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Siri is very dumb. I use for for reminders and alarms. I speak fr-ca as opposed to fr-fr, and some conversations go like this: Siri, call X on cell Sorry,
by FrancoisBosun 9y ago
Siri is very dumb. I use for for reminders and alarms.
I speak fr-ca as opposed to fr-fr, and some conversations go like this:
Siri, call X on cell
Sorry, can’t call X
Siri, call X on mobile
Calling X on cell
In fr-ca, we talk about cell phones. In the contact app, the mobile phone is registered as cell phone, but in fr-fr, they use mobile.
I also sometimes have this conversation:
Siri, rappelle-moi de mettre des mouchoirs sur la liste de matériel du camp
(Siri, remind-me to put tissues on the unit’s list of material)
Do you want me to create a list?
I only have one list, on purpose. I have no way to tell Siri that I never want to create new lists.
It appears to me as if some words have more importance than others, such as the word « list ».
Those are my biggest annoyances with Siri. I will continue to speak and use my iPhone in fr-ca, to promote my language and improve the software by providing data points about which languages are used.
- _sdegutis 9y agoThis is my same experience. The only things I can get Siri to do reliably is to route me home, or to do simple math problems. Also very simple short term reminders.
- jacksmith21006 9y agoSiri messes up so much just not worth the effort.
- scarface74 9y agoSeeing that Alexa only works in English and German (https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202207000 https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=...) Siri is still better than Alexa for most of the world....
- icebraining 9y agoEh, I'm not sure. The percentage of iPhone users worldwide who can speak some English is probably pretty high. As a non-native speaker myself, I'd certainly prefer a reliable assistant in English over an unreliable one in my native language.
- jvzr 9y agoFWIW the assistants probably would not recognize most of these people's accents. Not to speak of whether people would be inclined or not to make the effort to speak a foreign language to their assistant. I'm French, have a good level in English, all my OSes are set in English. I used to use Siri in English but stopped cause it was weird. The ability to select a different language for Siri than the system language is a blessing.
- jacksmith21006 9y agoBut the Google Assistant is way better and easier to use then both.