[logfromblammo]

On the occasions when I have witnessed it, every attempt my spouse makes at using Siri in an ordinary, reasonable way always ends in cursing and shouting.

It reminds me in many ways of the handwriting recognition on the Newton--which is to say it appears to be only a hairsbreadth from absolutely useless.

[smrtinsert]

The most frustrating part of it for my wife is that she has great enunciation and I'm a mumbler.

[chetanahuja]

Also, accents. Google sells phones all around the world and has worked very very hard to get training data from everywhere. For example, it has no trouble with my Indian accent at all. Siri... She's very American.