Hi, It works better on some devices than others; my iPad4 consistantly gets better results than my new iPhone 6. Generally speaking I find that I can operate the iPad from the otherside of the room if nobody else is talking but my iPhone has to be within a couple of feet from me.
To be honest I doubt it's a feature I'll be using that much. The novelty of controling a device from the otherside of a room is kind of cool, but once that's warn off, I'll probably just forget that it's possible because it's not possible to do all of the time. Additionally, a sighted friend remarked that depending on what you use Siri for, you might have to pick the device up to read the output anyway so you might as well invoke Siri using the traditional method. Cheers, Ben. On 9/21/14, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Eric, > > I noticed this from time to time and it is quite funny. The first time it > happened I was listening via my bluetooth speaker and it was sitting only a > foot or 2 away from the iPhone. Once I figured out why SIRI activated > itself > I replayed the same passage many times and exactly at the same word > combination SIRI activated. Since then it has happened to me quite a few > times and I don't recall what words were spoken each time, but they > definitely weren't even close to "Hey SIRI". > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of SSEric > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 7:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Using "Hey, Seri" > > Just now had the dumbest thing happen. Was listening to a book on the Touch > 5 with IOS8 using a bluetooth speaker. BARD Mobile was open. All of a > sudden, I hear the Seri tones and then the male voice saying "Here is what > I > found about..." and it mentioned a couple of words that had just been read > from the book. > > It do get stranger and stranger... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of John Diakogeorgiou > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 8:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Using "Hey, Seri" > > He said it was plugged in. I find it inconsistent. Sometimes it works and > other times it doesn't. When it works, he gives half his answer then stops. > > On 9/20/14, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote: >> I thought I heard on a podcast that one has to have the phone plugged >> into use that feature. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Sep 20, 2014, at 8:31 PM, "SSEric" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I have only downloaded IOS8 onto my Touch 5 so far. Last night I >>> tried using Seri when the phone was sleeping.. I heard the tones like >>> it heard me or it had finished listening, but I never got a reply. I >>> did not check the screen to see if it showed a response, but it did >>> not speak one >>> >>> Has anyone tried this on a Touch or 4S. I am wondering if it is just >>> the older processor. >>> >>> For those who do not know, you can just say "hey Seri" when the phone >>> is sleeping, as long as the power cord is attached. >>> >>> Thanks for pointers. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone >>> list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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