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Siri tells users: Get to the point
Software tweak prompts verbose inquirers to choose their words wisely.
by Josh Lowensohn
May 14, 2013 12:01 PM PDT
If you're the type of person who asks long-winded questions, Siri would like
to change your ways.
Apple's server-powered software assistant is now telling users to trim down
questions that are too long or otherwise complicated -- a move that iLounge
suggests is to retrain how users interact with the service versus an actual
human being.
If Siri deems your question verbose, the software will serve up quotes that
suggest brevity, a comedic -- though also passive-aggressive -- move. Some
of the quotes come from author William Strunk, former U.S. President Thomas
Jefferson, and fictional characters like Hawkeye from M*A*S*H.
The effort to retrain Siri users is of note given how Apple originally
pitched the service as capable of understanding conversational questions.
The change, which is believed to have arrived in the past week, is the
latest behind-the-scenes tweak to Siri since Apple launched it alongside the
iPhone 4S in 2011. Apple has noted its ambitions to improve the software,
most recently by posting a number of jobs seeking people to help "refresh
and refine existing Siri dialog."
LS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marissa" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:30 PM
Subject: RE: Siri
Dear list members:
The Issue affecting Siri, it's usually found within the latest iOS (iOS 6
.1.3, 6.1.4 and sometimes iOS 5) According to an article, which I will
post the link here, apparently this Siri "issue" is a tweak by Apple .
The following will be a link to the article, posted on CNET.
http://www.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57584441-37/siri-tells-users-get-to-the-point/
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