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Re:Amazon Echo by thathonkey on Thursday November 06, 2014 @12:32PM (#8568300)
None of the voice controlled devices I've ever used have been a pleasant experience (Google, Siri, various others). I don't think the tech is there yet personally.

They might have it down for certain english accents but even as a native speaker, their success rate is probably about 25% for me.

On a related note, iPhone's dictation just took a huge step backwards with the new iOS release.

Re:Amazon Echo by r00fus on Thursday November 06, 2014 @12:58PM (#8568520)
What locale are you? Here in the US, I find it improved since iOS7. The "google now" style of on-the-fly response really does help with dictation.
Re:Amazon Echo by 72deluxe on Thursday November 06, 2014 @03:33PM (#8569571)
Have you tried dictation on Mac OSX? Do you find it any good, particularly offline dictation?