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Siri automatically switched languages to read my wife's Japanese to me for the first time and I'm so happy. (kbin.run)
submitted 5 months ago by Eggyhead@kbin.run to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
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We've been married for more than five years and in all that time, whenever she would send me a message in Japanese while I was out and about with my headphones in, Siri would just say "(wife) just sent you a message I can't read" and be done with it.

Today, for the first time ever, the Siri voice switched over to Japanese mode and actually read the message. Starting with English and ending in Japanese, Siri said, "(wife) just sent "牛乳も買って来て".

I'm so elated over this change. It's such a small thing, but HUGE. I just thought it was cool and though it worth sharing.

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[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Well, did you do what she asked? Or did you stand there in the grocery store, excitedly posting on Lemmy, then milklessly return home?

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.run 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Oh I got the milk then eagerly rushed home to tell her enthusiastically about what had happened. She was kind enough to humor me with some feigned interest amidst her daily exercise routine, and that was that.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

完璧だ。

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.run 4 points 5 months ago

笑、どうも。

[–] xnx@slrpnk.net 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Does it work if she sends a message partly in English and partly in Japanese?

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah I'm curious how well spanglish would work. At least the characters are the same vs latin to kanji.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

iOS version?

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

im pretty sure it'll drastically improve next month. can it translate the Japanese into English for you?

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.run 2 points 5 months ago

My wife and I speak a lot of Japanese together, so a translation wasn’t necessary. I would be kind of surprised if it didn’t work.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Very cool!

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

That's awesome. I hope we'll get multi-language voice output in more places. I especially want this for GPS navigation.