RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
will improve. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 9:44 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Yes, I have the most current iP

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-07 Thread Les Kriegler
nal Message- From: Beth G > Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 8:56 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 > > I have similar problems and I have an iPhone 5 > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 1, 2013,

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-07 Thread Kellie and my lab pack
ys I said "call Josh!" You stupid thing. lol Kellie, guide Loki and retired July -Original Message- From: Beth G Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 8:56 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 I have similar pro

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-07 Thread Beth G
, or used an unacceptable word after it told her it could not add a >>> contact to her address book. >>> >>> It was amazing even my Husband's 5 seems slower than her phone but then she >>> has no apps but the ones supplied, only had it less than 24 hours and

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-03 Thread Vicky Collins
oglegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 8:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri's performance in IOS7 Hi Chris and others, I have seen a lot of people reporting that apparently for them SIRI works better if Voiceover is turned off. Wh

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-02 Thread Neal Ewers
s.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 8:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri's performance in IOS7 Hi Chris and others, I have seen a lot of people reporting that apparently for them SIRI works better if Voiceover is

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-02 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
groups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris H Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 12:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Thanks. i know what might have happened. if i turn VoiceOver off Siri works well and all the way through. but if i turn Vo

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-02 Thread Chris H
do Walker Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 10:25 PM To: viphone Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Hi, This isn't true 100% of the time. If I tell Siri "Tell Mary I will give her a call in an hour." At least for me, most of the time the message is read back. The times wh

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Eric Whitten
r used an unacceptable word after it told her it could not >>> add a >>> contact to her address book. >>> >>> It was amazing even my Husband's 5 seems slower than her phone but >>> then she >>> has no apps but the ones supplied, only had it less than 24 hours and >

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Chris H
hear that voiceover is on when I tripple click to get it back. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris H Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 1:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Chris H >> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 1:35 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 >> >> I turned VoiceOver off and was able to check the weather. But lol! >> VoiceOv

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Chris H
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris H Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 1:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 I turned VoiceOver off and was able to check the weather. But lol! VoiceOver didn't tell me it was on but did when it was off

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
and maybe that accounts for some of my problems. How > does siri work for 5s users? > > Kellie, guide Loki and retired July > > -Original Message- From: Shermeen Khan > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 11:38 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Siri'

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Neal Ewers
gt; From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Kellie and my lab pack > Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 > > have the same problem as shermeen in regards to trying

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Chris H
ehalf Of Kellie and my lab pack Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 have the same problem as shermeen in regards to trying to set a timer. ever since the update, Often when I ask siri to set a timer I am met with total s

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Scott Duck
groups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kellie and my lab pack Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 have the same problem as shermeen in regards to trying to set a timer. ever since the update, Often when I as

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Kellie and my lab pack
guide Loki and retired July -Original Message- From: Shermeen Khan Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 11:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Wow, talk about insane list traffic. I was just here a scant few hours ago. I'm in Ontario, Sieghard,

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Chris H
Siri is refusing to do requests right now or at least over an hour and a half ago. Dictation is still working though. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 01/10/2013 17:38, Shermeen Khan wrote: Wow, talk about insane list traffic. I was just here a scant few hours ago. I'm

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Shermeen Khan
Wow, talk about insane list traffic. I was just here a scant few hours ago. I'm in Ontario, Sieghard, and am relieved that the siri problems seem to be experienced by several people. I hope you're right and that it's a simple matter of server overload. I haven't yet used the dictation feature with

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Bill Gallik
Good point Sieghard, I should have thought of that, seeing as how I was an AT&T/Bell Labs developer in a prior lifetime! Holland's Boy, Bill - "The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived, and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuas

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Bill Gallik
What Sieghard is relating is likewise happening to me in northern Wisconsin. Holland's Boy, Bill - "The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived, and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic." - John F. Kennedy, 35th

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Chris H
ooglegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 This is a relatively new development, probably came with the 7.0.2 iOS version. When I ask Siri to call someone I have in my CONTACTS list, I've been getting this: "Oh, Oh, I can't complete your cal

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2013-10-01 Thread Jack Conti
Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 10:25 PM To: viphone Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Hi, This isn't true 100% of the time. If I tell Siri "Tell Mary I will give her a call in an hour." At least for me, most of the time the message is read back. T

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Jack Conti
well i have had it just sit there and say calling and nothing happens. At 10:52 AM 10/1/2013, you wrote: This is a relatively new development, probably came with the 7.0.2 iOS version. When I ask Siri to call someone I have in my CONTACTS list, I've been getting this: "Oh, Oh, I can't

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Jack Conti
t: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 7:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 This is a relatively new development, probably came with the 7.0.2 iOS version. When I ask Siri to call someone I have in my CONTACTS list, I've been getting this: "Oh, Oh, I

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Chris H
she has no apps but the ones supplied, only had it less than 24 hours and had no clue about apps. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 10:25 PM To: viphone Subject: Re: Siri'

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
from a 3GS or 4 and have never had SIRI before. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 7:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Bill Gallik
This is a relatively new development, probably came with the 7.0.2 iOS version. When I ask Siri to call someone I have in my CONTACTS list, I've been getting this: "Oh, Oh, I can't complete your call." Anybody else experiencing this? Holland's Boy, Bill - "The great en

