The Apple Newton LIVES !

Google application baffled by British accents


A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries, a newspaper report and users said Wednesday.

The free application, which allows iPhone owners to use the Google search engine with their voice, mistook the word "iPhone" variously for "sex," "Einstein" and "kitchen sink," said the Daily Telegraph.

I've got a traditional Kentish accent and the thing kept on spitting back ridiculous things," said Roger Ellinson, 26, from Maidstone in Kent, southeastern England.

"I asked it to find my nearest pizza take away and it came back with something about volcanoes," he added.


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Q: How many Apple Newtons does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Foux! There to eat lemons, axe gravy soup.
Note: Refers to the Newton's crappy handwriting recognition software