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I’d love to see a survey of people’s hit/miss rate with Siri, but with the extra dimension of what accent they have and how thick it is. IME, Siri’s speech reco
by ninkendo 4y ago
I’d love to see a survey of people’s hit/miss rate with Siri, but with the extra dimension of what accent they have and how thick it is. IME, Siri’s speech recognition is actually quite fantastic (I almost never have an issue with a dictated text message saying the wrong thing), but:
- I have a very standard midwest american accent
- I talk to siri like I’m a pilot talking to ATC: As clearly and succinctly as possible, never saying “umm”, “uh”, or having to correct myself, etc (this is actually an acquired skill that takes time)
- I generally know what things Siri can do well and what it can’t (I try to phrase things in ways I know is less likely for Siri to misinterpret)
My theory is that most people who have a bad experience either have a thick accent (and importantly don’t set the Siri language to something that matches their accent! there are multiple “English” settings in the Siri language, pick one that matches your accent!), don’t speak clearly/mumble, have a lot of noise in the environment, or some combination of the above.
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- mgkimsal 4y agoYears ago, it seemed Siri would try to understand you via whatever voice accent you'd chosen it to speak in. If you wanted UK Siri, it would understand... a UK accent. Using a Siri UK voice, and speaking with a US midwest accent wouldn't always get you what you expected. I tried an Australian test, and did a (bad) video of it here: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/207295417 https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/207295417 Note this was... 8 years ago maybe? I forget exactly, but it doesn't seem to work this way any more.
- ninkendo 4y agoYour video doesn’t show you changing the Siri voice though, you’re telling it your accent. There’s “Language”, which is your accent (“English (Australia)” in your case), and then “Siri Voice”, which is set to “Australian (Female)”. So of course if you tell it you have an Australian accent, but then speak with an American accent, words like “Light” will get confused, because the en_US “Light” sounds like the en_AU “Late”. If you have an American accent but want Siri to speak with an Australian one, set “Language” to “English - USA”, but then set “Siri Voice” to Australian. Don’t set Language to something that isn’t your accent!
- nitwit005 4y agoYou must have had some issue being understood, or you wouldn't have adopted the careful speech pattern. I suspect it's hard to do a realistic test. Two of the most common use cases seems to be kitchen timers and playing music. Both imply a noisy environment.
- s3p 4y agoMaybe, but why is this important?