Thanks Wayne for this summary report... A quick question for someone who is still waiting for his iPhone V and hasn't played with Siri yet... What is the difference between dictation and Siri? Is dictation a separate, pre-installed app? How do you know which one to use?
Thanks, Brian Miller > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:07 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 > > I was skeptical of Siri when I heard of it last year with the > 4S. I stuck with my iPhone 4 and wondered what all the fuss > was about. It sounded interesting, but nothing I would really > use. Since I have gotten an iPhone 5 2 weeks ago, I have > started using Siri and the dictation feature on the virtual > keyboard a lot more. I still have times when the dictation or > Siri will misunderstand me. Sometimes it has happened 3 or 4 > times in a row with Siri and I gave up. With dictation, it > happens the first time but the second time it gets what I'm > saying correct. I use it most often when filling out the > mobile web form to schedule taxi service with my local cab > company. I used to use the Apple Bluetooth keyboard for this > task, but now I can just speak my phrases for what I want to > fill in the various fields, or use the virtual keyboard to > type in corrections or short items in the fields. Last night > was the crowning moment for me and when I knew that Siri was > going to be very helpful. I was riding with my fiance and we > were trying to make our way back from going out to eat. She's > someone who relies heavily on GPS. She pulled over and when > she was typing in the GPS our destination, i asked Siri to > direct us to my home address. > I recall hearing on a podcast recently that you need to turn > VoiceOver off when in the maps app and when getting spoken > directions. I did this, and soon afterward, we started > getting exact directions. We even went off route since we > were not able to make a certain turn, and the voice caught it > and redirected us back to the original route. Both my fiance > and I were very impressed with the task and Siri's > performance in maps. It's a nice feeling to be able to ask > Siri how to get to a certain address and be told exactly > where to go. Siri and I are not communicating perfectly all > of the time yet, but we're getting there, and possibilities > are starting to form for me for things I can use Siri and > dictation for. > > when I heard of people last year that used dictation, I found > myself asking, "Why not just type in the item you lazy > person?" Now though, it is so much easier to say what you > want typed in and then do short corrections, rather than > messing with typing things in. I am not to the point of > dictating medium to long text messages correctly every time, > but slowly getting there. > > Regards, > Wayne Merritt > > On 10/24/12, Raul A. Gallegos <r...@raulgallegos.com> wrote: > > Yes I agree. In fact if I am going to use Siri for a lot of > > interaction, I disable Voice Over. Now there are cases > where you get > > more information displayed on the screen. For example if I ask Siri > > what the population of Chicago is, she will tell me, but not by > > speaking it, instead, she displays the information. So, in > this case y ou have to use Voice Over. > > However for the weather, scheduling reminders, meetings, > making calls, > > or sending texts, I definitely turn off Voice Over as it > gets annoying > > otherwise. > > > > -- > > Raul A. Gallegos > > "The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget > is once." > > - E. Joseph Cossman Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 > > > > On 10/24/2012 2:23 PM, Chris wrote: > >> Oh ok I like the idea of having no VoiceOver when I use Siri. It > >> seems more logical and more like a natural conversation this way. > >> > >> > >> Christopher Hallsworth > >> > >> On 24/10/2012 17:26, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > >>> Hi Chris, > >>> > >>> I use SIRI with my iPhone 4S and Voiceover turned on all the time > >>> both for asking it to dial numbers, for asking questions and for > >>> dictation. It works fine, only thing is that if Voiceover is not > >>> turned on SIRI will automatically listen if, for example, you say > >>> "Text Christopher Hallsworth" > >>> and if you not follow right away with what you want the > text message > >>> to say, SIRI will say something ike "What do you want to say to > >>> Christopher Hallsworth". If you have Voiceover on you > have to double > >>> tap or press the home key again to make SIRI listen, if > Voiceover is > >>> off you can simply speak your message and SIRI will hear it. > >>> > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Sieghard > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com > [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > >>> Behalf Of Chris > >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:14 AM > >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com > >>> Subject: Re: My thoughts on Siri and the iPhone 5 > >>> > >>> Ok, this is where the iPod Touch or iPad or iPad Mini > comes in, as > >>> at least I can try Siri with VoiceOver before committing to an > >>> iPhone 4s or 5. > >>> > >>> > >>> Christopher Hallsworth > >>> > >>> On 24/10/2012 16:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > >>>> Hello Chris. > >>>> > >>>> Before you buy your phone 5, you should try Siri with > Voice Over. > >>>> > >>>> Kawal. > >>>> > >>>> On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Chris > <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I tried Siri on a carer's iPhone 5 today. What I can't > get over is > >>>>> the > >>> fact it just recognized my voice instantly without > training. I said > >>> hello, it said hello back. Then I said how are you? It > said I'm very > >>> well. I then asked what the weather is like. It then > brought up the > >>> Weather app. The carer is fully sighted so of course does > not need > >>> VoiceOver. But she told me about the Weather app opening. > >>>>> I just find this amazing because I tried a few third party Voice > >>> Dictation apps, namely Vokul, on my iPhone 4, and they do > not like > >>> my unusually high voice at all. Yet Siri does! > >>>>> Just some thought from a prospective Siri user. > >>>>> I also felt her iPhone 5. It's really nice and feel I > can use it > >>>>> no > >>> problem. > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> > >>>>> Christopher Hallsworth > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > >>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>>>> 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > > > > > > -- > Follow me on Twitter at: > www.twitter.com/wcmerritt > My websites: > www.wayneism.com > www.whitecaneday.org > > -- > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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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