Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-07 Thread Beth G
@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 10:25 PM To: viphone Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Hi, This isn't true 100% of the time. If I tell Siri Tell Mary I will give her a call in an hour. At least for me

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-07 Thread Kellie and my lab pack
! You stupid thing. lol Kellie, guide Loki and retired July -Original Message- From: Beth G Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 8:56 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 I have similar problems and I have an iPhone 5 Sent from my

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-07 Thread Les Kriegler
Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 I have similar problems and I have an iPhone 5 Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Brian Moore bmo...@screenreview.org wrote: yeah, having some of the same issues. sometimes I get feedback and sometimes

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
this will improve. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 9:44 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Yes, I have the most

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-03 Thread Vicky Collins
sent: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:21:29 -0500 Subject: RE: Siri's performance in IOS7 For me, what I get from Siri with VoiceOver on or not on seems to be quite random. I can ask it the same question with and without VoiceOver and there doesn't seem to be a difference. The difference is the time of day

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-02 Thread Chris H
:25 PM To: viphone Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Hi, This isn't true 100% of the time. If I tell Siri Tell Mary I will give her a call in an hour. At least for me, most of the time the message is read back. The times when it isn't, its because VO interrupts it for some reason

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-02 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris H Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 12:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Thanks. i know what might have happened. if i turn VoiceOver off Siri works well and all the way through. but if i turn VoiceOver on Siri

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-02 Thread Neal Ewers
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 8:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri's performance in IOS7 Hi Chris and others, I have seen a lot of people reporting that apparently for them SIRI works better if Voiceover is turned off

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Brian Moore
supplied, only had it less than 24 hours and had no clue about apps. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 10:25 PM To: viphone Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Hi, This isn't

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Bill Gallik
This is a relatively new development, probably came with the 7.0.2 iOS version. When I ask Siri to call someone I have in my CONTACTS list, I've been getting this: Oh, Oh, I can't complete your call. Anybody else experiencing this? Holland's Boy, Bill - The great

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
a 3GS or 4 and have never had SIRI before. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 7:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Chris H
and had no clue about apps. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 10:25 PM To: viphone Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Hi, This isn't true 100% of the time. If I tell

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Jack Conti
, October 01, 2013 7:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 This is a relatively new development, probably came with the 7.0.2 iOS version. When I ask Siri to call someone I have in my CONTACTS list, I've been getting this: Oh, Oh, I can't complete your call

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Jack Conti
well i have had it just sit there and say calling and nothing happens. At 10:52 AM 10/1/2013, you wrote: This is a relatively new development, probably came with the 7.0.2 iOS version. When I ask Siri to call someone I have in my CONTACTS list, I've been getting this: Oh, Oh, I can't

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Chris H
Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 This is a relatively new development, probably came with the 7.0.2 iOS version. When I ask Siri to call someone I have in my CONTACTS list, I've been getting this: Oh, Oh, I can't complete your call. Anybody else experiencing

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Bill Gallik
What Sieghard is relating is likewise happening to me in northern Wisconsin. Holland's Boy, Bill - The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived, and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. - John F. Kennedy, 35th

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Bill Gallik
Good point Sieghard, I should have thought of that, seeing as how I was an ATT/Bell Labs developer in a prior lifetime! Holland's Boy, Bill - The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived, and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent,

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Shermeen Khan
Wow, talk about insane list traffic. I was just here a scant few hours ago. I'm in Ontario, Sieghard, and am relieved that the siri problems seem to be experienced by several people. I hope you're right and that it's a simple matter of server overload. I haven't yet used the dictation feature with

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Chris H
Siri is refusing to do requests right now or at least over an hour and a half ago. Dictation is still working though. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 01/10/2013 17:38, Shermeen Khan wrote: Wow, talk about insane list traffic. I was just here a scant few hours ago. I'm

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Kellie and my lab pack
and retired July -Original Message- From: Shermeen Khan Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 11:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Wow, talk about insane list traffic. I was just here a scant few hours ago. I'm in Ontario, Sieghard, and am relieved

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Scott Duck
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kellie and my lab pack Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 have the same problem as shermeen in regards to trying to set a timer. ever since the update, Often when I ask siri to set

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Chris H
and my lab pack Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 have the same problem as shermeen in regards to trying to set a timer. ever since the update, Often when I ask siri to set a timer I am met with total silence. I also swipe

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Neal Ewers
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kellie and my lab pack Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 have the same problem as shermeen in regards to trying to set a timer. ever since the update, Often when I ask siri to set a timer I am met

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
. How does siri work for 5s users? Kellie, guide Loki and retired July -Original Message- From: Shermeen Khan Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 11:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Wow, talk about insane list traffic. I was just here

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Chris H
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris H Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 1:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 I turned VoiceOver off and was able to check the weather. But lol! VoiceOver didn't tell me it was on but did when it was off

