I just asked for the lattitude of Portland Oregon and got it on the first try. I then asked for the lattitude of Madison and got the weather. I then tried Seattle WA, and also got the weather. Inconsistancy seems to be the Siri standard. Richard
> On Jul 23, 2015, at 2:03 PM, SSEric <sseri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ijust asked for the latitudes of Madison, Wisconsin; Columbus, Ohio and > Savannah, Georgia. All three were reported on the first try. > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Rose Combs > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 4:31 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Siri seems to have dementia > > What should I be looking for when searching for the Google app. Last time I > had anything but search on my phone it did not work. That was, however > probably in 2012, and I probably loaded it from the hospital while visiting > and did not pay as much attention as it needed. > > > Rose Combs > roseco...@q.com > A picture may be worth a thousand words but it takes up three times the > memory! > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Alan Lemly > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 1:29 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Siri seems to have dementia > > Neal, > > I find Siri unpredictable and inconsistent and in my opinion, if you want to > discourage folks from using a technological advancement, that's the way to do > it. I asked the Google app your Madison latitude question and got an > immediate answer. > > I pretty much depend on Google if I need information and use Siri to do > things like initiate phone calls to contacts or to open apps. She's pretty > consistent with those sort of things. > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Neal Ewers > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 2:27 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Siri seems to have dementia > > Hi all, I wonder if any of you have had the following problem. I have > experienced a lot of situations where I will ask Siri a question and she will > say that she doesn’t understand the question. It’s more specific than that. > Here is an example. > I ask Siri, “What is the latitude of Madison Wisconsin?” > Siri says, “I don’t understand the latitude of Madison Wisconsin.” So she > knows what I am asking, that is not where the breakdown occurs. I asked her > this yesterday and twice she gave me the same answer using the exact same > words I used in the question. On the third attempt, she gave me the answer. > > So, what goes here. Is she becoming brain dead? Is three times the charm? > This has also happened on other questions lately. She repeats the question so > I know she understands and several attempts later, she will give me the > answer. I’ll likely report this to Apple, but I wondered if anyone else had > seen this problem. > > Neal > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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