Hello,
A year or two ago there was a discussion about how to best call 9 1 1 in a true emergency situation. Many on the list expressed concern that their dialing skills are maybe not so good and they were afraid that in a real emergency and under a lot of stress they may not be able to quickly bring up the emergency call screen from the lock screen and dial 9 1 1. At the time various apps were discussed as literally dozens of them exist to help with this. Some are very basic and others offer more features like dialing other emergency contacts or making it easy to send one's GPS coordinates to the 9 1 1 operator. When this discussion took place, it was not possible to call 9 1 1 by telling SIRI to "Call 9 1 1". SIRI would inform you at that point that she couldn't do that. Recently I heard a Podcast where a situation was mentioned where a young guy got pinned under his car when he was doing repairs and his jack collapsed. Apparently he had his iPhone in his pocket and was somehow able to activate SIRI and shout "Call 9 1 1". My first thought was that this is nonsense since it doesn't work. Then I thought that maybe things changed so I simply tried it. I told SIRI to "Call 9 1 1" and surprise surprise, SIRI replied "Calling emergency services in 5 seconds". Of course at that point I quickly hung up since I didn't really want to call, but it is good to know that one can now use SIRI in case of emergency to reach a 9 1 1 operator. I think the 5 second delay is a good way to prevent accidental calls and it allows one to try it out. Just make sure you have a reliable way to hang up before the call goes through, probably best with the Earpods where you can simply press the hang up button on the headset remote. Regards, Sieghard -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. 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. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
