I use Bell as my carrier for the Iphone and Shaw as my land line provider.
Shaw directory assistance is free. Sadly, you get what you pay for. The
worst example was, Best buy has been here for a couple of years, yet Shaw
said there was no listing for it. Even after notifying them of their
existance, it still took them months to update their data base. Bell, the
landline service has not made it to Vancouver Island yet. However, I think
they charged me for D A. Either that or it was Rogers. Regardless I was
charged $3 per directory assistance. I just wanted to add numbers and
addresses to my contact list. Then I got all these charges on my bill and
was told D A was not free. Glad you took my comment in the spirit it was
meant.
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen
Sent: September 23, 2017 11:55 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Siri is still pretty stupid
I use bell here in Canada, and have never paid for directory assistance
either for my Land Line, or my cell.
I suppose I will discover how the iPhone works if I either manage
enough brain treatment that I can process the voices without acute
dizziness, Or a voice I can use of a hardware speech kind carries over to
Apple products.
Laughing at the video games comment.
granted i learned to play blackjack in DOS, but I use my computer as a
professional tool.
Karen
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or
his background or his religion ... People must learn to hate, and if they
can learn to hate, they can be taught to love... For love comes more
naturally to the human heart than its opposite." Nelson Mandela.
On Sat, 23 Sep 2017, David & his pack of dogs wrote:
Karen, we love you, however, SIRI uses Google maps I believe. Even
Google maps is for the sighted not for ones who have vision
challenges, not their fault of course as there are more Blind friendly
apps out there such as
Nearby Explorer. As for Directory assistance, I don't know what carrier
you are using for it, most must pay at least $3 per call and in the
past, the operators spoke a different language then English so either
did not understand what you wanted, weren't really listening or when
you asked for a number, gave you the number for someone else that lived in
a different?
State or province. When you know the party is in the 203-area code
and they give you a number in the 602-area code, you know it is the wrong
listing.
Your response reminds me of someone who has good vision and perhaps
uses their computer for just playing video games. Not shoddy work if
you can get it I suppose. For me, I find that type of activity infantile.
-----Original Message-----
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen
Sent: September 23, 2017 9:44 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Siri is still pretty stupid
speaking only for myself, is not siri more of a toy anyway? leaving
voiceover, for the serious work?
Personally I just dial directory assistance, since Siri is likely
using less current data. Still I am not using an iPhone anyway, so
ignore me lol.
Seriously, could not you just google the location for the number with
your phone rather than ask Siri?
Just wondering,
Kare
On Sat, 23 Sep 2017, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
While I understand your frustration with the redundancy and somewhat
meaningless back and forth banter, I believe that it is just a
confirmation sort of thing due to the fact that mistakes can be made in
translation.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Sep 23, 2017, at 09:06, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote:
One of my pet peeve's about Siri has been that it is absolutely
obtuse
when you asked to find a specific place on a specific street. It will
come back and say I found such and such a place on such and such a
Street, does that look good? Or is that the one you wanted? Well,
Siri, since I already gave you the street name of the store name, and
I know there is only one such on that street, why don't you just give
me the phone number I asked for in the first place? Google does this
and so does Alexa. But good old Siri still can't get this right even
in iOS 11. Come on Apple. This is pretty elementary stuff. What the
hell did you do with all your work on Siri, anyway? Have other people
found improvements to Siri in the real world? I know it can do all
sorts of music trivia about which I care not. But what about real
world situations? You know, like when you want a phone number and
don't want to engage in meaningless back-and-forth with your so called
Assistant?
Mary
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