Yeah it will be interesting, But it’s not really the speech rather than the spoken word or I guess understanding it.
Oh well may be they will get a chance to work on English at some point also. Rather than that American stuff siri currently speaks. From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, 24 October 2019 2:01 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri learns new languages H Simon, Interesting. Can't wait to put Maori on my iPhone. I love the Maori accent when watching NZ shows, although I usually have to rewind and listen a few times over to catch all that is said. I wonder if the Canadian government would pay similarly to teach Siri how to speak Newfoundlnad English here in Canada. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 22, 2019, at 23:43, Simon A Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com<mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: Hi List, So I thought some might like this one, The New Zealand government has just announced they have paid an NZ company 13 million nz dollars to teach Siri how to speak Maori It the language of the so called native new Zealand people. Or should I say a race of people here before the English turned up 250 years ago. That must be what you have to do to teach siri new languages. Petrus, -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu<mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com<mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/SY2PR01MB298712657C6DB704CAE4E3E38A6B0%40SY2PR01MB2987.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/SY2PR01MB298712657C6DB704CAE4E3E38A6B0%40SY2PR01MB2987.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu<mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com<mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/5E29BC2C-96E5-462B-B852-E3015A53DC31%40me.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/5E29BC2C-96E5-462B-B852-E3015A53DC31%40me.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/SY2PR01MB29873BC882B9E7ADC3CE53BD8A6B0%40SY2PR01MB2987.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com.