Hey, that's awesome! I'm glad you can now do this, as I tend to be a panicer in bad situations, and that's when I would most want a phone with a physical keypad. This way, though, I don't have to worry about being clumsy; ones perception of time always stretches in high-stress situations like that. I also agree with you about the delay being a good feature.
Thanks, Ari > On Aug 27, 2015, at 10:22 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > A year or two ago there was a discussion about how to best call 9 1 1 in a > true emergency situation. Many on the list expressed concern that their > dialing skills are maybe not so good and they were afraid that in a real > emergency and under a lot of stress they may not be able to quickly bring up > the emergency call screen from the lock screen and dial 9 1 1. At the time > various apps were discussed as literally dozens of them exist to help with > this. Some are very basic and others offer more features like dialing other > emergency contacts or making it easy to send one’s GPS coordinates to the 9 1 > 1 operator. > When this discussion took place, it was not possible to call 9 1 1 by telling > SIRI to “Call 9 1 1”. SIRI would inform you at that point that she couldn’t > do that. Recently I heard a Podcast where a situation was mentioned where a > young guy got pinned under his car when he was doing repairs and his jack > collapsed. Apparently he had his iPhone in his pocket and was somehow able to > activate SIRI and shout “Call 9 1 1”. My first thought was that this is > nonsense since it doesn’t work. Then I thought that maybe things changed so I > simply tried it. I told SIRI to “Call 9 1 1” and surprise surprise, SIRI > replied “Calling emergency services in 5 seconds”. Of course at that point I > quickly hung up since I didn’t really want to call, but it is good to know > that one can now use SIRI in case of emergency to reach a 9 1 1 operator. I > think the 5 second delay is a good way to prevent accidental calls and it > allows one to try it out. Just make sure you have a reliable way to hang up > before the call goes through, probably best with the Earpods where you can > simply press the hang up button on the headset remote. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone 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 VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone 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 VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
