> Does this sound plausible to you?
>
> Here's the kicker, "But Scottish users took some
> comfort knowing the software was even worse with Welsh
> accents, hearing 'gorillas' and 'kitchen
> sink' when the word 'iPhone' was spoken."
>
> Blither.
>
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