to think a Nintendo DS should recognise a Scottish accent?

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Bought my DH a Nintendo DS for Christmas but having trouble with it as he is Scottish and the darned thing doesn't register his voice

AIBU to throw it through the window?

The Nintendo DS doesn't understand DS or me either (Scottish accents too). It probably doesn't understand most people though.

yes. It is too expensive .

I suspect gadgets that recognise voices struggle with strong accents. There's only so many ways to pronounce things that they can programme the things to understand.

I can hear him shouting at it now Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrred!

I once tried to book cinema tickets using the Odeon voice recognition software.

Had to give up - I was saying "Wooorrrr of the Wuuurrrlds" and it just wasn't getting it!

THings should recognise more than just estuary English and middle America!

Well I speak with a RP accent and a year later we are still trying to get the wretched DS to understand. I think you just have to be persistent or lucky!

I'm from Lancashire and it won't accept my "red" either!
The DSi is 'northernist'

My DD is very 'estuary english' in her accent, and the ruddy thing still doesn't understand HER sometimes!! When she's playing her nintendogs, all you hear is 'SIT' getting louder and more irritated each time!!

Maybe it doesn't recognise anyone???

It recongnises me (north east England), but not DD. (weird hybrid of me and Glaswegian ned!)

I tried to book cinema tickets over the phone once too. It was not a good idea.

I now make DP deal with most phone related tasks as it always goes better with his southern accent, whether he gets a person or a machine.

We got Nintendogs last Christmas (2008) and have tried numerous times to name the wretched thing but all to no avail.

I'm north east england and it doesn't like my 'blue'

It works fine with me and dd's voices - we are SE London/Kent.

However DP has a Irish accent and it recognises his voice too. Although he has had problems with other automated telephone services in the past and I've seen him get REALLY annoyed about it

Well it doesn't reconise our voices either and we aren't scottish. Though we have trouble with blue.

Mine recognises me and my dads him and my dad talks like Billy Connely if that helps anyone

That's the problem with the Scotch: they just don't want to be understood. Am I right?

doesnt recognise me (welsh accent) but does recognize husband (liverpool)

Scotch? We're not an alcoholic drink. It's Scots.

Yeah I know; I also know you don't not want to be understood. sigh I'll not bother next time.

DH definately doesn't want to be understood...he is Aberdonian whole different language

OK I ust found out that it doesn't like a Midlands SCISSORS either blardy thing

I'm struggling with a midlands scissors too. I have to say Seeeezooooorrrs in a kind of italian fashion. And it still only recognises me half the time. It doesn't like the way I say blue either.

Blardy things don't understand Canadian accents either

HAve you not seen the "HP cameras are racist video" yet?

YANBU. have a scottish accent also but find i have to put on several different acents to get the bloody thing to work!!