Personally, I find dictation to be much more accurate now. Note: I do not usually use Siri, I primarily use dictation.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 29 Sep 2013, at 7:10, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For those of you using Siri and iOS 7, here are a few questions specifically > related to dictation. > I understand that Siri no longer reads back the text it has inserted when you > do dictation. How then do you efficiently understand whether the text that > has been inserted is correct? In iOS 6, this is easy because Siri reads it > back. > I have found that the error rate is very good in iOS 6. So most of the time, > I don't have to hunt for anything to correct it, making the read back by far > the most efficient means of knowing if my text is okay. > So, how is the error rate in iOS 7 compared with that of iOS 6? It seems that > there are varying reports on this topic. I use dictation a lot, such as in > this message. And I will not upgrade if the ability to use it to write longer > messages is seriously degraded. Yet one more reason to wait. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 28, 2013, at 11:03 AM, "Jerry White" <midwa...@surry.net> wrote: >> >> I have noticed the same thing. I live in North Carolina, USA, and have >> thought that SIRI has taken a step back in response. I love the >> automatically listening for a response after SIRI asks a question, but the >> time between asking a question and getting a response is sometimes large. >> >> Also, when using dictate in messaging, I sometimes have to move focus away >> from the message pane and back to get the text read. >> >> Thanks for letting me know I'm not crazy, well, not this time, anyway! LOL! >> Jerry >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Carol Pearson >> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 11:45 AM >> To: VI Phone Users >> Subject: Siri's performance in IOS7 >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm wondering if Siri's performance differs between various countries, or >> even within the same. >> >> We have noted an increased speed and performance when it comes to asking >> Siri a question but it seems that dictation has taken quite a step backwards >> for myself and other friends with whom I've spoken here in the UK. >> >> First, the time between dictating and text appearing at my end is definiqly >> much slower and is also less accurate. In addition I'm sometimes not sure if >> didtated text has been processed because of the lack of speech from Siri who >> doesn't read aloud text as processed or even say "Done". >> >> Have you noticed these things, do you know why we should experience these >> difficulties and do you agree that this should be reported to Apple? >> >> >> Carol P >> Sent from my iPhone using MBraille >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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