Hi Arnold, What exactly do you mean by "it is unable to do it if I am listening via my phone's speaker"? I just played Maggie May by Rod Stewart on my Sonos system in the bedroom. I asked SIRI "What song is this", SIRI said "OK, let me listen" and it made the beeps again when it's listening and after about 3 or 4 seconds it said "I'm pretty sure this is Maggie May by Rod Stewart, but please don't ask me to sing it".
Now, there is some inconsistency here because a while back I asked SIRI what song was playing and it would persistently tell me the song that was queued up to play on my iPhone instead of going into listening mode so it could listen to music externally. Today when I just did this I started playing Hotel California on my iPhone and then I asked SIRI again and each time no matter how I asked SIRI would start listening wanting to tell me what song it heard instead of telling me what was currently playing on my phone. I even asked "What song is currently playing on my iPhone" and all to no avail. I find SIRI does really well identifying songs that are playing externally, but I should still be able to ask SIRI what is playing on my phone, too. This is just one more example showing on the one hand how smart SIRI can be but also how dum and limited it ccan be. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Arnold Schmidt Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 4:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: sound hound vs shazam? And, I have observed it work the other way, too. Unfortunately though, there have been more times when neither of them knew what the song was. When this happened, the skeptic in me wondered if they both used the same database? I hope not.] And if that be true, I am sure neither would admit it. One more reason to have at least one of these apps on your phone: When I ask Siri to identify a song, it is unable to do it if I am listening via my phone's speaker. Both the apps can identify a song when it is playing through the phone's speaker. Arnold Schmidt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Woody Anna Dresner" <wadres...@att.net> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 11:16 AM Subject: Re: sound hound vs shazam? > Hi, > > There have been times when Shazam didn't identify something and Sound > Hound did, so I would recommend having Sound Hound as a backup. > > Best, > Anna > > > >> On Mar 10, 2016, at 11:45 PM, trahern culver <sound.warrio...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> thanks man :) >> >> -- >> 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 - 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 post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://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 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 - > 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 post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://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 V iPhone list. 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