Wayne, That sounds good, however, if you get to a point where you feel SIRI understands you better than your fiance you better seek professional help *smile*.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 8:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 I was skeptical of Siri when I heard of it last year with the 4S. I stuck with my iPhone 4 and wondered what all the fuss was about. It sounded interesting, but nothing I would really use. Since I have gotten an iPhone 5 2 weeks ago, I have started using Siri and the dictation feature on the virtual keyboard a lot more. I still have times when the dictation or Siri will misunderstand me. Sometimes it has happened 3 or 4 times in a row with Siri and I gave up. With dictation, it happens the first time but the second time it gets what I'm saying correct. I use it most often when filling out the mobile web form to schedule taxi service with my local cab company. I used to use the Apple Bluetooth keyboard for this task, but now I can just speak my phrases for what I want to fill in the various fields, or use the virtual keyboard to type in corrections or short items in the fields. Last night was the crowning moment for me and when I knew that Siri was going to be very helpful. I was riding with my fiance and we were trying to make our way back from going out to eat. She's someone who relies heavily on GPS. She pulled over and when she was typing in the GPS our destination, i asked Siri to direct us to my home address. I recall hearing on a podcast recently that you need to turn VoiceOver off when in the maps app and when getting spoken directions. I did this, and soon afterward, we started getting exact directions. We even went off route since we were not able to make a certain turn, and the voice caught it and redirected us back to the original route. Both my fiance and I were very impressed with the task and Siri's performance in maps. It's a nice feeling to be able to ask Siri how to get to a certain address and be told exactly where to go. Siri and I are not communicating perfectly all of the time yet, but we're getting there, and possibilities are starting to form for me for things I can use Siri and dictation for. when I heard of people last year that used dictation, I found myself asking, "Why not just type in the item you lazy person?" Now though, it is so much easier to say what you want typed in and then do short corrections, rather than messing with typing things in. I am not to the point of dictating medium to long text messages correctly every time, but slowly getting there. Regards, Wayne Merritt On 10/24/12, Raul A. Gallegos <r...@raulgallegos.com> wrote: > Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of > interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get > more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri > what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by > speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. > However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, > or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying > otherwise. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > "The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once." > - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 > > On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: >> Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It >> seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. >> >> >> Christopher Hallsworth >> >> On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >>> Hi Chris, >>> >>> I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time >>> both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for >>> dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not >>> turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say >>> "Text Christopher Hallsworth" >>> and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message >>> to say, SIRI will say something ike "What do you want to say to >>> Christopher Hallsworth". If you have Voiceover on you have to double >>> tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is >>> off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf Of Chris >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 >>> >>> Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as >>> at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an >>> iPhone 4s or 5. >>> >>> >>> Christopher Hallsworth >>> >>> On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >>>> Hello Chris. >>>> >>>> Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. >>>> >>>> Kawal. >>>> >>>> On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is >>>>> the >>> fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said >>> hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very >>> well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the >>> Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need >>> VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. >>>>> I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice >>> Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like >>> my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! >>>>> Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. >>>>> I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it >>>>> no >>> problem. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Christopher Hallsworth >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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