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		Angostura on July 9, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple’s Shortcuts will flip the switch on Siri’s p... As another RP speaker using CarPlay, it works well. However you do have to heavily anglicise placenames when abroad. So I just tried ‘ get directions to Mal-moe’ and it worked first time.

hug on July 9, 2018 [–]

As someone who speaks in a strong Cultivated Australian accent, I fear Siri will never get me.

jacobush on July 9, 2018 | [–]

Ubicomps colonial impulse at work. Siri may not adapt to speakers, but speakers will adapt to her.

https://www.academia.edu/14861357/Ubicomps_colonial_impulse

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