I can understand if I have three people all by the same first name. But if I have only one person by a name that know whether Contact has a she still doesn’t get it right. So I see that these are not built in exact matches but are learned attributes that the speech recognition has to learn, if what I believe you’re saying is the case.
Deidre > On Aug 9, 2019, at 1:05 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > SIRI learns a bit over time so if you have two or three contacts with the > name John and you almost always call just one of them SIRI may just call if > you say call John. But for me SIRI has always asked which John, to use that > example, I wanted to call if it was somebody I called less frequently and if > I had several entries with that first name in my contacts. This of course > only makes sense because how would you otherwise be able to call a different > John if SIRI ever only called one of them and often SIRI doesn’t know simply > things one would expect it to know so I don’t think reading one’s mind is > going to be on the menu soon. > My guess is that after the update SIRI maybe reset or lost some of what it > learned over time and is starting to built this up again from scratch. > > From: 'deidre muccio' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2019 10:07 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: another quirk after updating > > Anna > Why the need for the extra step to get Seeri to recognize someone in my > contact folder? I always used to simply say text and the name of the person, > and almost always only used a first name. That worked. Using Seeri to make > calls has been far less reliable. I guess I'll have to do the shortcut thing, > but really... It's like Richard saying that the Company field doesn't work. > Why put it there then? > All is pretty much worked out by now, except for the different voices. > I definitely have things like the reminders in the old voice but, Seeri has a > new chosen voice since updating. I scanned through some settings after the > updates to see what might have been switched on, but didn't look at > seeri at all. I'll do that now. > Yes, I deleted the Tune In App and installed it again. Since I had no > sign in, I had to put my local stations and shows in again. At first even > though I hit on the favorite button, to select a local radio station, voice > over did not say selected. When I put a show in and in that case it indicated > that it had been selected. Oh well. So much for consistency. It's not a deal > breaker. > > Deidre > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Anna Dresner > Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2019 11:16 AM > To: VIPhone Mailing List > Subject: Re: another quirk after updating > > Hello Deidre, > > Once you contact Miles, if you go to Siri settings and go to the shortcuts > section, you should see a shortcut to contact him. You can assign a phrase to > that shortcut like, "Call Miles," and use it to contact him in the future. > > Have you deleted and reinstalled TuneIn yet? sounds like that should fix it. > > VoiceOver only uses one voice throughout the phone. There are more options > for voices in iOS 12 than 10, though, I think. > > Best, > Anna > -- > 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: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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