Siri doesn't can't say or understand "rural." Try it

[mossme89]

I tried to get Siri to recognize "rural coverage", as in "Verizon has good rural coverage." Nope. Siri does not recognize the word "rural" via dictation. Alexa recognizes it fine.

Try it. She does not understand rural.

 

[0970373]

It recognized it just fine for me. Just tried it asking for reviews of the Rural Juror.

 

[OriginalAppleGuy]

Worked for me too. But, one time it thought it heard "Royal".

 

[kissfan]

Found “rural king” on the first try.

 

[Martyimac]

Siri always thought I was saying rule.

 

[az431]

Siri always thought I was saying rule.

Maybe you are

 

[Böhme417]

Works fine for me. Maybe enunciate a little better when you speak?

 

[xraydoc]

Siri always thought I was saying rule.

Try with a neutral mid-west accent.
“Ruh-rahl” two syllables. Not the one-syllable “ruh’l”.

 

[Wildkraut]

Your tongue is flicking wrong!

 

[businezguy]

There's a good reason why Siri can't understand "rural". All Apple users are sophisticated, urban users who not only do not live in small communities. In fact, they don't know such places exist.

 

[annk]

Try with a neutral mid-west accent.
“Ruh-rahl” two syllables. Not the one-syllable “ruh’l”.

It occured to me that it might a a dialect thing, and this confirms it.

 

[Starfia]

I tried "define rural" a few times in a row – Siri repeatedly interpreted "Define Rurel" and performed a web search on that.

 

[labyrinth153]

Did an edit, and picked rural. It works more consistently now.

 

[jeremiah256]

With my messed up Pittsburgh accent (with a dash of Texas), neither Siri nor Google Assistant will ever understand my version of ‘rural’, even if they gain sentience.

 

[labyrinth153]

With my messed up Pittsburgh accent (with a dash of Texas), neither Siri nor Google Assistant will ever understand my version of ‘rural’, even if they gain sentience.

I live in Pittsburgh as well, haha.

 

[Nermal]

Siri consistently hears "rule" when I say "rural" (two syllables) with my Kiwi accent. Interesting!

 

[Starship67]

Worked for me

 

[Jesla]

Worked first time, absolutely no problem.

 

[artfossil]

I tried to get Siri to recognize "rural coverage", as in "Verizon has good rural coverage." Nope. Siri does not recognize the word "rural" via dictation. Alexa recognizes it fine.

Try it. She does not understand rural.

LOL. First try worked fine.
But I didn’t pronounce it with the rural Kentucky accent of my childhood. The one where “oil” becomes “all” and most two syllable words become three.

 

[BoxerGT2.5]

Your tongue is flicking wrong!

Fortunately it's one thing she's never said to me.

 

[dannyyankou]

It didn’t understand the word by itself, but when I used it in sentences it understood me just fine.