This looks blank. Please try again. > On 30 Nov 2015, at 17:22, 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Carol P > Sent from my iPhone using MBraille > > On 30 Nov 2015, at 5:05 p.m., Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > > This whole business about Siri and asking questions and whether or not it > looks into your contacts is so strange. I find that recently, Siri has been > making phone calls to my contacts without asking for confirmation. On the > other hand, if I ask Siri for a phone number which I know is in my contacts, > more often than not, it says I found such and such place is this what you > want? And it is been a search of the web that turned that place up. And in > some cases, it is the wrong place, not the one in my contacts, but another > one in town. It makes no sense. This is another area where Apple had a good > thing and has not developed it. Google eats apples lunch,, as you say in this > area. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 29, 2015, at 9:01 PM, Cristóbal <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Even though I’m a big time Apple fanboy, I will readily admit that Google's >> OK google feature eats Siri's lunch and probably has done so for a while >> now. I don't even bother asking Siri to initiate a call to any of my >> contacts as I find the process to be tedious and prolonged. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Alex Stone >> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 1:15 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: SIRI asking too many questions when calling with an iPhone >> >> I find that Siri almost always asks me to confirm the person I want to >> call, even if it's my wife for instance, and Siri knows she's my wife so >> I have no idea why. >> >>> On 29/11/2015 21:12, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >>> I find this quite interesting since for a while SIRI did the same thing for >>> our local taxi company even though I have them in my contacts as well. Then >>> for a while it called them again just fine using my contact and now again >>> it goes back to looking it up online. Also, right now SIRI is often asking >>> me again if the person I told SIRI to call was the one I wanted to call and >>> I have to confirm first. It seems SIRI is rather inconsistent at time or >>> maybe Appleis just fooling around with different settings and ways for SIRI >>> to do things. I think that SIRI should always first check ones contacts and >>> use that. I also had it where I asked SIRI to call "BV Taxi" our local taxi >>> company, and it said "I don't have a number for BV Taxi". When I told SIRI >>> to "Show me BV Taxi" it showed me the contacts entry with phone number and >>> I know for sure that a number is there in the proper dialing format. Don't >>> think there is anything much y ou can do about it except maybe give >>> feedback to Apple and suggest they should just get their act together and >>> make SIRI work a bit better. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of Barry Abbott >>> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2015 8:52 AM >>> To: 'Adrian Leong' via VIPhone <[email protected]> >>> Subject: SIRI asking too many questions when calling with an iPhone >>> >>> Wondering if anyone has a solution >>> >>> Request to SIRI: "Call Caseno Taxi" >>> Response: "I found a Caseno Taxi on Nova Lee Drive - is that the one you >>> want?" >>> >>> I have this company in my contacts and as a favourite. When calling from >>> my Apple watch under friends it does what I ask >>> >>> I find this process to be very frustrating. I can understand this being >>> useful when wanting to call something or someone who is not in your >>> contacts Is there any way to change it so that it works like it did under >>> iOS 7. >>> I find it most inefficient. Why didn't they just leave well enough alone. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Barry >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your 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. >>> >> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your 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. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your 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. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your 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. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your 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.
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