I swear, If i have to read one more post about a Tip Calculator....
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Five Useful Siri Shortcuts for iOS 12
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A couple things.
- It asks what the bill is. It doesn't ask for pre- or post-tax amount, so I don't understand why you can't just input whichever one you want to calculate the tip with, considering that most bills show both of those amounts. I personally tip on the post-tax amount. If you tip on the pre-tax amount and want the tax added to that amount along with your tip, you can add that to the steps.
- You can build in a rounding function if that's so important. I wouldn't think when people are rounding up tips to make them nice, even numbers that they care about being exact, so why are you using a tip calculator to add a rounded, simple number to a bill total, which would be fairly simple and quick in your head? Tip calculators make much more sense for adding a precise tip to a bill amount where it might not be that quick in your head.
- Yes, if I'm paying with a card, why does it matter if my tip is exact, down to the cent? If I want to leave 18% and that comes out to $3.27, then I'm going to write $3.27 on the tip line and then write whatever the total was on the total line.
- This is a pre-built automation workflow made of customizable steps. Most of the work is already done for you, so if those are the only things that make it useless for your personal needs, customize it to fit what you need and then it can save you time every time you use it. Or you can just continue to do it all manually yourself every time.
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LOL! When the App Store first opened its doors for business there must have been 47 tip calculators among its initial offerings. Apparently, percentages are a difficult concept.
In the time it took you to write "a couple things," I've already calculated 20 different tips in my head.
Sure, you could. But what's the point? Just ask Siri what 20% of $XX is. Done. The shortcut is going to provide you with a completed total. But that total will be worthless to you if you're tipping on the pre-tax amount and/or you want to round your tip up or down.
You can do as you wish. Hopefully you're intending to give the server a higher percentage tip and not wanting to tip the state/local government on their contribution to the enjoyment of your meal.
I calculate a 20% tip in my head. I round it up in my head, too. No, I’m not going to leave $9.71. The server will get $10.00. I don’t need the Calculate Tip shortcut. I merely stated that, as written, it’s pretty useless. I wouldn't be touting it as one of "Five Helpful Shortcuts."
You must be French! So rude!
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I could be wrong, but, I'm going to say it anyway...If the shortcut involves an app that is not on the Watch, it will not work.
[doublepost=1538595251][/doublepost]I don't get a lot of these "shortcuts". Like setting a timer. Or, if you're bad at math and need a tip calculated. Just say "set a timer for x", or "what's 20% of x"
[doublepost=1538595467][/doublepost]To those who want to tip on the pre-tax amount...you shouldn't be dining out. Or, you should sell your iPhone, so that you can afford to dine out.
What about other people in the service industry? Makes no sense to redistribute money between people at the same income level.
I think you should vote for people who’ll change the law, and in the meantime boycott places that don’t pay enough. This system of people being dependant on voluntary donations, AKA charity, for a living is an absurd situation for a rich modern democracy to be in. Of course, I can see the argument that until you can change the system it makes sense to help people out by carrying on with it. I just feel perhaps it perpetuates it. I dunno.
ANYBODY that has a Nest thermostat should have the app “Thermo Watch”. It works with Siri Shortcuts, and allows you to control the Nest using Siri. At this point, I don’t think Nest is ever going to add HomeKit support. Thermo Watch adds HomeKit-like support...for 3 dollars!
I know there is Homebridge, but, I like not having to leave my iMac on all the time. Also, sometimes Homebridge crashes, or I restart my Mac, and forget to run it.
I contacted the developer today, asking for a command that would start the fan. Heard back right away, and was told it’s in the works and will be updated soon.
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I know there is Homebridge, but, I like not having to leave my iMac on all the time. Also, sometimes Homebridge crashes, or I restart my Mac, and forget to run it.
I contacted the developer today, asking for a command that would start the fan. Heard back right away, and was told it’s in the works and will be updated soon.
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If you can’t afford to tip on the whole bill, you can’t afford to go out and eat.
Why not just use Siri to “Tell such n such...blah blah blah”. It sends the text. Done.
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I believe it works if the app is on the Watch.
Absolutely. That said, 20% is typically my minimum tip. Service has to be pretty bad for me to go under that.
Why is nobody talking about how Apple has crippled Shortcuts on the Apple Watch?
Before Shortcuts, you could launch workflows on the Watch with the Workflow watch app. You could enter data, use menus, etc., in powerful custom workflows. Now, nada. The app is gone and no Shortcuts app has replaced it. This was a primary interface to many workflows and now these workflows are unusable.
Before Shortcuts, you could launch workflows on the Watch with the Workflow watch app. You could enter data, use menus, etc., in powerful custom workflows. Now, nada. The app is gone and no Shortcuts app has replaced it. This was a primary interface to many workflows and now these workflows are unusable.
Why is nobody talking about how there aren't any shortcuts for the Apple TV Remote app. Or, the Apple TV itself? I know there is one that will turn it on, but, obviously I want it to do something after that.
Ha.
Sad for those of us who live in the "Land of the Blond White Clown." And I bet that's not as mellifluous in Maori
I particularly like that everyone is excited for calculating tips. Tipping is stupid and needs to be abolished. Tips shouldn't uphold a crap wage, guilting patrons into pity paying service employees.
