Hi Lynne. I use Siri quite a lot and can help. Yes, you do hold the home button down as if you were using the standard voice control. As to commands you can say: Text message to: contact, e.g text message to Lewis Crack. Call: contact, e.g call Lewis Crack. Email to: contact. Text my wife to tell her i will be late. What is today's weather? What time is it? What time is it in Sydney, Australia? What time is it in Paris, France? What time is it in Canada?…etc.
they are just a few of the commands that can be used. Note: one must keep the button held down whilst they are speaking. When they hear a sort of middle-pitch 2 beeps, one can start talking. When one releases the key, a higher set of 2 beeps is heard, followed by the response of Siri. If a low beep is heard, this is when voice activation has become deactivated for some reason, usually when the user holds then lets go of the button without talking. Hope this helps. Regards. Lewis. On 15 Apr 2012, at 18:52, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello everybody > > I have a quick and, to some, obvious question. When one is using Siri, does > one hold down the Home button as one does when using the dial applet by > voice? Also, can anybody give me a few example commands to get started with > it? > > Thank you in advance. > > Lynne > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>