It might not matter, but if your contact is "Family Dollar", don't say "the". So, try "remind me to buy soap when I get to Family Dollar". This seems odd at first, but it makes sense in many cases - you would not say "when I get to the Wal-Mart", for instance.
As I said, I have no idea if it will work better, but give it a shot. Also be sure to look at the text Siri transcribes so you are sure every word is being interpreted correctly. On Jul 6, 2013, at 1:52 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Alex, > > Not sure what the issue is with my phone, as I just tried both Remind me to > buy soap when I get to the Family Dollar, and remind me to buy soap when I > leave the Family Dollar, and then Siri says ok, when would you like to be > reminded. It doesn't seem to understand the Family Dollar is a location and > in my contacts, it seems to think get and leave are part of the reminder. Any > ideas? > On Jul 6, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I just use Siri. For arrivals, try the keyword "get", as in "remind me to so >> something when I get home", or "remind me to buy something when I get to >> Family Dollar Store". You can also replace "get" with "leave", as in "remind >> me to pick up my prescription when I leave here". >> On Jul 6, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I have listened to a few podcasts on setting a location reminder, but can't >>> seem to do it either through Siri or manually. With Siri, it keeps saying >>> she doesn't understand when I say when I arrive at Family Dollar Store, and >>> I have put the store into my contacts. Manually there just seems to be an >>> address field with no way to enter a contact name. Has anyone done this? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
