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An Extensive List of Things You Can Say to Siri

The benefit may be lost if you need to double check everything Siri has done for you.

Would you want to dictate a reply to a big business decision without proof reading? Or dictate to move your important business meetings?

The promo video shows that you'd call out an instruction but never check what Siri has done. It will not be the case in real world usage.
 
MacRumors said:
Siri's example input phrases are broken down into the following categories:

- Address Book: Querying Contacts, Finding Contacts, Relationships
- Calendars: Adding Events, Changing Events, Asking About Events
- Alarms: Setting Alarms, Checking the Clock, Using a Timer
- Email: Sending Messages, Checking Messages, Responding to Messages
- Friends: Checking Up on Friends
- Maps: Directions, Local Businesses
- Messages: Sending Texts, Reading Texts, Replying to Texts
- Music: Playback
- Notes: Creating and Finding Notes
- Phone: Phone Calls
- Reminders: Requesting Reminders
- Stocks: Checking Stocks
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What about opening applications? A command for that would be useful if you have say, couple hundred apps. Folders don't cut it well.
 
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"Siri, I'd like to look at some new iPhone cases online"

"Im quite comfortable as I am Todd" -Siri
 
One thing I really want from Siri is this:

When I'm at home, and the phone is already plugged to my mac, so getting charged constantly, I actually want Siri to listen to everything constantly and activate with a keyword like "hey Siri".

If that's doable, then I won't have to walk to the phone and press the home button every time I wanna use Siri.

For example, I don't remember how many times I simply jumped into bed, without setting the alarm, and then had to get up, set it, and get back in.

It'd be cool to talk to the phone from the bed to set the alarm, without getting up.
 
I sure hope Siri has easter eggs... Completely hilarious responses to dumb questions. lol

Okay, maybe Apple's serious for that. Then again, they did just release a 5th iPhone that still has a tiny screen...
 
Yumunum said:
I sure hope Siri has easter eggs... Completely hilarious responses to dumb questions. lol

Okay, maybe Apple's serious for that. Then again, they did just release a 5th iPhone that still has a tiny screen...
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iPhone screen = tiny

10% bigger screen = big.

When did the difference between tiny and big become that small?
 
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bushido said:
no im not gonna talk to my phone like a dumbass on the street, i can check the clock and weather myself
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I am pretty confident no matter where you talk to your phone it is going to be as a dumb ass.

I love people with such low self esteem that they think people will know what they are doing when talking to a device whose main purpose is to be talked to. It certainly is telling.
 
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I am pretty confident no matter where you talk to your phone it is going to be as a dumb ass.

I love people with such low self esteem that they think people will know what they are doing when talking to a device whose main purpose is to be talked to. It certainly is telling.
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If people can't hear you, yes. That's why I'd use it on the street. But if I'm sitting at Starbucks and there's people a feet away from me, I'm not gonna read a dictation to the phone. :)

That being said, all this can change quite fast if voice control takes off.
 
iBug2 said:
Also, 15 years ago seeing someone talking into a phone in the street was weird. 5 years ago seeing someone speaking into air due to bluetooth was weird.
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Those things are still weird. And if people start doing this on the train, I'm walking to work.
 
fitshaced said:
Those things are still weird. And if people start doing this on the train, I'm walking to work.
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Seeing someone talk to their cellphone is still weird for you? I most certainly haven't felt weird about that for at least 10 years now.

The bluetooth seems a little weird still though, but that's because where I live I don't see that often. If I lived in NYC, I'd be used to it by now.
 
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wikus said:
Friscohoya said:
SInce you have a mobile phone pressumably you talk to it already in public?
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The person on the other end is a device? I did not know that. All this time I thought we were taking to people via phones. Thanks for the clarification.

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bushido said:
no im not gonna talk to my phone like a dumbass on the street, i can check the clock and weather myself
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Oh, but its a GAME CHANGER!

...because it has a logo of the holy grail half bitten apple.
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The Point is you think people would know the difference. That is a socially degraded self confidence issue and nothing to do with Siri. Siri is an assistant. Would you be embarrassed talking to a human assistant on the phone? Again it seems like a personal issue and a deficiency of social confidence.
 
iBug2 said:
If people can't hear you, yes. That's why I'd use it on the street. But if I'm sitting at Starbucks and there's people a feet away from me, I'm not gonna read a dictation to the phone. :)

That being said, all this can change quite fast if voice control takes off.
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I remember when talking on a (cell)phone in a public place was considered weird. Im not saying Siri will do it, but culture changes quite rapidly.

Im sure people then were saying that they wanted a portable phone but didnt want other people overhearing. Now I can barely walk 10' down a hall at my school without someone talking obnoxiously loud into their phone.
 
fitshaced said:
They said that video calling hadn't been done right. It hadn't because no-one wanted it that badly.

The iPad is not the same thing. That doesn't require people to change how they behave. Video calling and directing your phone by voice does and I believe people just wont use their phones this way in public. If you're not doing it in public, then when? At home? Whilst jogging? In your office (should you have one)? Down the pub to give your friends a laugh (should it be quiet enough)? So, wheres the need for it? There is no need. Its a waste of money if you upgrade for this feature, unless you have a disability which this helps you with.
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Come to New York city my friend. The land of people talking into their phones in public. Most just use the speaker option & talk at their phones. Won't be a problem here believe me if you've heard the conversations I hear!
 
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Gooberton said:
monaarts said:
Lol. That's funny... I'll give you an example though... The other day I went home from work and was supposed to call my wife when I was leaving the house a couple hours later because she was going to meet me at a restaurant.... I forgot to call her and when I got to the restaurant I remembered and I had to wait for her for like 20 minutes. I can just say "remind me to call my wife when I leave home"


;-)
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how would it know you left home?:confused:
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Geo fencing

The tech is amahzing!
 
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I was intrigued at first, but the more I read about this, the more it sounds trite and half-baked. Apple first introduced voice control about 2.5 years ago. Siri has been out about 1.5 years. All Apple can come up with is "set my alarm to 6am", "find me Italian restaurant", and "is it going to rain?"? Apple should have opened this up to 3rd party apps. I would have been impressed by "Find me NFL scores on ESPN using Safari", "Direct me home on TomTom", or "begin reading Moby Dick where I left off in iBooks". As for dictating notes; we've already had this for over a year using Dragon Dictation. Now, I've come to under-cooked software features from Apple, but they've had a year and a half.
 
iBug2 said:
One thing I really want from Siri is this:

When I'm at home, and the phone is already plugged to my mac, so getting charged constantly, I actually want Siri to listen to everything constantly and activate with a keyword like "hey Siri".

If that's doable, then I won't have to walk to the phone and press the home button every time I wanna use Siri.

For example, I don't remember how many times I simply jumped into bed, without setting the alarm, and then had to get up, set it, and get back in.

It'd be cool to talk to the phone from the bed to set the alarm, without getting up.
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Sure would be great......iOS 6.
 
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