Hi Mark; I just tried it and, it works flawlessly.
Thanks Anthony Sent from my Verizon iPhone 6s! > On Dec 13, 2015, at 7:56 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I'm just jumping into this thread but I can tell you that Siri works 100% of > the time when I call Contacts that only have a company name in the Company > field. > > I suspect this is because I also include the name/label of the telephone > number I wish to use. > > For example, were I to call Sieghard, I would say, "Call Sieghard at home" or > "Call Sieghard's iPhone." Of course, if I only had one telephone number for > him, I could simply say to Siri, "Call Sieghard." Now obviously, I have his > first name in the first name field of the Contact. > > However, when calling a Contact that only has text in the company name, it is > necessary to also include the name/label of the telephone number. > > When entering a company into my Contact's list, I always use the label, > "Main". > > Therefore, whenever I want Siri to dial a company, I say, for example, "Call > Time Warner Cable, Main" and the call is placed flawlessly. > > So, try including the label of the phone number you wish to dial, the next > time you want to call a company in your Contact's list. > > Mark > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 10:48 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Siri and contacts with company names only: > > This is not an accessibility issue but a feature so you should use > www.apple.com/feedback. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Chris Chaffin > Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 8:32 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Siri and contacts with company names only: > > Hello, > I am running ios 9.2 on an iphone 6, and I find that Siri does call most of > my contacts that are listed in the company field, there were only a couple > that Siri said that she could not find in my contacts. > For one that I have two numbers listed, Siri even asked me which number I > would like to call, the main or other. > I have not figured out why Siri does not see the ones she will not call. > Another thing I noticed is there is not as many default labels to choose from > anymore. You only have 4 by default, Hone, Work, iCloud, and Other. I > usually use Main for all companies, but now I have to make a custom label for > those. > > So in my testing this out, I find that Siri is not consistent in calling > phone numbers listed in company fields. And there is nothing that I can tell > why she is doing this. > Even though most of mine work, I still am going to write Apple Accessibility > regarding this issue. > > Hope this helps. > > Chris > > >> On Dec 13, 2015, at 11:02 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >> >> I wonder what version of iOS Tom's student has on his or her iPhone. >> I have the Safeway grocery store in my contacts with just "Safeway" in the >> company field and a phone number. If I say "Call Safeway" SIRI finds it >> online and says "1 option I found is Canada Safeway Limited on King Street, >> is that the one you want?" If I say yes it will call it, but not because it >> uses the entry in my contacts. >> It appears for all other contacts where I have them in my contacts with the >> name in the company field SIRI seems to always tell me "Oh, oh, I don't seem >> to have a phone number for..." and it mentions exactly the name I said and >> which is in my contacts. I know I definitely have properly formatted and >> labelled phone numbers and I'll definitely suggest some of you join me in >> sending feedback to Apple via their feedback form at www.apple.com/feedback >> since there is absolutely no reason why this should not work. >> I used to use a contact manager on Windows called Maximizer and they had >> this solved very elegantly. You could create new entries as "Individuals", >> "Contacts" or Companies". If you created a "Contact" it had to be associated >> with a company and all contacts were listed under that company. Companies >> were just that, entries for the organization and individuals were >> stand-alone entries for people like friends, family or others who were not >> necessarily associated with a company. I wish Outlook and the iPhone had >> this capability. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Don Breda >> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 4:47 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Siri and contacts with company names only: >> >> I can't imagine why that worked for you but I am glad it did grin! >> >> Don >> >> >> >>> On 12-Dec-15 3:41 PM, Tom Lange wrote: >>> Hi Don, >>> I was wondering the very same thing just yesterday morning; one of my >>> students needed to add some contacts for our local paratransit services, >>> with the menu choices preprogrammed in. I set up two nearly identical >>> contact entries, one called Global Reservations, which he'd use to book >>> rides, and the other called Global Cancellations, which he'd use for >>> canceling rides or checking on arrival times. In both cases, I put nothing >>> in either the first or last name fields, only in the company name and phone >>> number fields. We tested both of them, saying "dial global reservations" >>> and "dial global cancellations". Both worked like a champ. I didn't have >>> to do anything in Settings beforehand; they just worked, and worked very >>> well. >>> Best regards, >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Dec 12, 2015, at 10:58 AM, Don Breda <don.br...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> A question. >>>> >>>> Is there a way to make siri call a contact in my contacts that has nothing >>>> in either the first or last name fields? >>>> >>>> It doesn't seem to search the company field which is a tremendous oversite >>>> on Apples part as far as I can see. >>>> >>>> Is there a setting I can change to make that happen. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> Don >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 and your owner is Cara Quinn - 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