If you ask for directions for a specific place, try to be a specific as possible. I've found that you will get options that are quite comical and will be across the country from you. I've figured out by trial and error that if you can be as specific as possible, your results tend to fall in the parameters you'd expect. When I just asked for information on the restaurant I was interested in, for example, I made sure I included, Saint James New York, as part of the request.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, [email protected] Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > On Sep 23, 2017, at 11:50 AM, David & his pack of dogs > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Agreed. Wait till you use the dictation function and ask for directions to a > certain place and it gives you direction to a city hundreds of Killometers > away. As in another State. I should try it with Fort Macmurry? I wonder if > it would give me directions to the closest McDonalds, thinking I am asking > for a Mcflurry? I really has trouble with a city outside a world reknowned > ski resort, Whistler B C Canada. The city is called Squamish, where I had a > potential job. It never could understand what I was saying and would always > give me directions to places in California. Maybe she wanted a warmer > climate? LOL. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn > Sent: September 23, 2017 8:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Siri is still pretty stupid > > Hi, > > While I understand your frustration with the redundancy and somewhat > meaningless back and forth banter, I believe that it is just a confirmation > sort of thing due to the fact that mistakes can be made in translation. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Sep 23, 2017, at 09:06, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > > One of my pet peeve's about Siri has been that it is absolutely obtuse when > you asked to find a specific place on a specific street. It will come back > and say I found such and such a place on such and such a Street, does that > look good? Or is that the one you wanted? Well, Siri, since I already gave > you the street name of the store name, and I know there is only one such on > that street, why don't you just give me the phone number I asked for in the > first place? Google does this and so does Alexa. But good old Siri still > can't get this right even in iOS 11. Come on Apple. This is pretty elementary > stuff. What the hell did you do with all your work on Siri, anyway? Have > other people found improvements to Siri in the real world? I know it can do > all sorts of music trivia about which I care not. But what about real world > situations? You know, like when you want a phone number and don't want to > engage in meaningless back-and-forth with your so called Assistant? > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > 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 Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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