Hi Candy and others, Just writing to confirm the findings of poor responsiveness and other problems with Siri after installing the iOS7 upgrade. For example...
When asking Siri questions I'm experiencing incredibly long delays. At times Siri doesn't respond at all with an answer so I have to manually read the screen. I am often misunderstood by Siri so very inaccurate prompts are shown. I also have to stop Siri dead in it's tracks by using the home button as simply replying to the voice prompts results in more odd questions such as repeatedly wanting to launch apps. When I try to manually swipe through the screen to try to get some sort of information, the highlight jumps all over the screen no matter how many different ways I try to swipe. If I unload VoiceOver Siri is much more responsive, but it is still just a bit less accurate than the iOS6 version. None of this was happening before installing iOS7. In conclusion, on my iPod Touch 5th gen, Siri is now much more of a problem-riddled hindrance than help. I will add that iOS7 is just a tad slower than before, but it is the same as before when not using Siri. Joseph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Candy" <crlowesi...@yahoo.com> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 8:57 AM Subject: RE: Siri's performance in IOS7 Carol, I find Siri's performance to be lacking considerably in this upgrade. First of all, the dictation is very poor as far as responsiveness. As you say, half of the time, she doesn't read it back. Another problem I have is this, if I turn voice over off, and then ask Siri a question or give her a task, she does much better than if I have voice over on. All of my sighted friends say that they feel that Siri works much better with IOS 7, but, I think that is because they don't use voice over. That is why I tried turning it off, and did seem to get better results. There are many times I wish I hadn't upgraded, but, there are features I like. I'll just have to be patient. ------------------------------ On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 10:37 AM CDT Kathy and Wilda wrote: >Hmm, that is interesting! I also live in NC and have found that siri is >much >more responsive. > >Kathy and Seeing Eye dog Wilda > > >-----Original Message----- >From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >Of Jerry White >Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 2:03 PM >To: viphone@googlegroups.com >Subject: RE: Siri's performance in IOS7 > >I have noticed the same thing. I live in North Carolina, USA, and have >thought that SIRI has taken a step back in response. I love the >automatically listening for a response after SIRI asks a question, but the >time between asking a question and getting a response is sometimes large. > >Also, when using dictate in messaging, I sometimes have to move focus away >from the message pane and back to get the text read. > >Thanks for letting me know I'm not crazy, well, not this time, anyway! LOL! >Jerry > >-----Original Message----- >From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >Of Carol Pearson >Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 11:45 AM >To: VI Phone Users >Subject: Siri's performance in IOS7 > >Hi all, > >I'm wondering if Siri's performance differs between various countries, or >even within the same. > >We have noted an increased speed and performance when it comes to asking >Siri a question but it seems that dictation has taken quite a step >backwards >for myself and other friends with whom I've spoken here in the UK. > >First, the time between dictating and text appearing at my end is definiqly >much slower and is also less accurate. In addition I'm sometimes not sure >if >didtated text has been processed because of the lack of speech from Siri >who >doesn't read aloud text as processed or even say "Done". > >Have you noticed these things, do you know why we should experience these >difficulties and do you agree that this should be reported to Apple? > > >Carol P >Sent from my iPhone using MBraille > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >Google >Group. > >Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > >Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > >Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > >Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >Google >Group. > >Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > >Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > >Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > >Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >Google Group. > >Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > >Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > >Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > >Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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