Hi Sieghard, sad to say, Siri won't be opening your Audible book any time soon. For iOS 10.0, the Siri API will only work with six kinds of application: ride booking, messaging , Photo Search, payments, Calling, and Workouts. So, Siri won't be able to open a book in Voice Dream, Bard, or any other third-party book app. It won't be able to play music for you on Spotify or Pandora. It won't be able to play the most recent episode of a podcast using third-party podcast apps. I have no idea why Apple is so tone deaf to how far it is lagging behind in this space, but what they're coming out with is only going to improve the situation slightly. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org
> On 15/06/2016, at 6:59 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Devin, > > Yes, some of it sounds very nice, but as others have pointed out, there isn't > much that is really groundbreaking. Collaboration in documents is something > Microsoft has been offering for years and it is high time Apple opened up > their API's to developers especially the one for SIRI. They pointed out that > SIRI has been around for 5 years now and if you really think about it SIRI > now is not a lot better than it was 5 years ago. Yes, it's a bit faster with > dictation and can pull information from a few more sources, but why is it > still not possible to say "Call Kevin from Bigrock Sports" just to give an > example of one of my contacts where I have at least 3 or 4 Kevins in my > contacts who all work for different companies. I can't even create a contact > where I just enter a company name in the company name field and a single > phone number and say, for example, "Call Bigrock Sports". I have to also put > the company name in the last name field to do this. I should be able to say > "Show me all my contacts who work at Bigrock Sports" or I should be able to > tell SIRI to "Turn Voiceover Hints On or Off", but all of these things SIRI > can't do. Another example: I can tell SIRI to "Remind me about my dentist > appointment on Friday at 3 PM", but if I say "Remind me about my 3 PM dentist > appointment on Friday at 2 PM" it will say it will remind me and when I check > what SIRI created I see it created the reminder for 3 PM whereas I want to be > reminded at 2 PM that my appointment is at 3 PM. There is a complicated way > to say it so it does what I want, but I should be able to say it anyway I > like or even in two parts like "Remind me about my dentist appointment at 3 > PM on Friday" and when SIRI says it will I should be able to bring it up > again and say "Start reminding me once an hour starting at 11 AM and it > should understand that I want a reminder at 11 AM, Noon, 1 PM and 2 PM and > maybe by its own intelligence SIRI should remind me again 15 minutes before > if it detects my iPhone is not moving. This is true artificial intelligence, > it already exists, the iPhone has the processing power to do it and so do > Apple's servers. > I can't say how much I look forward to being finally able to say "Play the > Audible book I am currently listening to" or, if I have not started one but > have a bunch downloaded I hope I can say "Play Night Ranger in audible" (just > one example of a book by Alex Berentson I just finished). > Another basic example of something super simple SIRI can't do. Try and ask > SIRI to "Start the Stop Watch". SIRI will tell you "Sorry, I can't help you > with the stop watch". Huh, really, it can set a timer, an alarm, it can > create calendar events and reminders but it can't start the stop watch? Why? > > > Best regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Devin Prater > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 8:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: WWDC event, was it yesterday? > > Sure, but little things add up to big changes. Siri gets integrated into > predictive text, so she can suggest better options there, like I'm at > (suggests input of location into the text)" and stuff like that. Siri is open > to developers, so apps can allow Siri to use their functionality from > anywhere. Apps can do things within iMessage, like allowing sending of money > right from messages. Mac gets Siri, tabs in every multi-window app. People > can collaborate with notes. Unlock Mac with Apple watch. Just amazing stuff! > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 14, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Kelly Pierce <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> If you can't stream it, download my MP3 of the event and play it on a >> stand alone device. Apple announced incremental improvements, not >> breakthrough technology. Even Facebook with its calling feature in >> the messages app, a Facetime mimmick, offered something new. Some of >> Apple's innovations will need to be experieinced to be believed. The >> photos app will now be able to recognize peple and places. >> >> Kelly >> >>> On 6/14/16, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I was under the impression that the Apple event was yesterday. I >>> cannot stream it, no bandwidth! But, if it was yesterday, how come >>> the silence? Was it so unremarkable? 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