[Ti] accents and Apple's Speech Recogntion

[Erika]

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peculiar circumstances.
Paul Russell spake thus:
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>A classic example of this kind of US cultural imperialism was TI's 
>Speak 'n' Spell toy which they sold outside the US without any 
>modification (late 1970's, early 1980's). e.g.
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>"NOW SPELL COLOR"
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>"C-O-L-O-R"

Has anyone with anything other than one of the North American accents ever grappled
with Apple's Speech Recognition? I find it understands very little of what I say, which
is disappointing to say the least, because as an invalid I'd be making good use of it
otherwise. I can imitate my mother's Canadian accent for a while with reasonable
success, and then the recognition accuracy level improves dramatically, but it makes my
mouth hurt and anyway, speaking slowly and clearly in someone else's acccent to a
computer makes me feel like a prat. ViaVoice UK edition understands me, but if I leave
it running it eats RAM at nearly a Mb a minute, so it's of no use for controlling the
computer.

   best,
   
   Erica Mackenzie
   Megalong Valley, N.S.W.
   AUSTRALIA

  N.B. Please do not be surprised or annoyed if I fail to answer your post for
  some time. I have a fluctuating chronic auto-immune neurological condition,
  and am sometimes unable to use my computer for long periods (weeks or months).
  Be assured that I will reply as soon as I can - if I can. Please be tolerant.

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