I'm out of ideas, sorry. Maybe Google can help more - you can't be the only one to ever experience this problem. On Jul 6, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Alex, Yeah I already had tried it with and without the the in my > dictation. I even deleted the contact for Family Dollar and found all the > info again and manually entered it as a contact, this time adding the zip > code, still it doesn't work. Just tried arrive at Family Dollar, Arrive > Family Dollar, and Siri still says it doesn't understand. Even tried doing > this with another store down the street, and it didn't work either. > Amazingly, I tried setting a location reminder for my Mom's which is in > another state, and of course that worked fine. I have also tried just listing > Family Dollar as a store in contacts, and then with a First name of Family > and last name Dollar so it would look like a person and neither works, very > frustrating > On Jul 6, 2013, at 2:35 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> > > -- > 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.
