Watch: Siri Doesn’t Understand Foreign Accents

Everyone seems to agree that the coolest new feature on the iPhone 4S has got to be Siri—the personal assistant application that uses natural language processing to answer your questions, make recommendations and more. But if English, French or German isn’t your first language Siri may not be as helpful as it’s cracked up to be.

Everyone seems to agree that the coolest new feature on the iPhone 4S has got to be Siri—the personal assistant application that uses natural language processing to answer your questions, make recommendations and more.  But if English, French or German isn’t your first language Siri may not be as helpful as it’s cracked up to be.

A new YouTube video features a Japanese guy trying to ask Siri what the weather is like.  Siri isn’t sure how to respond. 

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