In my opinion I have not found any reason to turn of Voiceover to get better SIRI results especially in iOS 7 where you get the same interactive format with or without Voiceover. I have tried 5 or 6 definitions this morning at various times and each time SIRI read the definition although in some cases it said that 3 definitions were found and it wuld then proceed to read the first. When I asked SIRI to read the second or next definition I was told "I don't know what you mean by read the next definition" or something like that. However, It's not a big deal to touch the screen and use Voiceover to read it. The other day I was looking for a particular lawyer's office here in my town. I asked SIRI to show me nearby lawyers, she said she came up with 11 results and asked if I wanted her to read them. Since I was walking at the time I said yes and she read the first. At the end she asked if that was the one I wanted. I said No and she read the next, repeated the question in a slightly different way and I kept telling her No until the sixth or seventh result she read was the one I wanted. I said "yes" and she then asked if she wanted me to call that lawyer's office, I said yes and she dialed the number. I was totally amazed because this functionality was not there in iOS 6, I did all of this completely without ever touching my phone except for the initial press of the middle part of the remote to ask my question. The rest was entirely interactive and while it took a while to listen to the results and to keep telling her "No" when she asked if that was the one I wanted, it was still pretty cool and I was able to just continue walking. I could have probably stopped, pulled up my Yellow Pages app and found the number just s quickly or maybe even a bit faster, but I was just walking along anyways so why not. I guess this may not be so efficient if you ask in a big city to "Show me nearby restaurants" and she comes up with a list of 30, but SIRI is definitely getting smarter and more useful.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of BBS Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 11:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Using Siri to look up a definition of a word Maybe have Voiceover on but turn off the speech with a three finger double tap. That's how I get Siri to cooperate properly. Shawn Sent From My White Mac Book On Nov 2, 2013, at 8:29 AM, Tom rash <[email protected]> wrote: > I got a definition, but Siri won't read it. I had to use voice over. I noticed sometimes Siri reads results and sometimes not, any ideas? > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris H" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 12:09 PM > Subject: Re: Using Siri to look up a definition of a word > > > It worked for me when I used it. Just say define then the word. Siri > will then read the definition out to you. > > E-mail Facebook and iMessage > [email protected] > > On 01/11/2013 18:09, Brent Harbolt wrote: >> Hi all. Before IOS 7, you could ask Siri for a definition of a word. Siri would then look it up and display the definition on the screen. I can't seem to get Siri to do that any more. Does anyone have any info on this or has anyone been able to successfully get Siri to look up words for them? Thanks. >> >> Brent >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > 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 [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. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > 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 [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. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. 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 [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. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
