Compare this line from the WSJ article:<p>&gt; A decade from now, I would predict, everyone reading this article will be able to converse in dozens of foreign languages, eliminating the very concept of a language barrier.<p>with these excepts from The Guardian at <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;2016&#x2F;feb&#x2F;10&#x2F;texas-regional-accent-siri-apple-voice-recognition-technology" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;2016&#x2F;feb&#x2F;10&#x2F;texas-regi...</a> (referenced two days ago on HN at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11077168" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11077168</a> ):<p>&gt; Y&#x27;all have a Texas accent? Siri (and the world) might be slowly killing it<p>&gt; Voice recognition tools such as Apple’s Siri still struggle to understand regional quirks and accents, and users are adapting the way they speak to compensate.<p>&gt; ... “I’ve had a bunch of people from Australia and India say they only really get along with Siri if they fake an American accent,” said Lars Hinrichs, a sociolinguist at the University of Texas at Austin.