This is a hilarious 3min Scottish video about the perils of voice recognition technology. After watching it I just couldn’t stop laughing so I had to re-post it.
While it is dangerously funny it does raise some good questions about the cultural biases of voice recognition in particular and technology in general.
Technology is rarely neutral. It is a mirror that reflects its maker and our Human, Oh So Human species. As such it is loaded with most of our best and worst stereotypical presumptions, personal inclinations and cultural biases.
The only question is:
After the technological singularity, will the Artificial Intelligence voice recognition technology finally speak Scottish?
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And then there are GPS devices for which one has the reverse problem. The Magellan that we have “knows” the all street names in North America and Mexico. It has a slight accent from somewheres, I know not where. One adapts to it but occassionally it is hilarious when it hits a name like “Esquimalt” or “Blenkensop”.
this is HILARIOUS
vely funy charlie brown
Hilarious.
majike
gerry like,s this vidio
As a Scot living in the USA … I love this video!!! For all my American friends … feel free to ask for full translation! Thanks for posting this. cheers, Val
You are welcome Val,
As a Canadian of Bulgarian origin I have a very notable Eastern European accent myself. So I know the feeling. The funny thing is that my wife, who was born and grew up in Canada but is a dual Canadian/American citizen, finds my accent easier to understand and always asks me translate for her from Irish, Scottish or cockney British English…
They did not realize that the there was no floor eleven. It was the Scot's brain not his tongue ! LOL
refreshing!
One of the funniest videos I've seen in a long time – great
Very funny pure dead brillliant
I enjoyed this video it gave me a good laugh.
hilariuos
lucky they never had a 9 mm im thinking ffs pmsl
There is only one thing missing… The eleventh floor … That lift only to floor 10
as a sassenach living in exile north of the border, I had empathy with the lift, ya ken.
Reminds me of the first time I met a fella who became a good friend and was from Glasgo. Spent the whole evning with him in a bar-did I mention he smoked a pipe?_ never understood three words in a row.
am still laughing brilliant
A comical video..but let me tell you that I find it very easy to understand the Scottish accent…a hell of a lot easier than trying to decipher some of the slang of today!!
I enjoyed this video gave me a good refreshing & laugh,speak cantonese-zan hai hao hao sieu! i like,****star.
This was Awesome!!!!
this was brilliant gave us a good laugh,could feel their frustration ya ken
Been there, well not in that lift, but on the phone trying to speak “clearly” to some automated American in my beautiful Scottish accent but being told “I'm sorry but I didn't recognise that word” AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
I live this everyday as a Scot in North America. Between my iPhone, trying to learn French with Rosetta Stone and automated telephone systems – argh!
I'm from America and those voice recognition devices don't work great for us ether. I can be on the phone saying the same thing over and over and it will come back did you mean this. please say yes or no. I just start hitting 0 until an operator picks up. my cell phone has a navigation and it also does voice recognition and some times it spells the wrong street name and if i do it again saying what it said when it messed up it gets the street name i wanted the first time. It's funny the other day it wanted me to go the wrong way down a one way street.
ELEVEN
so funny. thanks for making me laugh today. carol gibson orillia, ontario
Brill, what else can one say
Thas…greaaaatt
im sorry could you please repeat that please type slowly and clearly
My sides are aching from laughing
Translation: 12
I cannae work oot what that sully luft wummun's problem wus. *shakes head*
I do empathise with the two gentlemen … on my many visits to the USA, I've encountered plenty who can't understand my Australian accent. I can only imagine that a really broad Scots accent must sound like a foreign language to them.
Ah'm gonnae keep sayin it till it unnerestauns Scoattish. Aw right?
Pure deid brilliant. I had tears running down my cheeks! Thanks for posting this.
Helen in Dundas Ontario
You are most welcome Ramsay!
that was really just great
that was the funniest thing ive seen in ages i really needed i laugh and man did i laugh rite fae the heart of central scotland i thank you.
Have you tried the nintendo ds brain training thing? I am Scots, don’t think I’ve a strong accent but a few minutes trying to tell the bloody game it’s yellow or worse blue and get no response you do feel homicidal
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