Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
We have a storm off the coast today, so when I got up a while ago, I asked Siri, what is the wind speed. She said, the wind speed is 20 miles per hour NE and named my town. I thought that was pretty neat. I'll be checking on it through the day. Lois -Original Message- From: James Mannion Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 11:24 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 That is the big disadvantage in my opinion of using the weather app that comes in IOS or SIRI getting data from it. Yahoo weather just doesn't seem to be all that accurate, especially in microclimates. I'm sure people's experiences probably differ though. On 10/25/12, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, it gets it from the local weather app which comes on the iPhone. I think the app gets it from Yahoo weather if I remember right. Although you can ask Siri about the weather in different cities all over the world, I think it still uses the same weather source and I don't think you can change it. -- Raul A. Gallegos Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. - Mark Twain Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/25/2012 1:10 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. wrote: Does Siri pull the weather data from the native weather app? Is there a way to get Siri to read weather from other apps, such as MenuWeather? MenuWeather seems to more accurately reflect the weather condisions in my micro-climate. Thanks. Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Just say, what's the weather today and she will tell you. If Voice Over is off she'll just tell you the temp, but if Voice Over is on, you will get the temp, plus whatever shows up on the screen. Like the high and low for the day. -- Raul A. Gallegos The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. - Mark Twain Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/25/2012 12:55 PM, Chris wrote: It would appear the weather is also displayed rather than spoken according to yesterday's mess about. So how do you get Siri to speak the weather then? Christopher Hallsworth On 25/10/2012 02:38, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Hello Wayne, one thing which I want to mention is that I believe if Siri doesn't understand something you say, you can double-tap the edit field and correct it and it should learn from that and so as time goes on, it will eventually learn your speech patterns. I know that Dragon Dictation does this, and assume Siri does as well. -- Raul A. Gallegos In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. - Robert Frost Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 11:06 PM, Wayne Merritt wrote: I was skeptical of Siri when I heard of it last year with the 4S. I stuck with my iPhone 4 and wondered what all the fuss was about. It sounded interesting, but nothing I would really use. Since I have gotten an iPhone 5 2 weeks ago, I have started using Siri and the dictation feature on the virtual keyboard a lot more. I still have times when the dictation or Siri will misunderstand me. Sometimes it has happened 3 or 4 times in a row with Siri and I gave up. With dictation, it happens the first time but the second time it gets what I'm saying correct. I use it most often when filling out the mobile web form to schedule taxi service with my local cab company. I used to use the Apple Bluetooth keyboard for this task, but now I can just speak my phrases for what I want to fill in the various fields, or use the virtual keyboard to type in corrections or short items in the fields. Last night was the crowning moment for me and when I knew that Siri was going to be very helpful. I was riding with my fiance and we were trying to make our way back from going out to eat. She's someone who relies heavily on GPS. She pulled over and when she was typing in the GPS our destination, i asked Siri to direct us to my home address. I recall hearing on a podcast recently that you need to turn VoiceOver off when in the maps app and when getting spoken directions. I did this, and soon afterward, we started getting exact directions. We even went off route since we were not able to make a certain turn, and the voice caught it and redirected us back to the original route. Both my fiance and I were very impressed with the task and Siri's performance in maps. It's a nice feeling to be able to ask Siri how to get to a certain address and be told exactly where to go. Siri and I are not communicating perfectly all of the time yet, but we're getting there, and possibilities are starting to form for me for things I can use Siri and dictation for. when I heard of people last year that used dictation, I found myself asking, Why not just type in the item you lazy person? Now though, it is so much easier to say what you want typed in and then do short corrections, rather than messing with typing things in. I am not to the point of dictating medium to long text messages correctly every time, but slowly getting there. Regards, Wayne Merritt On 10/24/12, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
