Does it have something to do with your language setting? The VoiceOver language, the global iPhone language or the Siri language? Do you have all three set to US English?
On 25/10/2013, at 5:23 AM, Jamie Pauls <[email protected]> wrote: That is exactly what I am doing. Very strange. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 24, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I’m not using Siri, just straight dictation. >> 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. -- 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.
