Hi, I agree. I just think its going by language, not accent..
Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 5, 2013, at 9:16 PM, Nicholas Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: > I would guess that it's more to do with the internet connection and > microphone quality than any setting. I don't think Siri/dictation rely on > settings to pick your accent. There are simply too many accents for this to > work. A Scottish accent is probably more different from the Queen's English > than a Californian accent. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think > there are any accent settings for Siri or dictation. And I don't think it > tries to narrow the range of matches based on your region settings or the > voice you have set for speech output. I'm guessing it just runs your speech > through its database until it gets a match, and limits this only by language, > not accent. > > But all this is just my guessing. :) Main thing is, cool for you that it > works so well on your fancy new iMac! Woot woot! > > On 06/05/2013, at 6:06 AM, Matt Dierckens <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm actually quite surprised that being from Canada, Siri and Mac dictate > both don't screw up. Sometimes they do, of course, you'll get that with > anything. > Matt > Sent from my mac > Twitter: matt692 > > On 2013-05-05, at 4:01 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey there >> Who knows. Siri doesn't always understand Louisiana/Texas talk either. It's >> so funny. >> On May 5, 2013, at 2:39 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello All. >>> >>> I have set up Dictation using the I Mac and have not used it until now. I >>> could not believe how accurate it was even though I'm using Alex. The >>> funny thing is if I chose the American Voice on my I phone 5 it always gets >>> things wrong because of my British accent. I wonder then if I'm using Alex >>> on my I Mac then how does that understand my British accent whereas >>> Samantha on my I phone 5 does not. >>> >>> Kawal. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
