I was using Siri recently to dictate a text, and Apple’s intelligent personal assistant just couldn’t get my message right. It couldn't have been may strong Southern drawl, could it? Siri thought that my “Motion to Quash” was a request for websites about squash. I was surprised at the number of squash recipes available online, but that wasn’t helping me communicate my point to my client.
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