Re: Alexa stupidity

2024-02-17 Thread RichardPetty 
Good to know. Still not working from here. Thanks.Richard PettyDictated to and sent from my iPhonePlease excuse dictation errorsOn Feb 17, 2024, at 1:44 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:I have never listened to that station before, but I just asked my Amazon device to play KUHF and it did. And it’s in Houston. Public radio.MarySent from my iPhoneOn Feb 17, 2024, at 10:04 AM, Richard  wrote:This week for whatever reason Alexa ceased to connect to the local public radio stream, even though Alexa has made the connection for years. I  typically opened the stream by asking Alexa to play KUHF, which are the station’s call letters. That’s no longer possible. Alexa repeats incorrect call letters and states the connection is not available. More happily, I can ask Alexa  to play “Houston Public Media” and the device will play the stream. I cannot imagine where and why the error now occurs in the Alexa, Tune In, and other involved systems. Arg! Richard Pettyrichard.pe...@earthlink.net From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary OttenSent: Thursday, February 15, 2024 4:10 PMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: Alexa stupidity Yep. I actually think all of these assistance are getting stupider, including Google. All that AI they’re supposedly using certainly hasn’t made its way to my Google assistant, which is now unable to answer really simple questions like for instance when is the first Los Angeles Dodgers spring training game of 2024? You’d think it would know that with all of its massive AI capability or just look at a database. But no. And it’s not alone. Alexa didn’t know it either. Siri did. Surprise!Mary Sent from my iPhoneOn Feb 15, 2024, at 7:11 AM, Richard Turner  wrote:Folks often talk about Siri being stupid, well, this morning Alexa showed that it could be equally stupid, if not more so.I use it mostly on our Sonos system.I make tea and coffee every morning for my wife and I.  I have two timers created, Carol’s timer, and Richard’s timer.This morning when I said “Alexa start Carol’s timer” it responded with “getting family Christmas Carol’s from SamSung … I’m having trouble communicating with Samsung…”  (Samsung is our TV.I tried again, and it said, “I’m having trouble, kitchen seems to be off line, check the connection and try again.”  Well, it couldn’t tell me that if it was offline.The third an final time it said;, “The history of salt …” at which point I said Alexa stop!.I then set the tea timer on our microwave and made my coffee and set my timer on my Apple watch. My speech is not unclear.  I don’t’ know what Alexa was taking, but it sure scrambled its brains this morning. Richard, USA“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”-- Cedrick Bridgeforth My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ Microsoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715), JAWS version 2024.2310.70.400  -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at:http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/--- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/035701da6021%2428391db0%2478ab5910%24%40comcast.net.-- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at:http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/--- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/4EC8E1CF-6A1C-4CED-A81E-D371BBBDCFEF%40gmail.com.



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Re: thinking about iPhone 13 pro but worried about face id

2021-10-10 Thread RichardPetty 
So, is it true, then, that fingerprint ID is no longer available on iPhone 13?

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> On Oct 10, 2021, at 8:23 AM, Christopher Chaltain  
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> I eventually ended up performing an alternative scan of my face, but even 
> before that, I didn’t have trouble using face ID with or without sun glasses 
> on.
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> The voice guided Face ID setup using VoiceOver is pretty clock free. Then the 
> only time you’ll need to passcode your phone is when wearing a mask. I’ve 
> never gotten face recognition with a mask. Hats kinda throw it for a loop as 
> well. If you use sunglasses you are allowed 2 versions of your face, as long 
> as you use your natural face first. Accuracy is a good 95% when you raise 
> your phone for access. 
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> On Oct 10, 2021, at 4:11 AM, Dennis Long  wrote:
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> Hi, I’m totally blind I’m thinking about a iPhone 13 pro.  I’m worried about 
> setting up face id.  Is it difficult?  I’m not great with clock directions.  
> Any help is appreciated.
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Re: how can I tell my drivers where to find me

2016-11-16 Thread RichardPetty 
In the Uber app, the only way I know to do this is after you have arrange the 
trip. In the new app, there's a contact button on the page that shows up near 
where the drivers name is shown. Tap on that button. Then swipe right down to 
either message the driver or call the driver. Then you can either send a 
message or make a phone call to let the driver know exactly where you are.

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> On Nov 16, 2016, at 12:42 PM, Eden  wrote:
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> Where I'm being picked up at is going to be a little tricky. I had put in a 
> schedule with Lyft which I have never used before. Where would I go to let 
> the driver know how to find me etc. All that's in front of my apartments is a 
> parking lot and astreet. I'd like to make sure they pull into the parking 
> lot. I thought there might be a place to put such info since it's my house 
> but I can't see it you. for either Uber or Lyft. Than
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