Google iPhone App Anti-Brit!

Ξ November 21st, 2008 | → | ∇ Gadgets |

Imagine sharing a word with voice-recognition software, only to hear system confirm your word as “sex”. That’s what some people with British accents reported about Google’s voice-based search tool, part of Google’s recently released Mobile App for the iPhone:

The free application, which allows iPhone owners to use the Google search engine with their voice, mistook the word iPhone for “sex”, “Einstein” and “kitchen sink,” … “Awesome job google. only problem is every time I say the word ‘fish’ it registers as sex,” wrote one, identified as Kevin.

Check out the app page here.

Tags: British accents, Google Mobile App, iPhone apps