It works really nicely for me on my iPhone 5. Debbie - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:26 PM Subject: RE: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Thanks Wayne for this summary report... A quick question for someone who is still waiting for his iPhone V and hasn't played with Siri yet... What is the difference between dictation and Siri? Is dictation a separate, pre-installed app? How do you know which one to use? Thanks, Brian Miller -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 I was skeptical of Siri when I heard of it last year with the 4S. I stuck with my iPhone 4 and wondered what all the fuss was about. It sounded interesting, but nothing I would really use. Since I have gotten an iPhone 5 2 weeks ago, I have started using Siri and the dictation feature on the virtual keyboard a lot more. I still have times when the dictation or Siri will misunderstand me. Sometimes it has happened 3 or 4 times in a row with Siri and I gave up. With dictation, it happens the first time but the second time it gets what I'm saying correct. I use it most often when filling out the mobile web form to schedule taxi service with my local cab company. I used to use the Apple Bluetooth keyboard for this task, but now I can just speak my phrases for what I want to fill in the various fields, or use the virtual keyboard to type in corrections or short items in the fields. Last night was the crowning moment for me and when I knew that Siri was going to be very helpful. I was riding with my fiance and we were trying to make our way back from going out to eat. She's someone who relies heavily on GPS. She pulled over and when she was typing in the GPS our destination, i asked Siri to direct us to my home address. I recall hearing on a podcast recently that you need to turn VoiceOver off when in the maps app and when getting spoken directions. I did this, and soon afterward, we started getting exact directions. We even went off route since we were not able to make a certain turn, and the voice caught it and redirected us back to the original route. Both my fiance and I were very impressed with the task and Siri's performance in maps. It's a nice feeling to be able to ask Siri how to get to a certain address and be told exactly where to go. Siri and I are not communicating perfectly all of the time yet, but we're getting there, and possibilities are starting to form for me for things I can use Siri and dictation for. when I heard of people last year that used dictation, I found myself asking, Why not just type in the item you lazy person? Now though, it is so much easier to say what you want typed in and then do short corrections, rather than messing with typing things in. I am not to the point of dictating medium to long text messages correctly every time, but slowly getting there. Regards, Wayne Merritt On 10/24/12, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Hi, the dictation is a microphone button which is available any time that the keyboard is up. It's not technically Siri. Now, Siri is the virtual assistant which can send text messages as well, but it's an interactive thing. I hope that clears it up. -- Raul A. Gallegos A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip. Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/25/2012 7:24 AM, Brian Miller wrote: Thanks Wayne for this summary report... A quick question for someone who is still waiting for his iPhone V and hasn't played with Siri yet... What is the difference between dictation and Siri? Is dictation a separate, pre-installed app? How do you know which one to use? Thanks, Brian Miller -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 I was skeptical of Siri when I heard of it last year with the 4S. I stuck with my iPhone 4 and wondered what all the fuss was about. It sounded interesting, but nothing I would really use. Since I have gotten an iPhone 5 2 weeks ago, I have started using Siri and the dictation feature on the virtual keyboard a lot more. I still have times when the dictation or Siri will misunderstand me. Sometimes it has happened 3 or 4 times in a row with Siri and I gave up. With dictation, it happens the first time but the second time it gets what I'm saying correct. I use it most often when filling out the mobile web form to schedule taxi service with my local cab company. I used to use the Apple Bluetooth keyboard for this task, but now I can just speak my phrases for what I want to fill in the various fields, or use the virtual keyboard to type in corrections or short items in the fields. Last night was the crowning moment for me and when I knew that Siri was going to be very helpful. I was riding with my fiance and we were trying to make our way back from going out to eat. She's someone who relies heavily on GPS. She pulled over and when she was typing in the GPS our destination, i asked Siri to direct us to my home address. I recall hearing on a podcast recently that you need to turn VoiceOver off when in the maps app and when getting spoken directions. I did this, and soon afterward, we started getting exact directions. We even went off route since we were not able to make a certain turn, and the voice caught it and redirected us back to the original route. Both my fiance and I were very impressed with the task and Siri's performance in maps. It's a nice feeling to be able to ask Siri how to get to a certain address and be told exactly where to go. Siri and I are not communicating perfectly all of the time yet, but we're getting there, and possibilities are starting to form for me for things I can use Siri and dictation for. when I heard of people last year that used dictation, I found myself asking, Why not just type in the item you lazy person? Now though, it is so much easier to say what you want typed in and then do short corrections, rather than messing with typing things in. I am not to the point of dictating medium to long text messages correctly every time, but slowly getting there. Regards, Wayne Merritt On 10/24/12, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Hi, For those of you using Siri with VoiceOver I just wanted to remind anyone interested that it is not necessary to double tap the listen button precisely. You can just to figure double tap anywhere on the screen and Siri will listen. Hope this helps some people, Ioana Sent from my iPhone On Oct 24, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
