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Me: "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow"

Google: "Did you mean airspeed velocity of an unladen European swallow"

Me: "Yes"

Google "According to Wikipedia, Yes are an English rock band who achieved success with their progressive, art and symphonic style of music."

D'oh. If you're going to drop in an easter egg that asks a question, assume the user who finds it will actually answer it.



Despite numerous attempts I couldn't get it to recognise my british accent saying 'Air speed' as anything other than 'Ass speed' or 'add speed'


Any time I said "four" it heard it as "full". I can't really pronounce Rs, so ended up with "fouurrrrrr" before it recognised it.


Oddly, it seems more accurate on my phone through Google Search/Now.


Are you logged into your Google account on Chrome? I know that there's voice personalization on the phone versions. I'd expect them to bring that to the browser, too.


compare and contrast: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=What+is+the+airspeed+ve...




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