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Brian Moore
seems slower than her phone but then she has no apps but the ones supplied, only had it less than 24 hours and had no clue about apps. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 10:25

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
re you? Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shermeen Khan Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 7:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Well, I'll add in my $.02, as i&#

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Shermeen Khan
nd's 5 seems slower than her phone but then she > has no apps but the ones supplied, only had it less than 24 hours and had > no > clue about apps. > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of R

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-30 Thread Rose Combs
PM To: viphone Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Hi, This isn't true 100% of the time. If I tell Siri "Tell Mary I will give her a call in an hour." At least for me, most of the time the message is read back. The times when it isn't, its because VO interrupts it for

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread Joseph FreeTech
om: "Candy" To: Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 8:57 AM Subject: RE: Siri's performance in IOS7 Carol, I find Siri's performance to be lacking considerably in this upgrade. First of all, the dictation is very poor as far as responsiveness. As you say, half of the time,

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread Candy
t;more responsive. > >Kathy and Seeing Eye dog Wilda > > >-Original Message- >From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >Of Jerry White >Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 2:03 PM >To: viphone@googlegroups.com >Subject: RE: Siri&#x

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread Kathy and Wilda
: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri's performance in IOS7 I have noticed the same thing. I live in North Carolina, USA, and have thought that SIRI has taken a step back in response. I love the automatically listening for a response after SIRI asks a question, but the time between ask

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread David Chittenden
I always read through my dictations after I have finished. I use dictation for the initial writing of my research papers as well. I am dyslexic, so a slow typist. My braille is a little better, but still slow. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread David Chittenden
I do not know, but suspect that they are also building server farms elsewhere in the world. Yes, and Apple is in the process of building several server farms around the US. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 29 Sep 2013, at

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread David Chittenden
Personally, I find dictation to be much more accurate now. Note: I do not usually use Siri, I primarily use dictation. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 29 Sep 2013, at 7:10, Mary Otten wrote: > > For those of you using S

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
ooglegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Liz and Sammie Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 3:51 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 I think that the Apple servers are in overload mode. I have times when Siri is slow to work, or it will say t

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, This isn’t true 100% of the time. If I tell Siri “Tell Mary I will give her a call in an hour.” At least for me, most of the time the message is read back. The times when it isn’t, its because VO interrupts it for some reason. In this case, I place my finger on the screen, and flick to

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Candy
Mary, I am very disappointed in Siri with IOS 7. There are times when she reads back my dictation and times when she doesn't. It is much slower, and I find, not as accurate. Also, when asking Siri to preform a task she almost always tells me she can't. She works much better if I turn voice o

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Kelly, Well, maybe Apple needs to get its act together and beef up its back and a bit so it can be more like Google in that respect. We are paying big bucks, and we deserve good service no matter what time of day. Don't you agree? Mary Sent from my iPhone On Sep 28, 2013, at 6:22 PM, Kelly

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2013-09-28 Thread Mary Otten
For those of you using Siri and iOS 7, here are a few questions specifically related to dictation. I understand that Siri no longer reads back the text it has inserted when you do dictation. How then do you efficiently understand whether the text that has been inserted is correct? In iOS 6, this

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Mary Otten
David, Would you say that the dictation accuracy of Siri now that you've changed it to US. Equals or is better than what you had with iOS 6? And how are you efficiently checking the results of your dictation? Especially if you have to do two or three dictations in a longer message? Mary Sent f

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Kelly Pierce
Realize Apple's weakness is in Web-based services. I have often found that Siri takes a long time to respond to a query when I make an inquiry late in the afternoon in the central time zone, which includes such cities as Chicago, Winnipeg, Dallas, and Mexico city. It is a time when also the peopl

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread David Chittenden
Length of time is server specific. Translation errors have a lot to do with the language Siri is set on. I had my Siri set on Australia so it would talk to me with the Karen voice. When I changed Siri to US (because I am from the US), dictation improved considerably. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCA

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Liz and Sammie
I think that the Apple servers are in overload mode. I have times when Siri is slow to work, or it will say that it can't take my request and to try again later. Then I have had times when it is quite quick to respond. My guess is once things calm down we will have better results from Siri.

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Carol Pearson
Don't know, but haven't been too impressed so far. I am hoping he will learn quickly and get better! Strangely enough, he is faster tonight! What did I say Carol P Sent from my iPhone using MBraille On 28 Sep 2013, at 08:05 pm, Maria and Joe Chapman wrote: HI. I'm actually finding dictation

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. I'm actually finding dictation a lot more accurate. could it possibly be that everyone wants to try out the new siri and so the apple servers are overloaded? Just a thought. Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 29/09/2013, at 1:45 AM, Carol Pearson wrote: > Hi all, > > I

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Jerry White
I have noticed the same thing. I live in North Carolina, USA, and have thought that SIRI has taken a step back in response. I love the automatically listening for a response after SIRI asks a question, but the time between asking a question and getting a response is sometimes large. Also, when u