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Do you have an accent? Most complaints about poor recognition on google now comes from people with accents, it seems to struggle with what are typically conside
by Itsdijital 10y ago
Do you have an accent? Most complaints about poor recognition on google now comes from people with accents, it seems to struggle with what are typically considered heavy accents (some very localized accents or English as a second language speakers)
If not, try asking it any questions you can think of. You'll be surprised at how good it is, not counting "population of x" or "whats the weather?" type questions. Some examples: How long do you cook chicken for on the grill? When did the current pope become pope? Why do some people fill their tires with nitrogen? Do LED bulbs contain mercury? What's the loudest sound ever heard on Earth? Is it dangerous to drink distilled water? Why do canon printers have 2 black ink cartridges?
I use it a ton and it reads back an answer about 70% of time. Sometimes it misses easy ones and sometimes it nails really challenging ones. Sometimes it will work when your question is phrased one way but not another. Usually it prefers direct phrasing rather than vaguer phrasing (i.e. how long do you cook chicken on the grill vs how do you cook chicken on the grill). Overall though it is ridiculously powerful compared to other assistants.
- hsuresh 10y ago> Do you have an accent? Google's voice recognition works extremely well, at least with certain accents. I'm from India, and it gets me right almost always. Not just that, it recognizes some ridiculously hard to pronounce names of places in India.
- piyush_soni 10y agoI don't know which accent you're talking about, but I have a strong Indian accent, and one of the major selling points of Google Now is the amazing accuracy with which it works for that! Yes, you have to actually go and set the Voice language to English (India), because the default English (US) doesn't do that great for my accent - but as soon as I switch that, it works really awesome. When we friends sit together, we always compare our Indian English on Google Now v/s Siri. All I have to say is Siri is a joke in comparison. Not only does it listen to our accent correctly, it also speaks back all the regional words in the right way they're supposed to be spoken which is very comforting.
- Itsdijital 10y agoLucky for you India is one of Googles favorite markets. They put a lot of effort into accommodating Indian users because of the massive untapped market. It's no surprise that it works well with an Indian accent. The most common accent complaint I have heard is from people in the Southern US with very specific local accents. Look up Cajun and Appalachian English.
- gxs 10y agoNo, I just don't see a huge difference in functionality - my comment was tongue in cheek.