It would appear the weather is also displayed rather than spoken according to yesterday's mess about. So how do you get Siri to speak the weather then? Christopher Hallsworth On 25/10/2012 02:38, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Just say, what's the weather today and she will tell you. If Voice Over is off she'll just tell you the temp, but if Voice Over is on, you will get the temp, plus whatever shows up on the screen. Like the high and low for the day. -- Raul A. Gallegos The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. - Mark Twain Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/25/2012 12:55 PM, Chris wrote: It would appear the weather is also displayed rather than spoken according to yesterday's mess about. So how do you get Siri to speak the weather then? Christopher Hallsworth On 25/10/2012 02:38, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Hi, I'm a very new iPhone user and I have to admit that this iPhone 5 with Siri is terrific. Only thing, I'm being told Siri isn't available. I have several questions: 1) What did I do to disable Siri? 2) How do I enable Siri again? Thanks! Holland's Boy, Bill Pray For Wisdom: O Lord, I beseech Thee, Keep Thine arm about my shoulder and Thine hand upon my mouth . . . . . . . . AMEN! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Does Siri pull the weather data from the native weather app? Is there a way to get Siri to read weather from other apps, such as MenuWeather? MenuWeather seems to more accurately reflect the weather condisions in my micro-climate. Thanks. Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Just say, what's the weather today and she will tell you. If Voice Over is off she'll just tell you the temp, but if Voice Over is on, you will get the temp, plus whatever shows up on the screen. Like the high and low for the day. -- Raul A. Gallegos The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. - Mark Twain Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/25/2012 12:55 PM, Chris wrote: It would appear the weather is also displayed rather than spoken according to yesterday's mess about. So how do you get Siri to speak the weather then? Christopher Hallsworth On 25/10/2012 02:38, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
To enable Siri, go to settings, general, Siri, and double tap the Siri on/off button toward the top to toggle it on or off. It should be on by default, but who knows what might have happened. Hth, Wayne On 10/25/12, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu wrote: Does Siri pull the weather data from the native weather app? Is there a way to get Siri to read weather from other apps, such as MenuWeather? MenuWeather seems to more accurately reflect the weather condisions in my micro-climate. Thanks. Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Just say, what's the weather today and she will tell you. If Voice Over is off she'll just tell you the temp, but if Voice Over is on, you will get the temp, plus whatever shows up on the screen. Like the high and low for the day. -- Raul A. Gallegos The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. - Mark Twain Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/25/2012 12:55 PM, Chris wrote: It would appear the weather is also displayed rather than spoken according to yesterday's mess about. So how do you get Siri to speak the weather then? Christopher Hallsworth On 25/10/2012 02:38, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Yes it appears to pull the data from the native app. I know you can ask Siri to launch apps but do not know about third party ones. Christopher Hallsworth On 25/10/2012 18:10, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. wrote: Does Siri pull the weather data from the native weather app? Is there a way to get Siri to read weather from other apps, such as MenuWeather? MenuWeather seems to more accurately reflect the weather condisions in my micro-climate. Thanks. Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Just say, what's the weather today and she will tell you. If Voice Over is off she'll just tell you the temp, but if Voice Over is on, you will get the temp, plus whatever shows up on the screen. Like the high and low for the day. -- Raul A. Gallegos The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. - Mark Twain Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/25/2012 12:55 PM, Chris wrote: It would appear the weather is also displayed rather than spoken according to yesterday's mess about. So how do you get Siri to speak the weather then? Christopher Hallsworth On 25/10/2012 02:38, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
In the Settings dialog for Siri, what in heck does Raise to Speak mean? Holland's Boy, Bill Pray For Wisdom: O Lord, I beseech Thee, Keep Thine arm about my shoulder and Thine hand upon my mouth . . . . . . . . AMEN! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
