, Yes, that is definitely easier. I suppose I also don't like Safari much. You 
know what, I'm not always so negative!

Deidre


> On Jun 7, 2016, at 10:16 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> All you have to do to get SIRI to bring up google results instead of Bing 
> results is say "Search Google for" followed by what you want to search for.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> Deidre Muccio
> Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 4:41 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Siri, YouTube
> 
> Now that you mention it, that is always at the top of my results Bing. I have 
> downloaded Google so maybe I'll try that and see if I get better results.
> 
> Deidre
> 
> 
>> On Jun 7, 2016, at 6:42 AM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Last I knew, Apple used Bing, but there was talk they were looking into 
>> their own search engine.
>> 
>>> On 07/06/16 02:58, 'RobH.' via VIPhone wrote:
>>> I'm not sure if Apple have their own search engine servers, I thought 
>>> siri might just submit any search term to the big boys like google, 
>>> then filter the responses before sending it you back.  Global web crawling 
>>> is not really Apple's thing, so a bit of an error if they have one 
>>> dedicated for siri's use.
>>> Some of the big names don't even do the crawling for themselves,  
>>> they submit the search term to all the other biggest ones and combine the 
>>> results. Apple could try that, but how to then filter would then be an 
>>> issue.
>>> 
>>> In short, I don't necessarily know an answer,  but am just looking at some 
>>> of the related questions or issues.
>>> 
>>> BobH.
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Deidre Muccio" <[email protected]>
>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 9:42 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Siri, YouTube
>>> 
>>> 
>>> OK, I understand all this, but I guess my question is a little out 
>>> there since you don't seem to understand what I'm asking. Or nobody 
>>> else knows what I'm asking either! I just don't know why Siri's 
>>> performance is so miserable at times when asking her to look 
>>> something up or find something or answer a question. On the contrary 
>>> when I plug something into a search engine I get far better results. 
>>> I suppose these are two different systems of gathering information
>>> 
>>> Deidre
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 6, 2016, at 3:47 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Whenever you are dictating it's like you are writing the 
>>>> information, except for any potential mistakes SIRI will put exactly 
>>>> what you say. Dictation is also done via SIRI, but it is just voice 
>>>> recognition just the same as when you dictate a text message. Then if you 
>>>> dictate a phrase or whatever and you are in the Youtube search box then of 
>>>> course whatever is found is up to how Youtube matches what you said.
>>>> If you use SIRI and ask "When was Albert Einstein's birthday" or 
>>>> something similar the answer depends on what sources SIRI has 
>>>> available and is checking for answers. Here SIRI is not as good as other 
>>>> virtual assistants such as the one from Google which seems to come up with 
>>>> useful information more often.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
>>>> Behalf Of Deidre Muccio
>>>> Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 12:27 PM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: Siri, YouTube
>>>> 
>>>> I guess what I was noticing is that when I dictate a query in the 
>>>> search field in YouTube I can use very natural speech and it brings 
>>>> me up pretty near exactly what I'm looking for. When I asked Siri a 
>>>> question what determines whether she'll be able to answer it or not? What 
>>>> she will find? Why is the performance so much less able to recognize the 
>>>> nature of the information I am seeking?
>>>> 
>>>> Deidre
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jun 6, 2016, at 12:56 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sorry if I am not understanding the question, but what does Youtube 
>>>>> have to do with SIRI or search engines? Youtube is a site to share 
>>>>> videos, you can upload or consume all sorts of content from the latest 
>>>>> music videos to TV shows, but it is not a general search engine like 
>>>>> Google or Bing.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Sieghard
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
>>>>> Behalf Of Deidre Muccio
>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 8:27 AM
>>>>> To: Viphone <[email protected]>
>>>>> Subject: Siri, YouTube
>>>>> 
>>>>> The word in the last post that was garbled should have been YouTube
>>>>> 
>>>>> Deidre
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