People from Kerry are more likely to change their voice, so it can be recognised by smart devices.
New research found Mayo, Westmeath and Sligo also had to adapt their accents.
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The Pure Telecom poll found 46 per cent Kerry people needed to alter their voices for speech recognition devices.
That includes both smart speakers, phones, and everything in between.
However, it was people from Westmeath who were most likely to lash out at their devices out of frustration.
Lecturer in languages at South East Technological University, Dr Chris Mulhall, says like in humans, accents can be polarising:
"So for example you can have humans from the same country who don't understand each other because of accents."
"That's how it can exist on a human scale."
"So technology is trying to sit somewhere in the middle of that and ultimately not getting either end of it."
Alongside this, the survey also found people use their devices to listen to music, turn on the radio and check the weather.
