Katie Taylor, Paul Mescal, U2...no we're not going to start or we'll be here all day.
Why, why must ye do this? Do they not teach Geography, History, common sense in school there?
New smart device research has revealed that the Dublin accent is one of the hardest to understand...
IN. THE. UK.
Yes, the research by Uswitch.com shows that smart devices struggle to understand over 23% of >UK< accents with Dublin wrongly popping its head in as the 11th most difficult accent to understand...
INTHEUK.
According to The Daily Record, they analysed 30 accents from cities across the, AHEM, UK by recording them asking their Smart devices 10 common questions.
There are estimated to be over 5.8 million voice-enabled devices in homes across the UK, with virtual assistants allowing us to do everything from checking the weather to turning off the lights.
N.B. DUBLIN IS IN IRELAND.
The data, compiled by the comparison and switching service, revealed that virtual assistants are having difficulty understanding the commands of many regional accents - especially those from Dublin, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
N.B.B DUBLIN IS NOT IN SCOTLAND EITHER ERGO STILL NOT IN UK.
Each city was then given a score out of 10 for voice clarity - the higher the score meaning the more errors were encountered.
Hmmm, errors you say.
Sorry back on track. The research also explored how many searches people in these cities made for ‘Why doesn’t Alexa/Google understand me?’.
Other common questions include 'when did Dublin break off and join the coast of England and why didn't anybody tell us?'.
This was then totalled together alongside all other metrics to give an overall score.
Based on the data the least understood city is Cardiff, but people from Liverpool, Belfast, Newcastle and - don't make us say - are also struggling with their voice commands.
The clearest accent came from people living in London, with only 200 monthly searches for ‘Why doesn’t Alexa understand me?’ and just 75 for the same question of Google.
Nick Baker, broadband expert at Uswitch.com said: "Smart speakers are becoming an integral part of many modern-day homes. While most of us find them useful it's clear that more needs to be done to make voice recognition features smoother.
“The use of artificial intelligence in products is only going to increase, and as it grows in popularity it's important that features are accessible to all.
“The more we use virtual assistants the better they will get at understanding us. Some brands are already taking steps to allow assistants to learn about our accents which should avoid alienating customers and improve user experience.”
That's what Nick Baker said, now we have a few things to say to him...
