London, Dec 21 (ANI): Apple iPhone's built-in voice-recognition app Siri, one of the biggest reasons for buying the newest gadget, apparently doesn't work with British accents, many users have complained.
The app is very easy to use, as long as you're not from England, Scotland, Tennessee and Mexico.
The app struggled with British accents and regional dialects, and despite two months of additional development and updates, Apple has yet to resolve the iPhone's issues with accented Americans, users told Fox News.
"It just didn't understand. Siri comes with support for five languages: three dialects of English (U.S., United Kingdom, and Australia), French and German. But switching to a different language dramatically limits Siri's functionality," said Joanna Randell, a content manager for a branding firm and a native of Nottingham, England.
"If you want to use it to search for a place or a location on a map, you have to use the American version, you can't use the British version," Randell explained.
That is a bad news, and not only for Swedes in San Francisco and Aussies in Atlanta. It's also bad for numerous Americans with regional dialects, because, apparently, US English doesn't include Southerners, the report said.
To be fair, accents vary quite dramatically throughout India, the Register noted. Many Indian 4S owners have reported having no problems getting Siri to understand them.
But tell that to the customers, many of whom continue to complain on Apple's discussion boards.
"My Siri does not understand anything I say. I have an Indian accent but most other voice recognition software works well with me. Is it Siri or is it me?" one user wrote. (ANI)
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