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New languages for Siri?
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Let's hope iOS 8 brings Dutch to Siri! I heard rumors about that, but the same happened to iOS 7... Let's hope they talk about new languages at WWDC! If not, I hope someone on MacRumors here who installs the iOS 8 beta's can assure us whether there are new languages added or not.So any news here? I'm also a Dutch speaking iPhone user and I still haven't heard anything about Siri in other languages.
If in iOS 8 Siri won't be supporting more languages either, I really don't understand 
anymore. It's been a VERY long time since I bought my iPhone 4S, we're 2014 now and my language still isn't supported yet. I don't like the way how they silently removed the Siri 'in beta' label from their site, without saying anything about new languages. Seriously, if Apple doesn't talk about new languages on the WWDC starting in a few hours, or if the iOS 8 golden master won't add any more languages, I'm wondering what the hell they are innovating when it comes to Siri. And it leaves a lot of people out in the cold and turns Siri into a thing people only use for jokes or when they're bored.
anymore. It's been a VERY long time since I bought my iPhone 4S, we're 2014 now and my language still isn't supported yet. I don't like the way how they silently removed the Siri 'in beta' label from their site, without saying anything about new languages. Seriously, if Apple doesn't talk about new languages on the WWDC starting in a few hours, or if the iOS 8 golden master won't add any more languages, I'm wondering what the hell they are innovating when it comes to Siri. And it leaves a lot of people out in the cold and turns Siri into a thing people only use for jokes or when they're bored.
I heard at WWDC that there will be 22 new languages supported in iOS8, is this for Siri??? Could someone please verify this and also tell me whether Dutch will be supported???
I heard at WWDC that there will be 22 new languages supported in iOS8, is this for Siri??? Could someone please verify this and also tell me whether Dutch will be supported???
That's 22 new dictation languages, for dictating text by tapping the microphone icon on the keyboard, not for speaking to Siri.
Dutch is one of the 22 dictation languages as per this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=19178413
Confirmed this far is:
- Dutch
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Turkish
- Brazilian Portuguese
Oh okay thanks!
That's a bummer. Well at least we got voice dictation now then, can't wait to try it. But I assume it's nothing like the real Siri experience.