Terrible voice recognition on Android?

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SueEllen replied

18 September 2017, 12:57
Originally posted by stek View Post

Greggs!!!

Carrs Pasties in Bolton closely followed by Ye Olde Pastie Shoppe pasties my friend!

Greggs don't sell pasties they sell "bakes", sausage rolls and yum-yums.
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BrilloPad replied

18 September 2017, 12:56
NLUK tried "please show my CUK inbox" and it broke.

Works for his accountant though.
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stek replied

18 September 2017, 12:50
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

You not installed the patch that improves the recognition of thick Bolton accents? The addition of a quick command to dial Bargain Booze and Greggs is useful as well apparently.

Greggs!!!

Carrs Pasties in Bolton closely followed by Ye Olde Pastie Shoppe pasties my friend!
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northernladuk replied

18 September 2017, 12:46
Originally posted by stek View Post

I had a Parrot in my car once, (device not bird), and I used the voice commands on it;

'Call Mother..'

and it replied with..

'Calling Paul Dixon...' and called him before I could stop it. Hadn't spoke to him for over four years so had to spend the rest of the journey catching up on my dollar......

You not installed the patch that improves the recognition of thick Bolton accents? The addition of a quick command to dial Bargain Booze and Greggs is useful as well apparently.
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stek replied

18 September 2017, 12:39
I had a Parrot in my car once, (device not bird), and I used the voice commands on it;

'Call Mother..'

and it replied with..

'Calling Paul Dixon...' and called him before I could stop it. Hadn't spoke to him for over four years so had to spend the rest of the journey catching up on my dollar......
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SueEllen replied

18 September 2017, 12:30
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

What conceivable accent can those two things sound similar? Or can it mis-hear "double three" as "37". If it can't understand me it should just say so, not dial a random number!

Cos you don't have a US one.
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d000hg replied

18 September 2017, 10:02
What conceivable accent can those two things sound similar? Or can it mis-hear "double three" as "37". If it can't understand me it should just say so, not dial a random number!
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SueEllen replied

18 September 2017, 09:56
Your accent?
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d000hg started a topic Terrible voice recognition on Android?

18 September 2017, 09:50
Terrible voice recognition on Android?

I've been cautiously impressed using Google voice commands to set up meetings and alarms. But bizarrely the one thing it is getting worse at is letting me say "call 123 456 789". It has some really bad errors which I find hard to fathom.

For instance I tell it to call a number "blah blah blah four thousand". Which it hears as "blah blah blah 4444". How on earth can you mis-hear "four thousand" as "four four four four"?!
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