And how can I make Siri as smart as a Bumblebee when I ask her to dial or call a phone number that is already in my contacts? Half the time she acts like those contacts do not exist.
Deidre > On Nov 13, 2017, at 1:48 AM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > CNET How To - Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 5:00 AM > 4 ways to make Siri smarter on your iPhone - CNET > Sure, Siri sounds a bit less like a robot in iOS 11, but Apple's digital > assistant still fails to understand me and mispronounces names. Siri is also > more useful if she (my Siri has a British female voice, so I'll refer to > Siri as a "she" here) knows my daily haunts and connects with any supported > apps. > Learn four easy ways to improve Siri's smarts. > 1. > Train Siri to hear you better > If you have the "Hey Siri" feature enabled and Siri frequently fails to > spring to life when you utter the magic words, then it's time to start over > and retrain Siri. Go to Settings > Siri & Search and toggle the switch off > and back on again for Listen for "Hey Siri." You'll go through the setup > process again of training Siri to recognize your voice. > Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET > > 2. > Connect apps like Uber and Lyft to Siri > Apple opened up Siri to third-party apps with iOS 10 but supported apps are > still few and far between. And Siri is shy with such apps, waiting on you to > make the introduction before they begin talking to one another. To check if > an app has Siri support, go to Settings > Siri & Search and tap on an app > from the list. If you see a toggle switch for Use with Siri, then the app is > supported. Toggle it on and you can, for example, ask Siri to get you an > Uber or a Lyft without touching either app. > Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET > > 3. > Correct Siri when she's wrong > Siri makes her best guess at pronouncing names but, like teachers on the > first day of school and John Travolta at awards shows, doesn't always get it > right. You can, however, teach Siri how to correctly pronounce names in your > Contacts. > Siri, for example, goes 0 for 2 with Charlize Theron's name, butchering both > the Oscar winner's first and last names. Tell Siri to "learn how to > pronounce Charlize Theron" or if she has mispronounced it already, you can > say, "That's not how you say that." > Siri will quickly get over any embarrassment and ask, "OK, how do you > pronounce the name (Charlize)?" Say the name correctly, and Siri will listen > and offer you a few pronunciation choices. You can play each option and > select the one that sounds the best. After sorting out the first name, Siri > will then take you through the same process for the last name. > Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET > > 4. > Tell Siri where you live and work > My favorite kind of reminders are location-based reminders. "Remind me to > change over the laundry when I get home" or "Remind me to buy milk when I > leave work" or "Remind me to drop off that form when I get to school." > Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET > In order for Siri to perform this location-based magic, she needs to know > where you live, work and go to school. You'll also need to enable location > services for reminders. > First, open Contacts, find your listing, tap Edit and then tap add address. > You there are labels for home and work but you can add a custom label that > Siri will understand such as "school." > The second step is go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services and make > sure location services are turned on (toggle switch at the top) and enabled > for Reminders (scroll down until you find it in your list of apps). > Read more: Type instead of talk to Siri with iOS 11 > > Original Article At: > https://www.cnet.com/how-to/4-ways-to-make-siri-smarter-on-your-iphone/#ftag > =CAD5457c2c > > > -- > 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. 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