Agreed. I think I remember when Siri actually would read an email. But, Alexa does now, not perfectly, but pretty good. Frankly, I like the Alexa voice better anyway.
Richard "The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it." - John Ruskin, 1819-1900 Web site: www.turner42.com<http://www.turner42.com> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 5:52 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: reading e-mail on iphone while exercising You are correct, I guess I haven't tried this in a long time, but now it's even worse than you say, I just asked SIRI to read my latest email and she said "Here's an email" and that was it. On the screen when I checked it a Netflix email was displayed so I asked "Read my email from Netflix" and she said "You have 1 email from Netflix" and nothing else, no subject, nothing else. Really makes you wonder what Apple is thinking of, SIRI is 10 years old this year and they came out with SIRI 3 years before Amazon released Alexa, they should be ashamed and embarrassed. From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 5:42 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: reading e-mail on iphone while exercising Actually, have you asked Siri to read an email lately? She will tell you who it is from and the subject, and that's it. P:Pretty useless. Richard "The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it." - John Ruskin, 1819-1900 Web site: www.turner42.com<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.turner42.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cee2c2af6fc2c478f48e308d90f600ed0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637557727702900459%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=34S%2BrnDpGaaYwq7qRio4KKDXrIo%2BMcEEk%2BqnwSkxBCM%3D&reserved=0> From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 5:38 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: reading e-mail on iphone while exercising If she only wants to read an email which just came in all she has to do is ask SIRI to do so. I for one of course ask myself why I would want to pay attention to emails during my 20 or 30 minutes of exercise time just as I very rarely check a notification which comes in while I am having dinner. From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 2:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: reading e-mail on iphone while exercising If she wants to learn all the Voice Control commands, that could work, but is a lot. I think a better solution is one I just learned about. You can connect the Amazon Alexa app to your email and calendar and access your email and calendar totally hands free. I just tested it with my Microsoft email and calendar. Here is the welcome letter after setting this up which gives you an idea of what you can do. Congratulations on linking your calendar and email account with Alexa. Here are a few tips to get started. Stay on top of your day "Alexa, what's on my calendar?" "Alexa, add a new event." "Alexa, check my email." "Alexa, cancel my appointment tomorrow." Alexa can help with reviewing your upcoming calendar, and can also add, delete, and move events to a new time. Check your emails, and reply, delete, or mark as important, and get more done hands-free. Never miss an important event Get calendar notifications from Alexa by visiting Settings > Calendar & Email in your Alexa app, and selecting the account you want to enable. Add Calendar and Email to your Alexa Routine Create an Alexa Routine, where a series of tasks are done with one command. For example, say "Alexa, good morning" and hear your schedule for the day, the weather, and your latest emails. "Alexa, good morning." "Alexa, start my day." To enable custom Routines in minutes, follow the steps in your Alexa app under Routines. Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new productivity features. 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