That is bizarre. This is still happening to me. I just tried it again. Is anyone else experiencing this? On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Jamie Pauls <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am using voice dictation to reply to this message and using the word period > at the end of my sentences with no problem. I did have to edit manually to > insert that word in the middle of the sentence, however. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 23, 2013, at 10:13 PM, Nicholas Parsons >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> HI Christine and all, >> I'm Australian and until recently used Siri in Australian English with >> VoiceOver's default language also being Australian English. Ever since Siri >> could understand punctuation, I think sometime back in iOS 5, I used the >> word "full stop" and Siri understood this fine. After upgrading to iOS 7 I >> switched Siri's language to US English as I wanted the awesome new voices. >> To my surprise, Siri still knew what I meant when I said full stop. I >> thought I might need to start saying "period" or using other American words >> or phrases but Siri seems to react perfectly fine to my Australian English. >> Although this is great for me, it does seem difficult for Americans if Siri >> can't understand what period means in context. I'm wondering, does it depend >> on your phone's language setting rather than Siri' language setting? Also, >> even when it was working, how would it react when you used the word "period" >> in other contexts? For instance, "The great depression was a difficult >> period for many people," or "What class do you have next period?" >> Cheers, >> Nic >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
