Finally you guys have answered my question! Choke on a secondhand whisker? That's funny.
Deidre > On Jun 7, 2016, at 4:07 AM, 'RobH.' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> > wrote: > > Google is quite good at isolating phonymns rather than spellings, and does a > good line in context quite often. This as distinct > from trying to reverse-TTS (STT) to reproduce a written phrase,... whichit > probably then submits to the search engines. Even > Google would choke on a second-hand chinese whisper. > This scenario more than explains some of siri's greatest bloopers. > > BobH. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <siegh...@live.ca> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 4:02 AM > Subject: RE: Siri, YouTube > > > Yes, it does get things wrong although I assume if you had perfect > pronunciation and clear speech there wouldn't be many mistakes. > If, for example, I dictate in German which is my first language it is almost > perfect, but then again German spelling is also a lot > simpler than English spelling since typically there aren't two or sometimes > maybe even 3 different ways to spell certain words as in > English. For example, "there" and "their", "hear" and "here", "bear" and > "bare" etc. Anyhow, I did say " except for any potential > mistakes" and I definitely don't want to defend SIRI because sometimes it > really does interpret what you say in interesting ways and > I think we all hope for major improvements both with dictation and especially > with what queries SIRI can answer and how it can > handle more compound queries. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Jewel > Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 7:33 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Siri, YouTube > > I have to disagree, in that, Siri doesn't write exactly what you said: Siri > writes what he * thinks you said, and that can make an > embarrassing difference. > > Jewel > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <siegh...@live.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 7:47 AM > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: RE: Siri, YouTube > > Whenever you are dictating it's like you are writing the information, except > for any potential mistakes SIRI will put exactly what > you say. Dictation is also done via SIRI, but it is just voice recognition > just the same as when you dictate a text message. Then if > you dictate a phrase or whatever and you are in the Youtube search box then > of course whatever is found is up to how Youtube matches > what you said. > If you use SIRI and ask "When was Albert Einstein's birthday" or something > similar the answer depends on what sources SIRI has > available and is checking for answers. Here SIRI is not as good as other > virtual assistants such as the one from Google which seems > to come up with useful information more often. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Deidre Muccio > Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 12:27 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Siri, YouTube > > I guess what I was noticing is that when I dictate a query in the search > field in YouTube I can use very natural speech and it > brings me up pretty near exactly what I'm looking for. When I asked Siri a > question what determines whether she'll be able to answer > it or not? What she will find? Why is the performance so much less able to > recognize the nature of the information I am seeking? > > Deidre > > >> On Jun 6, 2016, at 12:56 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >> >> Sorry if I am not understanding the question, but what does Youtube >> have to do with SIRI or search engines? Youtube is a site to share >> videos, you can upload or consume all sorts of content from the latest music >> videos to TV shows, but it is not a general search >> engine like Google or Bing. >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Deidre Muccio >> Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 8:27 AM >> To: Viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Siri, YouTube >> >> The word in the last post that was garbled should have been YouTube >> >> Deidre >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - 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