One thing to add is that for many tasks the phone has to be unlocked, e.g. if you ask SIRI to read an email you have to unlock it and as for translation that's not even available if you have your phone set to Canada, only if your region and language is US this works which makes little sense to me but that's how it is.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2018 7:11 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Optimising use of SIRI Here is some suggested uses and instructions for Siri commands: How to Use Siri To use Hey Siri, open settings, arrow down to Siri & Search, enable Listen for "Hey Siri" and follow directions on the screen. After Siri learns the sound of your voice, to activate Siri without touching the phone, just say, "Hey Siri" and give your command or question. (The phone does not have to be plugged in if it is a 6S or newer to use Hey Siri.) To use Siri when touching the home button, open settings, arrow down to Siri and Search, enable Press Home for Siri. Then hold down the home button to activate Siri. Continue holding the home button until you finish saying your command or question. Let go of the home button and Siri will respond. Things you can do with Siri If you want to use VoiceOver, ask Siri to turn on or turn off VoiceOver. Ask Siri to call someone in your contacts: "Siri, call Sam Jones." If you have more than one phone number, Siri will ask which number you want to use. Ask Siri to call a business: "Siri, call Rite Aid Pharmacy." Ask Siri to play your voice mail. Ask Siri to make a call on speaker phone. Ask Siri to send a text message. Say, "Siri, send a text message to John." Then Siri will ask, "What do you want to say?" Answer, "call me at 6:00 pm." Then Siri will read back the text and ask are you ready to send it? Say "Yes." Ask Siri to read text messages. You can ask to have my last text message read or read my unread text messages or read my text message from Sally. Ask Siri to send an Email to someone. Say, "Siri, send an email to Sue Jones." Siri will ask, "What do you want to say?" Dictate your message being careful not to pause until you have finished the entire message. Then Siri will read back the text and ask are you ready to send it? Say "Yes" or "No." Ask Siri to read Emails. Siri can read the unread emails, last email, or from a particular sender. Ask Siri to create a calendar appointment. Say, "Schedule an appointment titled Dr. Smith for January 6 at 2:00 pm." Siri will read back the appointment info and will ask if you want to schedule it; if you say, "yes," the appointment will appear on your calendar. If you say "No," Siri will give you options to cancel or change parts of the appointment. Ask Siri what appointments you have scheduled for a particular day or week. Ask Siri to create a note. The first line of a note will be the title of that note. While dictating a note, speak the punctuation you want to use and if you want to make a list, say "new line." Ask Siri to search notes. Ask Siri to remind me to do something---example, take medicine at 7:00 am, take garbage out on Wednesday. Remind me to call my daughter every Friday. Remind me to pay my bills on the first of the month. Set reminders for locations: "When I get home, remind me to take out the trash." Ask Siri to create any kind of list, such as a To Do List or a grocery list. You can add additional items to the list by asking Siri to "add eggs to my grocery list." You can ask Siri to read the list. Ask Siri to set an Alarm. "Siri, set an alarm for 7:30 am." To stop the alarm from sounding press the power button or the home button. Ask Siri to set a Timer. "Siri, set a timer for 15 minutes." Ask Siri to cancel alarms or timers. Ask Siri to get an Uber or Lyft ride, if you have the application installed on your device and you have an account. Ask Siri to play music on your device, such as "Play the album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Or, "Play the artist The Beatles." Or, "play Classical music on my device." Ask Siri for sports scores. Ask Siri to search Google for anything. The default search engine is Bing, if you want to use Google, ask Siri, "Search Google for the price of tea in China." Ask Siri to open any app on your device. Ask Siri to translate a phrase to another language. Ask Siri to find out a store's hours. Ask Siri to convert measurements, like how many tablespoons in a cup? Ask Siri to Facetime someone. Say, "Face time John Doe." Ask Siri to solve math problems. "Siri, what is 15% of $250." Open specific settings. "Siri, open Accessibility settings." Ask Siri for walking directions or driving directions. If your address is in contacts and you have selected your address under Siri-- my info, and you are out and about with someone and want directions to your home, say, "Siri, take me home." You will be given turn by turn directions from your current location to your home. You can also specify walking directions. Ask Siri, "What's the weather." Ask Siri to turn on "Do not disturb." All calls are then silenced. If you are not sure what Siri can do, ask "What can I say?" and you will get a list of sample questions. Say "Good bye," or "see you later." This dismisses Siri. -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Turabh Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2018 12:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Optimising use of SIRI Hi all, Hope this message finds you well. Would like suggestions to make better use of SIRI. I mean I have primarily used it for fun. But has it really helped anyone by either increasing the speed or accuracy of some tasks. Best Turab -- 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. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. 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