I asked what is for breakfast and she told me to go to Denny's which was the closest to me then listed four other places, most of which I have not heard of. I was in a weird mood that morning. It is probably about the only silly question I have asked her.
I wanted to see if she would tell me bacon and eggs or cereal. I did not have either at the time but... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Troy Sullivan Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 5:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: how smart Siri? I also like to ask cerie silly stuff just to see what she says. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Olver" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 6:20 PM Subject: Re: how smart Siri? > Ray, I suggest you give some thought to going to http://www.applevis.com > and look at what they have to offer. There are podcasts on a number of > apps and I'm betting the Iphone and Siri as well. Also, you might try > checking the archives for things like Siri commands or just Siri. Also you > might just do a search for Siri on google and see what you come up with, > you might be pleasantly surprised. > > Fred Olver > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray T. Mahorney" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 3:42 PM > Subject: RE: how smart Siri? > > >> thank you sir. >> >> >> Ray T. Mahorney >> WA4WGA >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of David Chittenden >> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 20:29 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: how smart Siri? >> >> The dictation limit is 30 seconds per segment. You can activate the >> dictation button again after >> each batch is converted. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: [email protected] >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 25/03/2013, at 7:19, "Ray T. Mahorney" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> You say that you have to have yourself as a contact I assume from this >>> that the phone doesn't >>> already know you are the account holder? Also is there a word limit on >>> email dictation? for >>> reasons of limited use of the hands my written emails are necessarily >>> "terse" >>> >>> >>> Ray T. Mahorney >>> WA4WGA >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel >>> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 18:12 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: RE: how smart Siri? >>> >>> Hi Ray, >>> >>> SIRI is designed to understand natural speech and for certain things it >>> is >>> more forgiving than others. For example, you can tell SIRI any of the >>> following and it will do it perfectly: >>> >>> Set my alarm for 7 AM >>> Set my alarm for 7 in the morning >>> Wake me up at 7 >>> I have to get up at 7 >>> >>> However, if you tell it "Wake me up at 7 on Wednesday", for some reason >>> it >>> will tell you that an alarm can't be set for more than 1 day ahead and >>> then >>> it asks if you want to set a Reminder instead. >>> >>> Reminders are very easy to set and allow for good options. You can say: >>> >>> Remind me to Call John on Wednesday at 3 PM >>> Remind me to take the garbage out at 8 every Tuesday morning - this will >>> set >>> a recurring reminder >>> >>> You can ask it to calculate stuff, regular arithmetic, tips/percentages >>> and >>> so on. >>> You can ask it to convert most stuff >>> You can ask geographical information like "What is the fifth most >>> populated >>> country in the world >>> Anything Wolfram Alpha has information about you can pretty much ask. >>> >>> By "how speaker independent is the program" I assume you mean does it >>> understand different people? If so, then yes, as long as you speak >>> whatever >>> language you have your iPhone and SIRI set to without too much of an >>> accent >>> then it should work quite well. I have a slight German accent but >>> typically >>> SIRI understands me rather well. There are interesting instances where I >>> say >>> something and SIRI repeats it completely differently. One example is >>> that I >>> usually say "Call my work" if I want to call my main business number. >>> SIRI >>> of course knows who I am since as long as you have yourself entered as a >>> contact with work number, home number, mobile number, email and >>> addresses >>> and so on SIRI knows that "you" are you. Anyhow, I can say "Call my work >>> number" 10 times and it gets it right every time, but from time to time >>> it >>> just seems to go off on a rant and it will say back "Call my brother" or >>> "Call Mike Roark" or something stupid like that. If I repeat "Call my >>> work" >>> and really pronounce it, it will just not get it and I just say "Call >>> Sieghard at work" and that is fine. Then again later "Call my work" >>> works >>> just fine. >>> >>> I think it might sometimes depend on how busy the servers are, maybe how >>> good your connection is, how much background noise there is and all >>> that. >>> Normally background noise is dealt with very well, I have dictated short >>> text messages in a restaurant with a lot of background noise and it was >>> no >>> problem. What is a problem is if you tell it something and somebody else >>> is >>> talking very nearby, then SIRI may just continue to listen not knowing >>> the >>> other person speaking is not part of what I am saying. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Ray T. Mahorney >>> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:47 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: how smart Siri? >>> >>> Perhaps not the best way to phrase that but the question is this is >>> there a >>> set of phrases the program recognizes or has to be prompted with other >>> than >>> the program name before requests can be carried out? Also how speaker >>> independent is the program? >>> >>> >>> Ray T. 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