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Blimey, crikey and bloody hell, the new iPhone voice-recognition tool can't do British accents. Mobile Entertainment is the leading community site for all professionals working within the international mobile content industry. We bring you the latest news, views and analysis from this fast moving entertainment sector, complementing our flagship monthly printed magazine and specialist events.

UK accents sends Google search into a tizzy

Google's voice-recognition mobile app for the iPhone has trouble with British accents, it would seem. Unless when say "MySpace" you mean "sex."

Apparently there seems to be a slight problem with the new Google Mobile App voice recognition search on the Apple iPhone; the problem being this app is finding it somewhat difficult to understand British accents. According to the Daily Telegraph, the free Google Mobile App voice recognition tool mistakenly tool “iPhone” to mean sex, Einstein and

Users of the latest release of Google Mobile App for the iPhone have complained that the voice-recognition program doesn't understand some 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 “kitch...

According to The Telegraph, Google's voice application for the iPhone has hit a stumbling block - it does not understand British accents. The high-tech program, which was launched this week with much fanfare, allows users to search Google for cinema times, bring up pictures and information and convert currency and measurements with one tap of the screen. But British iPhone owners who eagerly ...

Received Pronunciation not received, Scots scotched Google's voice search is, it turns out, optimised for North American accents and has distinct problems understanding proper English as the BBC defines it - forcing English users to adopt the kind of dodgy accents not usually seen outside a karaoke night.…