BBC having problems with software

[formant]

If they did have a problem they wouldn't go public with it.

My thoughts exactly.

[MyUserName]

I hate voice technology.

I have some kind of hybrid English Welsh accent (almost got beaten up on 3 separate occaisions in Wales because they thought I was English, despite living in Wales my entire life), it seems to vary by word. I also speak quite quickly. I have been mistaken from everything from Scottish to Austrailian to African.

I have given up with the voice recognition unit in my car, with Siri (although that might just be rubbish) and I have never tried the Android google search thing but I am sure that will have no bloody idea what I am saying as well!!

[formant]

I hate voice technology.

I have some kind of hybrid English Welsh accent (almost got beaten up on 3 separate occaisions in Wales because they thought I was English, despite living in Wales my entire life), it seems to vary by word. I also speak quite quickly. I have been mistaken from everything from Scottish to Austrailian to African.

I have given up with the voice recognition unit in my car, with Siri (although that might just be rubbish) and I have never tried the Android google search thing but I am sure that will have no bloody idea what I am saying as well!!

Yep, on any ad-hoc speech rec, you're pretty much a lost cause. As are most people with non-standard accents.

That's why I find it much more rewarding to work on profile-based speech rec these days.

[OwlHoot]

Yep, on any ad-hoc speech rec, you're pretty much a lost cause. As are most people with non-standard accents. ..

Including most humans

[xoggoth]

I throught this would be a a thread about their awful Iplayer software.

[Sysman]

Yep, on any ad-hoc speech rec, you're pretty much a lost cause. As are most people with non-standard accents.

That's why I find it much more rewarding to work on profile-based speech rec these days.

I thought of you when I saw this:

Apple Siri can't cope with "Chip butty" in Scottish

[Bunk]

I throught this would be a a thread about their awful Iplayer software.

What's wrong with iPlayer? I use it regularly without any problems.

Edit: I use the web version, PS3 and iOS versions, all without any issue.

[Contreras]

HMRC are at it too:

... also looking at some new ways to deliver service ... a new form of telephone answering where you say something and the machine works out what you want...

BBC News - HMRC tax call handling 'must sharpen up' (mentioned about 40s into the video clip)

A quick google elsewhere suggests the technology is also being sold to the Politicos as a way to cut fraud with a system that alerts investigators when a caller sounds nervous - Tax avoidance = benefit scrounging - according to Nick Clegg. | AccountingWEB

[Platypus]

Tax avoidance = benefit scrounging - according to Nick Clegg

Cheeky bastard!

[OwlHoot]

A quick google elsewhere suggests the technology is also being sold to the Politicos as a way to cut fraud with a system that alerts investigators when a caller sounds nervous ...

Shouldn't be too hard for an enterprising dole scounger to fool - Just neck a couple of anti-depressant tablets before phoning them.