Hi,
That's right but my point is she couldn't say it takes place on and gives
the exact date. I didn't think it was a hard question but she did.
Another thing Siri can't do is give past weather information. for instance
she can't tell you when Sunrise was on June 21st 2015 in Philadelphia. she
informs me she can't give past weather info. Alrighty then (laughs).
Robin
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From: John Panarese
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 12:46 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: SIRI definitely requires improvements
I just asked her that question and she gave me an article that talks about
the Breeder’s Cup in October of 2015.
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On Jul 26, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Robin Frost <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
Along these same lines I recently asked Siri when the Breeders cup was
this year and she replied “hmm horse racing I wish I knew more about
that.” She knew it was a horse race but couldn’t figure when it’s to be
held. Even when she annoys me she gives me a giggle. But I agree with you
I wish they’d improve her too.
Robin
From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: SIRI definitely requires improvements
Hi everybody,
This goes back to the thread about SIRI and the question Neil asked about
the latitude of Maddison, Wisconsin.
I just tried this and asked SIRI “What is the latitude of Maddison,
Wisconsin”. Just as Neil reported, SIRI came back “I don’t understand what
is the latitude of Wisconsin”.
I then asked “What latitude is Vancouver, British Columbia”. Notice the
slight difference in wording “What is the latitude of…” and “What latitude
is…”.
Anyhow, SIRI came back with the answer promptly and when I asked in the
same way “What latitude is Maddison, Wisconsin” SIRI also answered right
away.
Then I asked using the original wording which didn’t work “What is the
latitude of Vancouver, British Columbia”.
SIRI answered “The only possibility I found is Latitude Restaurant, is
that the one you are looking for?” Then SIRI beeped waiting for me to say
“Yes” or “No:” as if I had asked it to look for restaurants with that
name.
I use SIRI a lot and often like how well it works especially for
dictation. However, sometimes it’s ridiculous how it gets simple things
wrong or can’t deliver an answer which Google Voice Search has no problems
with. I also still find more complex dictation is difficult and I can’t
believe there still is no way to just spell out a word I know SIRI will
get wrong.
I really hope Apple puts some major effort into making SIRI better. They
introduced this idea of a personal assistant, but considering SIRI has
been around for almost 4 years it has gone through amazingly few real
upgrades and it can’t even tell you the battery status on your phone and I
still can’t easily set a 2-part reminder like this:
Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM
SIRI will say “Tell me what you want to be reminded about”, I say:
Dentist appointment at 11 AM.
This used to be possible and to me it sounds natural, but if I say it this
way SIRI sets a reminder “Dentist appointment” for August 6 at 11 AM, it
completely ignores that I said “Dentist appointment at 10 AM” and just
interprets it the way it wants. If, however, I say this:
“Set a reminder on August 6 at 10 AM about my dentist appointment at 11
AM” it creates it correctly, the reminder time is set to August 6 at 10
AM and the reminder text says “My dentist appointment at 11 AM”. Apple
made such a big deal of how you can talk naturally to SIRI, but while you
can set an alarm by saying many different things, a lot of other commands
have to be delivered just so or SIRI will get it wrong. Steve Jobbs old
adage “It just works” definitely does not apply here.
Regards,
Sieghard
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