The Glasgow accent is among the least understood by smart speaker Alexa, research has found.
A study recorded volunteers from 30 British cities asking their speaker 10 common questions.
Glaswegians were understood in only half the queries put to the devices. The city scored an error rate of 77, second-worst behind only Cardiff on 82.
Edinburgh also featured highly in the list, coming sixth with an error rate of 60. The study also factored in the number of times people in each city had searched the internet citing the fact their smart speaker had not understood them.
The study by comparison website Uswitch.com found users from Lincoln, Chester and London were best understood.
The smart speaker is able to understand spoken phrases and provide answers and just less than six million British households now own a device, with Amazon and Google the most popular. The number is set to grow thanks to increased use of voice assistants by people staying home amid concerns over coronavirus.
Amazon said: “Alexa is getting smarter and, since launch, Alexa’s understanding of the English language and British accents has continuously improved.
“We’re continuing to improve how we accurately recognise variations of speech.”
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