If you send messages with Seri with voice over turned off, how do you know if Seri is not making a mistake? How do you know that he/she has recognised your dictation?
On Sep 27, 2012, at 9:37 PM, "M. Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Raul, > > Wow! That did it. I turned off VoiceOver before initiating the text > message and Siri worked like a charm. In fact, the entire process is > automated. There is no need to press the button to reply to Siri prompts. > > Thank you for this workaround. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Raul A. Gallegos > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Sending messages with Siri I'm having a problem > > I've had better success in turning off voice over first and then using Siri > like a sighted person to send texts. So, if I really want to use her, I turn > off voice over, I press and hold home. When it beeps I say text blah and the > message. she responds with the message and if she should send it, I simply > say yes without having to tap the listen button and it gets sent. > > Although i like Siri very much for many things, I can honestly say that > texting isn't one of them. But as I said, when I do, this is what works > better. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > That awkward moment when you try to pull open a drawer and the knob comes > off. > Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 > > On 9/27/2012 3:07 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >> Hello Iona, >> >> Yes, I know exactly what you are talking about. I discovered it a >> couple of days ago. >> >> To those of you who may not know, When using Siri to send a text >> message, the screen locks before completing the process. It does not >> matter how long the auto-lock is set. >> >> NOTE 1: >> If the message is short enough, only one word, for instance, Siri may >> successfully send the text message. It may also work the first time >> you attempt to send a message after powering on the device. However, >> subsequent attempts with messages containing more than 5 words or so, >> will time out before the message can be sent. >> >> To create the bug, do the following: >> >> NOTE 2: >> I use the center button on the included iPHone wired headset to >> interact with Siri. >> >> 1. >> Launch Siri and say something like, "Send a message to Mark Taylor." >> Siri will reply with something like, "You said, send a message to Mark > Taylor. >> OK. I can send a message to Mark Taylor for you. What would you like >> it to say?" At this point, a text message dialog box is displayed and >> Siri will say something like, "To, Mark Taylor." >> >> 2. >> Initiate the Siri command and say something like, "Hi Mark. How is >> your day? I hope you are well." Siri will respond with something >> like, "You said, Hi Mark. How is your day? I hope you are well. I >> updated your message. Ready to send it? Reply with cancel or send." >> >> NOTE 3: >> For me more often than not, the screen locks at this point, before I >> can send the message. I have also experienced the scenario when, >> after initiating Siri and saying, "Send," Siri will respond with >> something like, "You said Send. Okay, I will send it for you," only >> to lock the screen, losing the message before it can be sent. >> >> I strongly encourage those of you who have or can reproduce this bug >> to either send a message to Apple at [email protected] or call >> their accessibility hotline at: 877-204-3930. >> >> Please feel free to use any part of this post. >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Ioana Gandrabur >> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:31 AM >> To: Viphone >> Subject: Sending messages with Siri I'm having a problem >> >> Hi, >> >> Does anyone have a problem sending messages with Siri? I am having >> trouble telling it that it is okay and go ahead and send it >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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