Hi, You do not need to go into the application itself to ask the questions. All you need to do is ask Siri from what ever place you are. I was in the home screne when I asked the translation question.
>From what I can tell, this application just gives Siri a larger database to pull answers from. It expands the questions you can ask Siri without her needing to look things up online. Denny On 1/4/13, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > As you can read about in the following article, Apple has teamed up with > Wolfram Alpha since 2010, so much of what you get with Siri is from Wolfram > Alpha anyway. The app just gives you a quicker way to dig deeper: > http://readwrite.com/2010/07/08/apples_siri_teams_up_with_wolfram_alpha > > Richard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 12:07 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: Wolfram Alpha App with Siri. > > So I'm guessing we do this from the open Wolfram/Alpha app, to get Siri to > search Wolfram/Alpha for the answer to the question, as opposed to just > asking Siri from the Home Screen (or wherever) that will then generate a > response from the non-Wolfram/Alpha universe. > > Does that sound accurate to you? > > Thanks. Keith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Denny Schwab > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 1:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Wolfram Alpha App with Siri. > > Hello, > > From what I can tell you simply ask a question to Siri and she then uses > the > application to get the answer. > > For example say: > > Translate Hello into Spanish. > > She will give you the translation and a button you can click to get more > info from the application itself. > > Denny > > On 1/3/13, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. <[email protected]> wrote: >> I very much agree with Marcy. This sounds like a potentially useful >> app, but it sounds like shared experience among those of us using it >> could possible help all of us. >> >> ________________________________ >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Marcy Weinberg >> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:46 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Wolfram Alpha App with Siri. >> >> I would appreciate it if you would answer this question on The list, >> As this sounds like a very interesting app and I would like to learn >> to use it also. I imagine that I will be able to figure it out, but >> any tips you can offer will be appreciated. >> >> >> -- >> Marcy weinberg >> Junior Partner >> Fedora Outlier, LLC >> Top down, BETTER THAN EXCELLENT (tm) consulting, teaching and support >> http://www.fedoraoutlier.com >> 888-958-6979 ext.3801 >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> On Jan 3, 2013, at 11:12 AM, "Wren Langley" >> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I also downloaded the payed version of the app, but I can't figure out >> how to use it with Siri. If it would clutter up the list, could you >> please write me offlist? >> >> Thanks very much for any help. >> >> GOD BLESS, >> >> Wren >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Sandratomkins >> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 2:57 PM >> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Wolfram Alpha App with Siri. >> >> Hi, >> >> Just beginning to learn to appreciate my new 4s with Siri. >> >> I downloaded the paid Wolfram Alpha App, which is designed to work >> with Siri, enabling it to access the info in the app without needing >> to look online. I am not sure how well Siri does without the app >> onboard, but with it I can ask for translations of words into many >> other languages; I can use all the various comparison tables, you >> know, weight, distance, measurements etc and lots more as yet >> undiscovered. Plus, once you have your answer from WF, you can tap on >> various buttons to go further into your chosen field of research. 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