Try saying astrix, instead of star. This just worked for me. I have an iPhone 5. Don't kmow if this would make a difference.
Donna On Apr 9, 2013, at 5:21 PM, "Lauren Simmons" <[email protected]> wrote: > So do you have any solution for entering the following in an edit field like > in iPhone or iPod touch Search: > *.MP3 > > I specified in my original post that I did in fact try using Siri. I'm > looking for suggestions on how to have Siri enter unusual single characters > as is right now Siri is spelling out each word used to describe the > character. For example, when wanting to enter *.MP3, Siri spells the > following: > Star dot MP3 > > LS > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Woody Anna Dresner" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 11:04 AM > Subject: Re: Entering symbols like Star and brackets > > >> Hi, >> >> I did once use siri to enter a pound sign when I couldn't find it. Tap the >> Dictation button, speak the character you want, such as "degree sign," and >> double-tap with two fingers to stop the dictation. >> >> Best, >> Anna >> >> >> >> On Apr 9, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Lauren Simmons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> How does one quickly enter unusual symbols such as asterist (*), >>> brackets, degrees symbols, etc? I know how to enter manually using the >>> touch pad, but this involves 3 different layers including More symbols >>> and then shift with more symbols. I'm actually hoping to use Siri >>> within Search to quickly look for something like the following: >>> *.MP3 >>> >>> If anyone knows of any tips and tricks to dictating this kind of >>> search edit field entry I'm all ears. Big thanks. >>> >>> LS >>> >>> -- >>> 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 Google >>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> 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 Google >> Groups "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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 Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
