I use the dication a lot as well.

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 28, 2012, at 2:58 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Personally I find it better to go into the messages app, press compose and 
> send a text that way using the dictate button on the keyboard. Although 
> sending texts with Siri interface does work. I have always felt that Siri and 
> Voice Over is clunky at best and so if I will be using Siri a lot, I usually 
> turn off Voice Over. This can still work out nicely even if you are a totally 
> blind person.
> 
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> On 9/28/2012 2:06 PM, Rose Combs wrote:
>> Wow! Texting is the main reason I wanted Siri, and she does other things
>> nicely but she is much faster at sending a text 99% of the time than I am
>> typing it unless I am where the Bluetooth keyboard happens to be.
>> 
>> 
>> -----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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----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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