I do use I cloud to back up my contacts, so maybe that's why it works for me. You can always add relationships in contacts by adding the relationship field. Siri must be a single, only child because there are no in-law relationships, like mother in law or sister in law.
Tom Frank On Sep 29, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Tom rash wrote: > I did that. I'll try it again. The result I got was I don't know that. Do > you want me to look it up on the internet? I am using the standard contact > list that came with the iphone. Thanks. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ioana Gandrabur > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 7:17 AM > Subject: Re: SIRI and relationships > > You just say something like this: "Siri, such and such is my father. > > Or you can say: > > "Siri, such and such is my landlord" > Hope this helps, > > Ioana > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2012-09-29, at 9:32 AM, "Tom rash" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How do you initiate this using siri? I know how to do this while in the >> address book, but don't see how to initiate this feature using Siri. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Sieghard Weitzel >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 9:42 AM >> Subject: SIRI and relationships >> >> Hello List, >> I was never able to add a relationship with SIRI in iOS 5, e.g. So and so is >> my brother or My mother is so and so. Now that this is mentioned in every >> document I read about what you can do with SIRI I tried it again and at >> first it seems OK, I tell SIRI the relationship and she asks “Do you want me >> to remember that so and so is your brother”. I tap Yes and then get the >> following message: >> The addressbook you are using does not allow me to change this. >> I am using 2 cloud services for my contacts. For personal use I use Windows >> Live Hotmail and for business use I use Microsoft Office 365 which is full >> hosted exchange. Adding relationships for contacts I have in either contact >> list results in that same message. >> I am curious whether somebody who uses Google for storing contacts gets the >> same message because if that is so Apple is offering a SIRI feature which is >> useless for just about everybody except those who use an Apple @me.com email >> where I assume this will work. >> I am not syncing my contacts via iCloud although I guess I could try that, >> e.g. turn of Contacts in the Hotmail account and turn it on in iCloud. I am >> not sure if this will screw things up and if anybody has ideas, suggestions >> or experience with this I’d appreciate any feedback. It’s not like being >> able to tell SIRI who my Mom or my brother is would completely make my day, >> I can still go into Outlook and put in “Mom” or “Brother” as a nick name and >> then I can say “Call Mom” and it works. >> I am also mystified by what is supposed to be a new ability of SIRI. I read >> an example where they say “So and so is my favourite comedian”, can’t >> remember what name they used. >> So, I just told SIRI “Shania Twain is my favourite country singer”. SIRI >> replied “I see”. Then I asked “Who is my favourite country singer” and SIRI >> said “I don’t know”. Does this mean I have to add Shania Twain to my >> contacts first not withstanding that my contacts can’t have relationships >> associated with them? >> I wish Apple would put some useful functionality in SIRI like “Redial the >> last number that called me” or “Turn Bluetooth on” instead of coming up with >> gimmicks that don’t work for anybody who is not using Apple services. >> this But >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -- >> 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. > 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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