Because Siri doesn't speak my language, so I can't do that. Dictation, however, does.
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Yes you're missing something. It's a feature that's been in the Reminders app for years. To remind you about something when you get home, or when you leave a location. It's quite useful, I prefer it to timed reminders.
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Siri only speaks a handful of languages, so if you speak a language that Siri doesn't understand, you have to resort to a workaround, such as this one. Dictation works in many more languages than Siri, but it's useless if you're driving because you have to unlock the phone, scroll to the right home screen, open the app, press Dication, press Send. With the shortcut you can do it without even touching the phone.
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Not if you're messaging someone in a language that Siri doesn't understand.
As for "remind me when I get home", yes, Siri can do that, but I like to avoid talking to Siri in public if possible because it makes me feel stupid. So a shortcut lets me do it quietly and quickly without saying a word. And doing it through the Reminders app takes so many steps that it's just not even worth it.
Basically Shortcuts lets me do stuff that augment Siri's abilities, and that are as fast to do as with Siri, but without actually having to use Siri, which is always a plus.
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Question, is there now way to dictate a name and search / get a contact based on text or a variable? The only way I see to get a contact is to use the Contact: Select Multiple which shows the contacts app. I would like to get a contact without having to look at the phone and select one from a list.
Ahh I see. I wasn't seeing it from that angle. Makes sense and seems useful. Thanks.
[doublepost=1539147158][/doublepost]Hi , I have create a shortcut to save a gps location to your Evernote account on the go. This is useful if you are passing by some interesting location and want to save it to come back again there later.
The iOS 12 update brought a major new feature, Siri Shortcuts, which is designed to let you create voice and tap-activated automations that can complete multiple complex tasks in just a few seconds.
In our latest YouTube video, we've rounded up five Siri Shortcut options that we think most people will find interesting. These are a great place to start if you're new to Shortcuts.
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Siri Shortcuts are available in the Shortcuts section of the Settings app (Settings > Siri & Search) and through the dedicated Shortcuts app, but you can also find great options on Reddit and other websites. The Shortcuts below have been sourced from multiple places.
- Calculate Tip - Perhaps one of the simplest Shortcuts available, Calculate Tip is available in the Shortcuts Gallery. When you activate this Shortcut, it will ask you the total bill and the amount that you want to tip (12%, 15%, 18%, or 20%) before providing you with the tip amount and the total bill with tip included.
- Convert Burst to GIF - With Convert Burst to GIF, sourced from Reddit, you can take a series of burst photos with the iPhone camera by holding down on the capture button and then convert them into a GIF. There are also shortcuts for doing the same thing with a Live Photo in the Shortcuts Gallery.
- Watch Music Video - The Watch Music Video Shortcut, also from Reddit, lets you detect the currently playing Apple Music song and then search for the accompanying music video on Apple Music. If a music video is found, it will open it up in the Apple Music app so you can watch it.
- What's Happening on Twitter - If you have the Twitter app installed, you can create a "See What's Happening" Shortcut that will allow you to view Twitter's Moments section with a Siri voice command. You can access this option by going to Settings > Siri & Search > Twitter > See All.
- Dark Sky Weather - With Dark Sky installed, you can see a weather forecast with information pulled from Dark Sky through a Siri voice command. As with Twitter, you can get to this option through the Siri & Search section of the Settings app. Assigning a command like "What's the weather today" to this third-party Shortcut will let you get weather data from Dark Sky rather than the built-in weather app when you ask Siri about the weather.
Many of the Shortcuts listed above can be tweaked and customized after you have downloaded them if desired, and you can assign Siri voice commands to activate them. For app-based Shortcuts, you can do this in the Settings app, and for longer Shortcuts that have multiple steps, you can add a Siri command in the Shortcuts app.
Do you have favorite Shortcuts that you've been using in iOS 12? Let us know in the comments and we may feature them in a future video.
Article Link: Five Useful Siri Shortcuts for iOS 12
So far, the only shortcut that looks to be useful at all, and not a duplication of existing Siri functionality (for me speaking American English), is the translate text function, which is itself very limited by Safari’s horrible text selection behavior. Also, I have the Google translate app, so...
I’m probably going to delete the app and forget about this “new iOS feature”.
If you’re in Apple’s tested speech range, Siri is very useful for extremely basic commands and statements. Go outside the most average vocabulary, though, and it looks as stupid as it actually is (entirely stupid; there’s no such thing as AI, just human-made, algorithms, scripts, and some occasional modifications of them via user input). Speech to text is abysmal for anything even slightly off the most average, or lowest common denominator.
Accent? Actually I think others already asked you this.
I’m probably going to delete the app and forget about this “new iOS feature”.
If you’re in Apple’s tested speech range, Siri is very useful for extremely basic commands and statements. Go outside the most average vocabulary, though, and it looks as stupid as it actually is (entirely stupid; there’s no such thing as AI, just human-made, algorithms, scripts, and some occasional modifications of them via user input). Speech to text is abysmal for anything even slightly off the most average, or lowest common denominator.
Accent? Actually I think others already asked you this.