Right, Gera, I just give it a little bit of time, then ask my question. So far it is working fine, but I still would rather be able to hear a tone.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gerardo Corripio Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2022 8:29 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: When using Siri with VoiceOver, Remember to Give That Beep a Chance Orin your mind (like I've done for some weeks now), while the Siri tone is playing, think a phrase like "Hey Siri"; coinciding when the tone ends, you've done thinking the phrase. This has definitely gotten awesome results! Gera Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel > El 28 dic 2022, a la(s) 1:38 a.m., M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> escribió: > > Hello All, > > For the first 48 hours or so after activating my new 14, I thought the > device might be defective as almost 90% of my Siri requests were not > being understood by the phone. > > For example, when making requests such as, "Call Richard" or "Call > Sieghard, mobile", Siri would respond with something like, "Could you say > that again? > I didn't quite understand you." > > Even when I asked Siri for the current weather conditions in a > particular city, I would receive an error response. This even > happened when I had my Apple Earpods, attached. Now that I think > about it, I couldn't even get Siri to open the Calendar app. > > Now keep in mind that it wasn't until I purchased the 14 that I had > any experience with OS 16, let alone OS 16.2. > > I was so tired during that first 48-hour period, after purchasing > iPhone 14, because of a lack of sleep, that I blamed myself for doing > something wrong even though I could not pinpoint my error. > > Of course I searched Google for solutions but could not find any > articles on the subject. This led me to believe that the issue was > not widespread, at the very least. > > I was just beginning to consider taking the new phone back to the > Apple Store when, near the end of that first 48-hour period, I decided > to upgrade my beloved iPad Pro 2017 from iPad OS 15.x to iPad 16.2. > Immediately after doing so, I experienced the exact same phenomenon on the > iPad. > > To say that my mind was blown, would be the understatement of the > holiday season. > > After experiencing the same glitch on two devices, one new and the > other that, until the update to the latest OS, had performed > flawlessly, I realized that the issue was with 16.2 and not a hardware > problem. > > So I asked myself what had changed between OS 15.x and OS 16.x. The > answer, which I had read about in this community, was the Siri beep prompt. > > As many had reported and discussed, on-list, Apple, in its infinite > wisdom, changed the beep prompt that VoiceOver users hear, when activating > Siri. > > Now I do my best to read virtually every thread posted to this list. > This can be an overwhelming task, at times, so, sometimes I simply > miss the proverbial "meat & potatoes" of a thread. I write this to > say that what I discovered, organically, has most likely already been > described, on-list. So I apologize if this is redundant. > > Okay, what occurred to me was that the most significant difference > between the legacy Siri beep prompt and the new Siri beep prompt was > the length of time it takes the new prompt to end. The difference is > less than one second but it is a significant difference, all the same. > > So I asked myself, what would happen if, instead of speaking to Siri > near the beginning of the prompt, as I have always done, I waited > until the prompt completely ended. > > So, I tried it and . Yes, you guessed it; that is all it took in order > to bring Siri recognition back to virtually 100% on both devices. > > After that, I realized that I have been, to a much lesser degree > experiencing the same problem on both of my Apple TV models. These > models, also, use the new Siri beep prompt. Waiting just that extra > little moment, before speaking to Siri made a universe full of difference. > > So, if you are finding that Siri is not as accurate in its responses > as it was in previous versions of the OS, after activating Siri, wait > until the new beep prompt has completely ended, before speaking, and > you should notice quite a difference in the results. > > When using Siri with VoiceOver, remember to give that beep a chance, > to end, that is, (smile), before speaking. > > Mark > > > -- > 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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