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Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - [email protected] Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 30 Sep 2012, at 02:57, Frank Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > 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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