Re:Cortana available on iOS and Android
by rpgmaker on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @01:54PM
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Google navigation is the best example of this. Because of aesthetics I keep my phone in English even though I live in a Spanish speaking country. It's ok for Navigation to assume my language to be English but they should offer the option of changing it. The English voice completely mangles the Spanish street names and makes directions difficult to follow at times. It really isn't difficult for Google to just offer the option of changing the language.
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Re:Cortana available on iOS and Android
by kuschku on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @04:32PM
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Same in Germany.
"Turn Left on A U T O B A H N TWO ONE FIVE". Thanks for spelling every character in english separately >_>
(proper would be "Turn left on A215", or even better, with German pronunciation for street names)
Re:Cortana available on iOS and Android
by ArcticCelt on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @10:28PM
(#10708683)
Same situation but for french, I live in Quebec. Earlier today I was trying the voice detection to say a direction, I tried to say the street name in the normal french accent, I tried to tell it in a mangled English accent, I tried to read it literally as if it was an English word. Nothing to do, Google directions was making ridiculous interpretations of what I was saying or sending me to locations on other continents. :/