I just tried this with one that Siri said I did not have a number for, and Siri just said that she did not understand.
Chris > On Dec 13, 2015, at 11:27 AM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Sieghard, > > I've had the same problems, but it seems random to me; sometimes it works, > sometimes it doesn't. Just this week I tried calling a company in my > Contacts, and it went to the internet to get the number. Yesterday I tried > again and it called from my Contacts and dialed in directly. Very strange.. > > What happens if you tell Siri to Call Company Safeway? I haven't tried this > yet, but your post raised the thought. Keith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 10:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Siri and contacts with company names only: > > I wonder what version of iOS Tom's student has on his or her iPhone. > I have the Safeway grocery store in my contacts with just "Safeway" in the > company field and a phone number. If I say "Call Safeway" SIRI finds it > online and says "1 option I found is Canada Safeway Limited on King Street, > is that the one you want?" If I say yes it will call it, but not because it > uses the entry in my contacts. > It appears for all other contacts where I have them in my contacts with the > name in the company field SIRI seems to always tell me "Oh, oh, I don't seem > to have a phone number for..." and it mentions exactly the name I said and > which is in my contacts. I know I definitely have properly formatted and > labelled phone numbers and I'll definitely suggest some of you join me in > sending feedback to Apple via their feedback form at www.apple.com/feedback > since there is absolutely no reason why this should not work. > I used to use a contact manager on Windows called Maximizer and they had this > solved very elegantly. You could create new entries as "Individuals", > "Contacts" or Companies". If you created a "Contact" it had to be associated > with a company and all contacts were listed under that company. Companies > were just that, entries for the organization and individuals were stand-alone > entries for people like friends, family or others who were not necessarily > associated with a company. I wish Outlook and the iPhone had this capability. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Don Breda > Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 4:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Siri and contacts with company names only: > > I can't imagine why that worked for you but I am glad it did grin! > > Don > > > >> On 12-Dec-15 3:41 PM, Tom Lange wrote: >> Hi Don, >> I was wondering the very same thing just yesterday morning; one of my >> students needed to add some contacts for our local paratransit services, >> with the menu choices preprogrammed in. I set up two nearly identical >> contact entries, one called Global Reservations, which he'd use to book >> rides, and the other called Global Cancellations, which he'd use for >> canceling rides or checking on arrival times. In both cases, I put nothing >> in either the first or last name fields, only in the company name and phone >> number fields. We tested both of them, saying "dial global reservations" and >> "dial global cancellations". Both worked like a champ. I didn't have to do >> anything in Settings beforehand; they just worked, and worked very well. >> Best regards, >> Tom >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Dec 12, 2015, at 10:58 AM, Don Breda <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> A question. >>> >>> Is there a way to make siri call a contact in my contacts that has nothing >>> in either the first or last name fields? >>> >>> It doesn't seem to search the company field which is a tremendous oversite >>> on Apples part as far as I can see. >>> >>> Is there a setting I can change to make that happen. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Don >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 https://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 https://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 https://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 https://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. 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