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.
> 
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> 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
>> 
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>> 
>> -----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
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