[thathonkey]

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.

[r00fus]

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.

[72deluxe]

Have you tried dictation on Mac OSX? Do you find it any good, particularly offline dictation?