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I ask the above question because Siri doesn't recognize certain words even if I tried many times.

For example, I asked Siri the following question.

"What does the word vilify mean?"

She doesn't recognize the word vilify. I'm wondering if my pronunciation is too bad or Siri has a problem in the voice recognition.

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  • FWIW, Siri (or Google's voice typing, for that matter) can't recognize my speech in my first language 100% correctly either (but they're usually good enough, though sometimes I'll get results similar to those funny Autocorrect fails. :P). -- Hah! I got it right in my sixth attempt. Here are the results: What does the word to be 5 million; What does the word really find me; What does the word vilify me; What does the word vilify me; What does the word vilify me; What does the word vilify mean. More surprisingly, Google voice typing got it right the first time. :-)
    – Damkerng T.
    Jul 2, 2016 at 3:12
  • It would be interesting to know @Makato Kato's first language, and also how Siri did answer.
    – P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica
    Jul 2, 2016 at 3:23
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    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about humans learning English, it is about Siri learning English.
    – user3169
    Jul 2, 2016 at 3:42
  • @user3169 If Siri understands native English, it can be used for non-natives to practice English pronunciation.
    – Makoto Kato
    Jul 2, 2016 at 6:21
  • @P.E.Dant I'm Japanese. I tried again. This time Siri recognized it as "What does the word vilified mean?" It improved. But I don't know whether I'm used to Siri or vice versa.
    – Makoto Kato
    Jul 2, 2016 at 6:24

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Nope, tried it three times. First time it said "No music playing". Second and third it tried to call one of my contacts. So, I guess your pronunciation might not be the problem. It's Siri.

Here's a list of commands you can use with Siri. One of them is

Define [word].

I tried

Define vilify.

A couple of times, but it didn't work.

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  • "Vilify" was recognized correctly on the first try. Even rushed or garbled pronunciations return the proper answer. iPhone 6S iOS 9.3.2
    – P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica
    Jul 2, 2016 at 3:20
  • @P.E. Dant I tried "Define vilify". She recognized it on the first try, too. What about "What does the word vilify mean?"?
    – Makoto Kato
    Jul 2, 2016 at 3:29
  • @MakotoKato Use the @ symbol to address a user. Also, I tried the voice command/diction with the Notes app, and it took about 7 tries before it wrote "what does vilify mean". It worked the first time for "define vilify".
    – Em.
    Jul 2, 2016 at 3:36

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