3 ms·
Okay, my true story: I set my phone's language to French, so I get constant practice with the UI. That means the Google Assistant talks to me in French. I've h
by mynameisash 4y ago
Okay, my true story:
I set my phone's language to French, so I get constant practice with the UI. That means the Google Assistant talks to me in French. I've had decent luck making requests and getting information in my target language.
One night, as I was getting ready for bed, I said « okay google, reglez une alarme pour 6h du matin ». My phone responded, "Sorry, I didn't catch that?"
So I said it again, and it responded the same way. I enunciated, I changed the conjugation, I sped up, I slowed down. Couldn't figure it out. Just wanted to set my damn alarm, I looked at my wife and said, exasperated, "I don't get it. It thinks I'm speaking English." That's when the light bulb went off in my head: I speak English. It's my native language. "Okay google, set an alarm for 6am." "Okay, setting alarm for 6am."
I had actually forgotten that I spoke English and couldn't communicate with my phone.