I put businesses on the first name field, and haven't had problem yet. I do not put them on the company line, because someone said Siri didn't do all that well with them. I would put one on a company line, say, if I had Mary Smith's work number. She has three jobs, so her mobile will do just fine.
Best regards, Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2019 2:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Do others still have trouble with Siri when asking to call someone from Contacts? SIRI is incredibly stupid when it comes to calling businesses whether in your contacts or looking them up on the web. I usually find that if you put the entire business name in the last name field you have the best chance, but sometimes it’s hit and miss. Then there are those times when I say “Siri, call my wife” and I get “You first have to unlock your iPhone” and that happens also with other people in my contacts, usually if I then bring up SIRI a second time and repeat the command exactly as before it works fine. When it comes to calling businesses which are not in my contacts I sometimes can’t even believe what sort of logic is being used. For example, I asked for a business the other day and just now can’t remember what it was, but it was a chain or franchise and they have locations in most towns or cities. I live in a small town in northwestern British Columbia with a population of about 6,000. The next town which only has a population of about 3,000 is about 40 miles away, then there is another which is even smaller and it’s about 40 miles the other direction. After that a small city of about 12,000 people is about 120 miles away and the next larger city with a population of about 60,000 is about 250 miles. SIRI literally asked me if I wanted to call said business in all of these places and some even further away, but not once did it ask if I wanted to call the place which was a mile away from me and eventually it actually said that this was all and there were no more. I then asked my Google Home Mini and it promptly said “Calling so and so business” and it was exactly the right one in my town, I mean, what the heck? One would think SIRI could do better after having been in existence for 8 years. There are a few things SIRI does extremely well, but as Keith said, is it so hard to get SIRI to first look through the Contacts including the company field and use that information? I’d really love to sit down with Tim Cook and demonstrate this and then ask him why on earth SIRI is so stupid. From: 'Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.' via VIPhone <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2019 10:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Do others still have trouble with Siri when asking to call someone from Contacts? Hi, I am still having trouble with Siri finding businesses in my Contacts when asking Siri to call a business. For example, I have a business listed as Toppers Pizza. I ask Siri to call Toppers Pizza, and Siri always says, I have found Toppers Pizza on 16th Street. Is that the one you want? Clearly, this has come from a web search and not from my Contacts. I get the same response when I clear the business name from the Company field, and place Toppers in the First Name field, and Pizza in the Last Name field. This happens with most of the businesses in my Contacts. Is this common place with Siri? If not, does anyone have suggestions for how I can get Siri to work better with Contacts listings for businesses when asking Siri to place a call? Thanks in advance for any help or insights. Keith -- 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. Mark can be reached at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . 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