I don't think speech recognition is the problem, but rather natural language processing. Google Now for instance can recognize me saying "Set a timer" or "Turn

I don't think speech recognition is the problem, but rather natural language processing. Google Now for instance can recognize me saying "Set a timer" or "Turn on WiFi" even while airplane mode is enabled, but start adding in context (such as "Who is Bob Marley?" "When was he born?") and it probably wouldn't work.