My Siri isn't available either and I set it up in settings. Raise to speak still doesn't work like it should. On 25 Oct 2012, at 22:29, Bill Gallik wfgal...@charter.net wrote: In the Settings dialog for Siri, what in heck does Raise to Speak mean? Holland's Boy, Bill Pray For Wisdom: O Lord, I beseech Thee, Keep Thine arm about my shoulder and Thine hand upon my mouth . . . . . . . . AMEN! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Hi Bill, If you have that on, you can just bring the phone up to your face, and you should hear the tone for Siri. when you finish, just take it away from your face. You have to have it close in order for it to work. Take care, Lois -Original Message- From: Bill Gallik Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:29 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 In the Settings dialog for Siri, what in heck does Raise to Speak mean? Holland's Boy, Bill Pray For Wisdom: O Lord, I beseech Thee, Keep Thine arm about my shoulder and Thine hand upon my mouth . . . . . . . . AMEN! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Hi, it gets it from the local weather app which comes on the iPhone. I think the app gets it from Yahoo weather if I remember right. Although you can ask Siri about the weather in different cities all over the world, I think it still uses the same weather source and I don't think you can change it. -- Raul A. Gallegos Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. - Mark Twain Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/25/2012 1:10 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. wrote: Does Siri pull the weather data from the native weather app? Is there a way to get Siri to read weather from other apps, such as MenuWeather? MenuWeather seems to more accurately reflect the weather condisions in my micro-climate. Thanks. Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Just say, what's the weather today and she will tell you. If Voice Over is off she'll just tell you the temp, but if Voice Over is on, you will get the temp, plus whatever shows up on the screen. Like the high and low for the day. -- Raul A. Gallegos The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. - Mark Twain Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/25/2012 12:55 PM, Chris wrote: It would appear the weather is also displayed rather than spoken according to yesterday's mess about. So how do you get Siri to speak the weather then? Christopher Hallsworth On 25/10/2012 02:38, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
That is the big disadvantage in my opinion of using the weather app that comes in IOS or SIRI getting data from it. Yahoo weather just doesn't seem to be all that accurate, especially in microclimates. I'm sure people's experiences probably differ though. On 10/25/12, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Hi, it gets it from the local weather app which comes on the iPhone. I think the app gets it from Yahoo weather if I remember right. Although you can ask Siri about the weather in different cities all over the world, I think it still uses the same weather source and I don't think you can change it. -- Raul A. Gallegos Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. - Mark Twain Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/25/2012 1:10 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. wrote: Does Siri pull the weather data from the native weather app? Is there a way to get Siri to read weather from other apps, such as MenuWeather? MenuWeather seems to more accurately reflect the weather condisions in my micro-climate. Thanks. Keith -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Just say, what's the weather today and she will tell you. If Voice Over is off she'll just tell you the temp, but if Voice Over is on, you will get the temp, plus whatever shows up on the screen. Like the high and low for the day. -- Raul A. Gallegos The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. - Mark Twain Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/25/2012 12:55 PM, Chris wrote: It would appear the weather is also displayed rather than spoken according to yesterday's mess about. So how do you get Siri to speak the weather then? Christopher Hallsworth On 25/10/2012 02:38, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does not need VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do not like my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I can use it no problem. -- Christopher Hallsworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
I was skeptical of Siri when I heard of it last year with the 4S. I stuck with my iPhone 4 and wondered what all the fuss was about. It sounded interesting, but nothing I would really use. Since I have gotten an iPhone 5 2 weeks ago, I have started using Siri and the dictation feature on the virtual keyboard a lot more. I still have times when the dictation or Siri will misunderstand me. Sometimes it has happened 3 or 4 times in a row with Siri and I gave up. With dictation, it happens the first time but the second time it gets what I'm saying correct. I use it most often when filling out the mobile web form to schedule taxi service with my local cab company. I used to use the Apple Bluetooth keyboard for this task, but now I can just speak my phrases for what I want to fill in the various fields, or use the virtual keyboard to type in corrections or short items in the fields. Last night was the crowning moment for me and when I knew that Siri was going to be very helpful. I