I think they need to spend more time getting voice recognition software, on all devices including iPhone and Android, to recognise speech across many more regio

I think they need to spend more time getting voice recognition software, on all devices including iPhone and Android, to recognise speech across many more regional dialects. I'm from the north west of England and didn't think my "lancyshire" accent was that bad, but I can hardly get Android to recognise anything I say. Maybe it gets it right one in twenty times at best, which makes it unusable. My wife (an Apple fan-girl) has more luck with Siri, but it still gets it wrong enough that you have to stare intently at the screen just to make sure it's not going to phone your Mum by accident. People with strong accents all over the UK probably find these things unusable. I wonder, is it the same in the US? Do these things only ever get tested in San Francisco? (probably a little unfair, but still...)