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
, 2013 1:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 I turned VoiceOver off and was able to check the weather. But lol! VoiceOver didn't tell me it was on but did when it was off! This was after using Siri. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Chris H
Of Kellie and my lab pack Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 have the same problem as shermeen in regards to trying to set a timer. ever since the update, Often when I ask siri to set a timer I am met with total silence. I also

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-10-01 Thread Eric Whitten
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 10:25 PM To: viphone Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 Hi, This isn't true 100% of the time. If I tell Siri Tell Mary I will give her a call in an hour. At least for me, most of the time the message

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Liz and Sammie Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 3:51 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri's performance in IOS7 I think that the Apple servers are in overload mode. I have times when Siri is slow to work, or it will say that it can't take my

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread David Chittenden
Personally, I find dictation to be much more accurate now. Note: I do not usually use Siri, I primarily use dictation. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 29 Sep 2013, at 7:10, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: For

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread David Chittenden
I do not know, but suspect that they are also building server farms elsewhere in the world. Yes, and Apple is in the process of building several server farms around the US. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 29 Sep 2013, at

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread David Chittenden
I always read through my dictations after I have finished. I use dictation for the initial writing of my research papers as well. I am dyslexic, so a slow typist. My braille is a little better, but still slow. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread Kathy and Wilda
To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri's performance in IOS7 I have noticed the same thing. I live in North Carolina, USA, and have thought that SIRI has taken a step back in response. I love the automatically listening for a response after SIRI asks a question, but the time between asking

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread Candy
and Seeing Eye dog Wilda -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jerry White Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 2:03 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri's performance in IOS7 I have noticed the same thing. I live in North

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-29 Thread Joseph FreeTech
crlowesi...@yahoo.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 8:57 AM Subject: RE: Siri's performance in IOS7 Carol, I find Siri's performance to be lacking considerably in this upgrade. First of all, the dictation is very poor as far as responsiveness. As you say, half

RE: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Jerry White
I have noticed the same thing. I live in North Carolina, USA, and have thought that SIRI has taken a step back in response. I love the automatically listening for a response after SIRI asks a question, but the time between asking a question and getting a response is sometimes large. Also, when

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. I'm actually finding dictation a lot more accurate. could it possibly be that everyone wants to try out the new siri and so the apple servers are overloaded? Just a thought. Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 29/09/2013, at 1:45 AM, Carol Pearson

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Carol Pearson
Don't know, but haven't been too impressed so far. I am hoping he will learn quickly and get better! Strangely enough, he is faster tonight! What did I say Carol P Sent from my iPhone using MBraille On 28 Sep 2013, at 08:05 pm, Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com wrote: HI. I'm

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Liz and Sammie
I think that the Apple servers are in overload mode. I have times when Siri is slow to work, or it will say that it can't take my request and to try again later. Then I have had times when it is quite quick to respond. My guess is once things calm down we will have better results from Siri.

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread David Chittenden
Length of time is server specific. Translation errors have a lot to do with the language Siri is set on. I had my Siri set on Australia so it would talk to me with the Karen voice. When I changed Siri to US (because I am from the US), dictation improved considerably. David Chittenden, MSc,

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Kelly Pierce
Realize Apple's weakness is in Web-based services. I have often found that Siri takes a long time to respond to a query when I make an inquiry late in the afternoon in the central time zone, which includes such cities as Chicago, Winnipeg, Dallas, and Mexico city. It is a time when also the

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Mary Otten
David, Would you say that the dictation accuracy of Siri now that you've changed it to US. Equals or is better than what you had with iOS 6? And how are you efficiently checking the results of your dictation? Especially if you have to do two or three dictations in a longer message? Mary Sent

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Mary Otten
For those of you using Siri and iOS 7, here are a few questions specifically related to dictation. I understand that Siri no longer reads back the text it has inserted when you do dictation. How then do you efficiently understand whether the text that has been inserted is correct? In iOS 6,

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Kelly, Well, maybe Apple needs to get its act together and beef up its back and a bit so it can be more like Google in that respect. We are paying big bucks, and we deserve good service no matter what time of day. Don't you agree? Mary Sent from my iPhone On Sep 28, 2013, at 6:22 PM, Kelly

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Candy
Mary, I am very disappointed in Siri with IOS 7. There are times when she reads back my dictation and times when she doesn't. It is much slower, and I find, not as accurate. Also, when asking Siri to preform a task she almost always tells me she can't. She works much better if I turn voice

Re: Siri's performance in IOS7

2013-09-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, This isn’t true 100% of the time. If I tell Siri “Tell Mary I will give her a call in an hour.” At least for me, most of the time the message is read back. The times when it isn’t, its because VO interrupts it for some reason. In this case, I place my finger on the screen, and flick to