hi, like Anders said, I am one of these Apple fans. Can Siri be improved? Of course. Anything can be these days. The only fish and chips I've really have eaten are the kind my school provides which are kinda like chicken tenders but like fish I guess. And they have french fries along with it.
Maria Reyes Owner of the following groups- Apple 411: apple411+subscr...@groups.io iMessage/FaceTime: the.big.apple.n...@gmail.com ________________________________ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> on behalf of David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 1:20:13 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri is still pretty stupid Face recognition and hacial expression recognition are two very different concepts. Save for identical twins, each person's face print is different. In actuality, the same is true for each person's fingerprints. However, the way the technology captures fingerprint data, and faceprint data for that matter, is not as unique. The fingerprint, faceprint, and even irisprint data is converted into a complex numerical code algarithm. Facial expressions are most often also calculated using numerical face algarithms for coding positions of various parts of the face. There is both universality and locality in facial expressions. This is observed in the differences between voluntary and involuntary facial expressions. The voluntary facial expressions are quite often culturally dependent. The involuntary expressions, on the other hand are universal. However, sighted people learn tu mute / minimize there involuntary facial expressions by the time they are 9 to 11 years old. In many cultures, it is the more negative emotional expressions which are most often culturally muted. This topic is very strongly researched, and blindness and facial expressions was my masters thesis topic. Kind regards, David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +61 488 988 936 Sent from my iPhone > On 24 Sep 2017, at 11:46, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote: > > Well speaking only for myself, I can tell you that sarcasm even with facial > expressions has no universal dictionary. > It is one thing I wonder about using face recognition on IPhone as some sort > of security. > There are simply too many expressions, and interpretation of those > expressions. It is one reason why audio description helps those from > different cultures, regardless of eye chart score. > Speaking only for myself, I feel even suggesting that sight and blindness are > some two sided uniformed concept misleads everyone, simply does not work > that simply. > Now back to dinner. What is the name of the fish & chips heaven chain? > I hope it is national! I really love all things seafood. > Seriously, words are neutral in my view, we bring to them our own definitions > largely. meaning in my view that how we respond, the power to be insulted, > in theory lies entirely with ourselves. > Kare > > > >> On Sat, 23 Sep 2017, David & his pack of dogs wrote: >> >> Well, you'd be surprised or maybe not, how many people in this world take >> offense at my comments especially in emails. Even in person. With the >> sighted, I think, cannot they see my facial expression? For the record, the >> Lobster out east supposedly tastes better than the one in the west here. The >> Oysters in Fanny bay are delicious, though. As is the Salmon. Now, I better >> get off this subject because, I too am getting hungry. One of the chains >> here has all the fish and chips you can eat every Tuesday. The fish is Cod >> and each piece is half the size of a dinner plate. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen >> Sent: September 23, 2017 12:49 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: Siri is still pretty stupid >> >> Offense is a choice, not an absolute...I thought your comment was funny. >> As for directory assistance on your IPhone, Bell will credit past charges >> and you can have that for free. >> ..and it was likely Rogers. They were my first land line provider, and >> misspelled my name badly. >> To this day, even though Bell is my provider now, the misspelling remains >> giving me a terrific way out with telemarketers. >> Tim has me hungry for seafood! >> Karen >> >> >> >>> On Sat, 23 Sep 2017, David & his pack of dogs wrote: >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> 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? 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