The Clare accent is one of those causing the most confusion for voice controlled technology systems like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Echo.
A new report shows the voice recognition devices have most difficulty recognising the banner twang as well as the Donegal and Kerry accents.
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Research carried out by Censuswide, on behalf of Pure Telecom, found that nearly 36% of users in Clare struggled to be understood by smart devices.
Nearly half of people in Laois say their home assistants ‘always’ understand them, followed by just over a third in Carlow and Limerick.

