Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Technology making things easier

Stephen Hawkins often apologizes half in jest that his computer voice box had an American accent. Now, he may be feeling better because it seems the new iPhone technology has a bit of a problem with non-American accents. In this article, searching for "iPhone" with a Scottish accent will just as likely take you to an adult site as to the Apple home page. The poor Welshman who tried the search had "iPhone" interpreted as "gorilla".

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