For all of Siri's flaws and shortcomings, it/she has gotten a little better at context. For instance, I can now ask Siri if it is going to rain today, and follow that up with, "How about tomorrow?" Before iOS 11, when I asked about another day without mentioning rain, I would always get the response back that Siri couldn't find that information, or didn't know what I was talking about. Now though in iOS 11, I have been able to ask those questions and get the right answer back. Siri is not perfect, we all know that. However, it does seem to be gradually getting a little smarter. Is Siri to the level of Alexa, not hardly, but every little bit counts.
Wayne On 9/23/17, phillip tracy <tracyp4...@msn.com> wrote: > Janet, before what you just said starts a firestorm, let me say this. Maybe > you didn't read about all the hype Apple put into claiming in iOS 11 about a > revamped, much smarter Siri. That is in their own words, not mine. If you > really wanted to get picky, you could say that was false advertising. > Everybody knows Siri is not human, and you're getting the wrong impression > if we are misleading you to believe that she is! The point is, we have seen > Siri work much better in the past. The term stupid is not necessarily > referring to Siri as a stupid person, instead, the term stupid is referring > to the fact that much of the added intelligence added to Siri, supposedly, > is either not there at all, or is not functioning if it is. > I would not go so far as to say the people that develop and program Siri are > stupid, but they have become careless, rushing to deliver a product to beat > or keep up with competition, but what good is it if it doesn't work as > promised. They should have considered delaying a little, they need to put > more work in to providing verification of received reported issues and > higher priority into fixing them, especially when it comes to > accessibility. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 23, 2017, at 12:05 PM, John Panarese > <jpanar...@gmail.com<mailto:jpanar...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I've actually not noticed anything different in iOS 11 than iOS 10 with > SIRI. Sometimes, she works brilliantly, and if you take the time to work > with her and learn how to ask things, she does a fantastic job. In other > instances, you get the imp version of SIRI who seems to decide that making > you work for everything is a lot of fun. In cases like that, I have learned > to either restart the phone or just find another way to get at what I want. > I just used SIRI quite successfully to search for restaurant information and > get directions for later today. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, j...@macfortheblind.com<mailto:j...@macfortheblind.com> > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Sep 23, 2017, at 1:02 PM, Mike Ulrich > <mulr...@centurylink.net<mailto:mulr...@centurylink.net>> wrote: > > I too , agree wholeheartedly. Big time PITA! > > Michael D. Ulrich > Just an ordinary average blind guy! > Florida Council of the Blind > Fundraising Committee Member > !**********! > FCB 7th Annual Blind Fishing Tournament! > Saturday March 24, 2018! > Cape Coral Yacht Club; 5819 Driftwood Pkwy. Cape Coral, Fl. 33904 > !**********! > Mike’s home phone: 239-540-7431 > Mike’s cell phone: 239-565-5845 > Mike’s email: mulr...@centurylink.net<mailto:mulr...@centurylink.net> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sadam Ahmed > Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2017 12:42 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>; Mary Otten; > macvisionar...@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Siri is still pretty stupid > > > Good call Marry, > > I still get a lot of somethings gone wrong Sadam. Or, Can you try that > again? > > Google's natural language processing is way better. > > On 24/09/2017 1:06 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > One of my pet peeve's about Siri has been that it is absolutely obtuse when > you asked to find a specific place on a specific street. It will come back > and say I found such and such a place on such and such a Street, does that > look good? Or is that the one you wanted? Well, Siri, since I already gave > you the street name of the store name, and I know there is only one such on > that street, why don't you just give me the phone number I asked for in the > first place? Google does this and so does Alexa. But good old Siri still > can't get this right even in iOS 11. Come on Apple. This is pretty > elementary stuff. What the hell did you do with all your work on Siri, > anyway? Have other people found improvements to Siri in the real world? I > know it can do all sorts of music trivia about which I care not. But what > about real world situations? 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