Siri seems to work pretty much the same for me, whether VoiceOver
is on or off. And, most of the time, I do get an answer relative
to the question I've asked. The difference for me, though, is in
the amount of information that is spoken, as opposed to just
being shown on the screen.
When I asked the temperature in iOS 6, Siri would speak the
temperature and current weather conditions, and I'm thinking even
the predicted high and low temperatures for the day. But, in iOS
7, just the temperature is spoken, and one has to use VoiceOver
to find out if it is cloudy or sunny or rainy. If I asked Siri
to calculate a fifteen percent tip on twelve dollars, I got the
actual answer and other information spoken to me in iOS 6, but I
just get told here is what I got, and then need to use VoiceOver
to find the information in iOS 7. But, then, if I ask Siri how
many feet in a mile, the question is actually answered, and then
there is more information shown on the screen, should I want to
use VoiceOver to read it.
Oh, grin, I'm still using my iPhone 4S. I had thought to go to
the AT&T store yesterday on my every other Wednesday off and see
about trading in my 4S for a 5s, but decided I had better hold
off a bit and see what happens with the government shutdown
first. So, in the meantime, I'm off from work and finally
getting caught up on all my email.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neal Ewers" <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com
Date sent: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:21:29 -0500
Subject: RE: Siri's performance in IOS7
For me, what I get from Siri with VoiceOver on or not on seems to
be quite
random. I can ask it the same question with and without
VoiceOver and there
doesn't seem to be a difference. The difference is the time of
day when I
ask the question, and this depends on a lot of things. Sometimes
when I ask
for temperature, I will hear the temperature in madison is X.
Sometimes, I
will simply hear the temperature. So the answer to the same
question can
change and it seems, at least for me, that it is not voiceover
specific.
Neal
-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf
Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 8:59 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Siri's performance in IOS7
Hi Chris and others,
I have seen a lot of people reporting that apparently for them
SIRI works
better if Voiceover is turned off. While SIRI sometimes tells me
it can't
take a request or do something, usually it works as it should
when it does
things.
Anyhow, I was wondering if anybody has actually taken the time to
document
this behavior in detail and submitted it to
accessibil...@apple.com which
should be the first thing that comes to mind if something doesn't
work and
seems to be so because of Voiceover.
Regards,
Sieghard
-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf
Of Chris H
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 12:36 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7
Thanks.
i know what might have happened.
if i turn VoiceOver off Siri works well and all the way through.
but if i turn VoiceOver on Siri works part way through then die.
E-mail Facebook and iMessage
christopher...@gmail.com
On 01/10/2013 17:50, Eric Whitten wrote:
Siri works better then it did on Ios6. I have a 4s
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 1, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Chris H <christopher...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hello all
when i asked where the nearest mcdonalds was, all was well until
i
asked
to give me directions. then it stopped dead so had to lock the
screen. any
ideas?
E-mail Facebook and iMessage
christopher...@gmail.com
On 01/10/2013 15:53, Brian Moore wrote:
yeah, having some of the same issues. sometimes I get feedback
and
sometimes I don't.
maybe this is a 4s thing but it seemed to work better before the
7.02
upgrade.
Brian.
Contact me on skype: brian.moore
follow me on twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/bmoore123
On 01/10/2013 10:27 AM, Shermeen Khan wrote:
Well, I'll add in my $.02, as i'm checking e-mail anyway and
often
feel I need to jump in LOL.
I, too, have been experiencing problems with siri's
responsiveness.
I am quite the loose-leaf tea addict, so have to set fairly
specific
timers for my tea to brew. When using IOS6, I could simply say
"siri, please set my timer for four minutes and thirty seconds"
and
she would do it instantly. ever since upgrading, I'll ask siri
to
perform the same task (politely of course, because I'm a
Canadian
and that's how we roll), and then i'm usually met by a stoney
silence. I follow that up by frantically swiping around the
screen,
and after a bit more silence, will hear things like "things you
can
tell me. Ask "Where's Brian?" and not only do I not know Brian,
I
honestly couldn't give two flying you know what's about where he
is
at the moment. While this very uninspiring exchange is taking
place
between siri and myself, my tea is sitting there steeping
confusedly, and then I just manually set a timer and try to
account for
the fight I just had with siri.
What gives?
Shermeen
On 9/30/13, Rose Combs <rosecom...@gmail.com> wrote:
My coworker and driver got a 5C Saturday, Siri was very
responsive
compared to my 4S. It did have to think a couple of times when
she
asked it a question, or used an unacceptable word after it told
her
it could not add a contact to her address book.
It was amazing even my Husband's 5 seems slower than her phone
but
then she has no apps but the ones supplied, only had it less
than
24 hours and had no clue about apps.
-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
On
Behalf Of Ricardo Walker
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 10:25 PM
To: viphone
Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7
Hi,
This isn't true 100% of the time. If I tell Siri "Tell Mary I
will
give
her
a call in an hour." At least for me, most of the time the
message
is read back. The times when it isn't, its because VO
interrupts
it for some reason. In this case, I place my finger on the
screen,
and flick to
the
edit field and VO reads the message. I find the error rate to
be
on
par
with that found in IOS 6, Maybe a little bit better. But that
isn't were Siri is really giving people a lot of headaches
though.
Its Siri actually processing your requests. This failure rate
is
way up in IOS 7. I would say its near the levels when it made
its
debut on the iPhone 4S.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Sep 28, 2013, at 2:10 PM, 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
definitely much slower and is also less accurate. In addition
I'm
sometimes not sure if dictated 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
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