In icloud you can add add custom relationships. I have aunt cousins and a landlord.
hth, Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online stores. On Oct 8, 2012, at 8:57 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <[email protected]> wrote: > no aunts or uncles, cousins etc either. > > > 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. > 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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