Thank you for this info. Kristeen Hughes khwi...@gmail.com
On Jun 13, 2012, at 10:01 AM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > Hi, not easily. Try saying: "no caps on, no space on", then spell the word, > then say "no caps off, no space off". > > If you look at the following articles, it may help. > > http://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/16/extensive-list-of-siris-dictation-commands-for-iphone-4s/ > > http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1254949&page=2 > > http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/30172/is-it-possible-to-spell-a-word-to-siri > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Dream research is a wonderful field. All you do is sleep for a living. ~ > Stephen LaBerge > Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 > > > On 6/13/2012 9:33 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: >> This is about SIRI and dictation. I've looked at the command lists, but they >> do not address spelling words. Are there protocols for spelling words that >> you know SIRI will mangle and mutilate? >> >> Kristeen Hughes >> khwi...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Jun 13, 2012, at 9:04 AM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: >> >>> Hi, I also find this to be annoying at times. So what I do is turn off >>> Voice Over by pressing Home 3 times. Then I use Siri like a sighted person >>> does, and it answers questions normally without repeating things. If I need >>> to get more details about the answer which are visible on screen, I turn on >>> Voice Over with Home pressed 3 times and then see what it is. In other >>> words, if I'm going to be interacting with Siri a lot, I turn off Voice >>> Over. It gets annoying to hear everything repeated back to me, although I >>> understand why it works that way. You see, when a sighted person uses Siri, >>> the same information is on the screen, and if you use Voice over, it's >>> doing its job by reading the screen. So, this is normal and expected >>> behavior. >>> >>> Here's a good example. You can do the following with and without voice over >>> on and you will see the experience is better without Voice Over. >>> >>> 1. What's the current temperature. >>> >>> 2. Send text to my wife, hey, where's my dinner? >>> >>> 3. Where are the nearest pizza places? >>> >>> You will find that 1 and 2 can be done easily without Voice Over running. >>> Yet, you will find that Voice Over should be on for 3. >>> >>> I hope this helps. >>> >>> -- >>> Raul A. Gallegos >>> The customer service at my bank is awful, I asked the teller to check my >>> balance so she leaned over and pushed me. >>> Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com >>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 >>> Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 >>> >>> >>> On 6/10/2012 9:45 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I have a question regarding Siri. >>>> How can I change Siri's replies to my queries from text to voice >>>> responses? >>>> Presently, whenever I ask a question to Siri, the reply comes in the >>>> form of a text message which is read by VoiceOver. >>>> So, how can I make Siri speak aloud her responses to my queries? >>>> >>>> And, secondly, whenever I ask a question to Siri, it says 'you said >>>> blah blah' and then it gives its response. >>>> So, what should I do to ensure that Siri directly answers my questions >>>> without repeating what I said? >>>> >>>> Your help would be much appreciated. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Rahul >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