was riding with my fiance and we were trying to make our way back from going out to eat. She's someone who relies heavily on GPS. She pulled over and when she was typing in the GPS our destination, i asked Siri to direct us to my home address. I recall hearing on a podcast recently that you need to turn VoiceOver off when in the maps app and when getting spoken directions. I did this, and soon afterward, we started getting exact directions. We even went off route since we were not able to make a certain turn, and the voice caught it and redirected us back to the original route. Both my fiance and I were very impressed with the task and Siri's performance in maps. It's a nice feeling to be able to ask Siri how to get to a certain address and be told exactly where to go. Siri and I are not communicating perfectly all of the time yet, but we're getting there, and possibilities are starting to form for me for things I can use Siri and dictation for. when I heard of people last year that used dictation, I found myself asking, Why not just type in the item you lazy person? Now though, it is so much easier to say what you want typed in and then do short corrections, rather than messing with typing things in. I am not to the point of dictating medium to long text messages correctly every time, but slowly getting there. Regards, Wayne Merritt On 10/24/12, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with Voice Over. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't get over is the fact it just recognized my voice instantly without training. I said hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It said I'm very well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then brought up the Weather app. The carer
RE: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5
Wayne, That sounds good, however, if you get to a point where you feel SIRI understands you better than your fiance you better seek professional help *smile*. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 8:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 I was skeptical of Siri when I heard of it last year with the 4S. I stuck with my iPhone 4 and wondered what all the fuss was about. It sounded interesting, but nothing I would really use. Since I have gotten an iPhone 5 2 weeks ago, I have started using Siri and the dictation feature on the virtual keyboard a lot more. I still have times when the dictation or Siri will misunderstand me. Sometimes it has happened 3 or 4 times in a row with Siri and I gave up. With dictation, it happens the first time but the second time it gets what I'm saying correct. I use it most often when filling out the mobile web form to schedule taxi service with my local cab company. I used to use the Apple Bluetooth keyboard for this task, but now I can just speak my phrases for what I want to fill in the various fields, or use the virtual keyboard to type in corrections or short items in the fields. Last night was the crowning moment for me and when I knew that Siri was going to be very helpful. I was riding with my fiance and we were trying to make our way back from going out to eat. She's someone who relies heavily on GPS. She pulled over and when she was typing in the GPS our destination, i asked Siri to direct us to my home address. I recall hearing on a podcast recently that you need to turn VoiceOver off when in the maps app and when getting spoken directions. I did this, and soon afterward, we started getting exact directions. We even went off route since we were not able to make a certain turn, and the voice caught it and redirected us back to the original route. Both my fiance and I were very impressed with the task and Siri's performance in maps. It's a nice feeling to be able to ask Siri how to get to a certain address and be told exactly where to go. Siri and I are not communicating perfectly all of the time yet, but we're getting there, and possibilities are starting to form for me for things I can use Siri and dictation for. when I heard of people last year that used dictation, I found myself asking, Why not just type in the item you lazy person? Now though, it is so much easier to say what you want typed in and then do short corrections, rather than messing with typing things in. I am not to the point of dictating medium to long text messages correctly every time, but slowly getting there. Regards, Wayne Merritt On 10/24/12, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases where you get more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in this case y ou have to use Voice Over. However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, making calls, or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it gets annoying otherwise. -- Raul A. Gallegos The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget is once. - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Chris, I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say Text Christopher Hallsworth and if you not follow right away with what you want the text message to say, SIRI will say something ike What do you want to say to Christopher Hallsworth. If you have Voiceover on you have to double tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if Voiceover is off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini comes in, as at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an iPhone 4s or 5. Christopher Hallsworth On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Chris. Before you buy your phone 5, you should
