Siri, the iPhone voice recognition system has made repeated attempts to understand the phone users in Scotland but just can't seem to manage it.
Siri and the iPhone have been available in Scotland for a while now and customers are having a devil of a time trying to utilize the voice activated virtual assistant.
A video posted to YouTube demonstrates the impasse between the two. A young man named James commands Siri to create a reminder. In his heavy accent it sounds to Siri and probably most of the English-speaking world as "create a remainder".
Siri hears initially things the man said "create a la main." The command is repeated, over and over but Siri is unable to get it write.
The iPhone voice tries to explain that in several ways. "I don't know what you mean by create a la main," begins the list of responses. Siri then tries it this way, "James, I don't understand."
James in his own way tries to assist Siri and slows down the request, leaving a bit of space between each word, until he finally just says the word "reminder". It still comes out of his mouth as "remainder."
The video goes on for a 1:27 and James and whoever is in the room with him just get such a kick out of it. Siri isn't having much fun, as you can see from the clip posted below.
The Los Angeles Times pointed out today that even in the U.S. and England, Siri has trouble with thick regional accents, but it has had no demonstrable effect on the sales of the iPhone. Image: Wikimedia Commons
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