Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-08 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Esther, Your posting below causes me to wonder something else: Is it possible to peruse iBooks stores or other App stores on your Mac and have the item you purchased download to your iPhone when you go into the App store? I find that I am far more proficient on my Mac, in terms of web

Automatic Downloads of iTunes Purchases on iOS devices [was Re: Siri and Orthography]

2012-02-08 Thread Esther
Hi Mike, I've changed the subject line to reflect your question about automatically downloading iTunes purchases you make on your Mac to your iPhone. Yes, it's possible to browse for iBooks and Apps on your Mac using iTunes, purchase these items from iTunes on your computer, and have the item

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Busboom
, 2012 1:14 PM Subject: Re: Siri and Orthography Hi Mike, Punctuation is quite easy to use. Just say, for instance, period, comma, and the like. Common acronyms are handled automatically based on usage, but I'm not sure there's a definitive list anywhere. Less common ones might require some

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-07 Thread Zachary Kline
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 1:14 PM Subject: Re: Siri and Orthography Hi Mike, Punctuation is quite easy to use. Just say, for instance, period, comma, and the like. Common acronyms are handled automatically based on usage, but I'm not sure there's a definitive list anywhere. Less

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Ian, Zack, Geoff and Esther, It works! Per your suggestions, I just announced the punctuation marks as I went, and it worked perfectly. Then, I switched my keyboard to German, spoke German (including punctuation marks) and Siri performed flawlessly. The only downside, when I switched

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Busboom
is here. Have fun! Geoff - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 1:14 PM Subject: Re: Siri and Orthography Hi Mike, Punctuation is quite easy to use. Just say, for instance, period, comma, and the like

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-07 Thread Ian McNamara
Hi Michael, Ibooks is a good app if it is available in the Ibooks store. --- 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 postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-07 Thread Esther
Hi Mike, Zack has already answered your question about using the free iBooks app to both purchase and read ePub books. (There's both a store for purchasing books and a library for holding ePub books or PDF books that you read in this app. Your library can include both books you purchase from

Siri and Orthography

2012-02-06 Thread Michael Busboom
Hi, Now that I have the iPhone 4S, I am starting to experiment with Siri. I was wondering if there was a way to get Siri to use proper punctuation in sentences. Is it possible,for example, to tell Siri to insert punctuation marks in sentences? How can one get Siri to handle acronyms

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-06 Thread Ian McNamara
Hi michael, yes it is. for example just say hello, how are you? say the words comma and question mark and it will incert them for you. Ian McNamara --- 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

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-06 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Mike, Punctuation is quite easy to use. Just say, for instance, period, comma, and the like. Common acronyms are handled automatically based on usage, but I'm not sure there's a definitive list anywhere. Less common ones might require some use of the Siri capitalization commands. These can

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-06 Thread Geoff Waaler
I'm sure Google will pull up other references, but one good source of Siri punctuation dictation refinements is here. Have fun! Geoff - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 1:14 PM Subject: Re: Siri

Re: Siri and Orthography

2012-02-06 Thread Esther
- From: Zachary Kline To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 1:14 PM Subject: Re: Siri and Orthography Hi Mike, Punctuation is quite easy to use. Just say, for instance, period, comma, and the like. Common acronyms are handled automatically based