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I often want to set a timer for exactly 50 minutes so I know when my laundry is done. But siri always interprets "Fifty" as "Fifteen". Pretty much every single
by Reason077 9y ago
I often want to set a timer for exactly 50 minutes so I know when my laundry is done.
But siri always interprets "Fifty" as "Fifteen". Pretty much every single time, it always makes the same mistake, no matter how clearly or slowly I try to pronounce it. I have to say "Hey Siri, set a timer for five zero minutes" to get it to pick it up accurately.
- ghettoimp 9y agoMaybe saying 49 or 51 would work...
- Reason077 9y agoIt certainly does work, and I did that until I discovered the "Five zero" trick. It's just "Fifty" that it has a problem with!
- bjork 9y agoI also have that problem, but I say 51 minutes instead.
- nagVenkat 9y agoDo you have any accent? By that I mean are you a second language English speaker? I just presumed that it couldn’t understand my accent heavy speeech.
- oarsinsync 9y agoAmericans think I sound British. British think I sound American. Siri fails less often when set to British instead of American for me, but still fails too often regardless.
- Reason077 9y agoI'm a native English speaker, though whether I have an accent depends on your perspective! I can do either American or British somewhat convincingly, and I usually don't have any trouble being understood by Siri. I suspect the problem with "50" is that whatever ML underpins it is heavily tuned/biased towards "15" because a lot of people probably set 15 minute timers all the time. 50 minute timers are much less common, I suspect?