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Siri and spouse/wife

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dk143

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I want to use Siri for "text/call my wife", but am having trouble!

Have set my spouse in the contact details for myself, but siri will only do it when I say "text/call my SPOUSE", which is a bit annoying.

Anyone know how I can get round this?
 
mattopotamus

mattopotamus

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dk143 said:
I want to use Siri for "text/call my wife", but am having trouble!

Have set my spouse in the contact details for myself, but siri will only do it when I say "text/call my SPOUSE", which is a bit annoying.

Anyone know how I can get round this?
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The only way would be to make your wife "wife" In your contacts instead of her name.
 
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Kashsystems

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Jul 23, 2012
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Maybe Siri is jealous and does not like your wife......


Sorry bad jokes are an addiction that I can not break.
 
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dk143

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JayLenochiniMac said:
This. You need to let Siri know who your wife is first. Manually adding it won't work.
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I've tried that and it doesn't work! I've told Siri who my wife is, but it adds her as a "spouse".

So I say to Siri "Jane Doe is my wife". In my contacts, she is automatically listed as my "spouse".

When I say "call my wife", it doesn't work, but "call my spouse" does.

Hence the problem!
 
Ingster

Ingster

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Press siri, say (spouses name) is my wife, then siri will add it, then just say to siri, text my wife/ring my wife
 
Prof.

Prof.

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Find yourself in your contact list, then press EDIT. Then create a custom relationship for your wife within your contact card.
 
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dk143

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Ingster said:
Press siri, say (spouses name) is my wife, then siri will add it, then just say to siri, text my wife/ring my wife
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Tried that - didn't work!

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Prof. said:
Find yourself in your contact list, then press EDIT. Then create a custom relationship for your wife within your contact card.
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Tried that too - also didn't work!
 
balamw

balamw

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Just curious. Are you using the phone in US English or some other language. I've seen some odd behavior over the years with localization other than US English.

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dk143

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I'm in the UK and as far as I can tell, everything is set to English (uk).
 
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swervinsuburban

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Key siri and ask "who is my wife" and what does she say? If she doesn't say anybody she will prompt you to add somebody as your wife
 
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dk143

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swervinsuburban said:
Key siri and ask "who is my wife" and what does she say? If she doesn't say anybody she will prompt you to add somebody as your wife
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Ok, this is weird. I did what you suggested, and it brought up my wife's contact details correctly.

When I say "call my wife", Siri replies with:

I don't have a wife number for "me". Would you like to use "my number" instead.

But if tell Siri to "call my wife's iPhone", it works as it should!
 
Prof.

Prof.

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dk143 said:
Ok, this is weird. I did what you suggested, and it brought up my wife's contact details correctly.

When I say "call my wife", Siri replies with:

I don't have a wife number for "me". Would you like to use "my number" instead.

But if tell Siri to "call my wife's iPhone", it works as it should!
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That's what you need to do. When I tell Siri to call my mom, I say "Call mom at work" or "Call mom iPhone"
 
gsugolfer

gsugolfer

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MassiveAttack said:
How do you expect siri to know who your wife is? :rolleyes:
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He doesn't. He expects it to remember when told. Nothing wrong with that. My phone worked fine with relationships, but my wife's didnt. She had to set a contact as her name and then add relationships from there. Didn't work with the "Me" contact.
 
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matttye

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I've got my fiancée in my contacts under girlfriend/partner and can dial her using both "call my girlfriend" or "call my partner" - not sure why yours doesn't work!
 
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swervinsuburban

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dk143 said:
Ok, this is weird. I did what you suggested, and it brought up my wife's contact details correctly.

When I say "call my wife", Siri replies with:

I don't have a wife number for "me". Would you like to use "my number" instead.

But if tell Siri to "call my wife's iPhone", it works as it should!
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If she has multiple numbers you have to specify which number to call
 
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