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How often do you use Siri?

jav1231 said:
I honestly don't see how anyone gets anything done with Siri. I have been told I have a "radio voice." I've been podcasting for nearly 7 years and a public speaker for several years so I think I have a fairly palatable voice.

Here's what happens to me:
Me: "Tell Don Bolt Candlebox April 11th 57 Main"
Siri: "I did not find Don Bowl in your contacts. Did you mean Don Bolt?"
Me: "Yes."
Siri: "Here is your message to Don Bolt: Candlebox April 11th. Would you like me to send this message?"
Me: <sigh> "Yes."
Siri: "Message sent."
Me: "Tell Don Bolt 57 Main"
Siri: "I did not find Don Bowl in your contacts. Did you mean Don Bolt?"
Me: "Yes."
Siri: "Here is your message to Don Bolt: Main. Would you like me to send this message?"
Me: "No!"
Me: "Tell Don Bolt 57 Main"
Siri: "I did not find Don Bowl in your contacts. Did you mean Don Bolt?"
Me: "Yes."
Siri: "Here is your message to Don Bolt: Main. Would you like me to send this message?"
Me: "No!" :(
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You might want to say your "T's" when speaking.
I've heard people saying she doesn't recognize "goat" and thinks someone said "go". If i say goat, she gets it. If i say it like most people with a silent "t" then she thinks i did say "go".
 
Jagardn said:
You might want to say your "T's" when speaking.
I've heard people saying she doesn't recognize "goat" and thinks someone said "go". If i say goat, she gets it. If i say it like most people with a silent "t" then she thinks i did say "go".
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Yeah, I've tried accentuating the T as well. It will now finally get "Bolt."
 
Sedrick said:
I think this is truer than most people are willing to admit.
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I don't really like the "This is bad, people just refuse to admit it" reasoning. It just is for some people and doesn't seem to be for others. I gets my stuff right 80-90% of the time, and if it doesn't, I just tap the message, backspace out the part that's incorrect, and I'm ready to go. I typed a whole 4 letters instead of a 26-word message.

It seems to help once you "teach" Siri what things are. Like in jav1231's example, if you were to tap in Siri's speech bubble "Don Bowl" and change it to "Bolt," eventually it should catch on that you're saying Bolt when you make that sound, not Bowl. Could be wrong, though.

Some people never use it. That's fine with me, not my problem. But I use it constantly.
 
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Daily for sending text messages during driving. Also it's surprisingly useful to text when you're walking too.
 
WalkingSnake said:
I don't really like the "This is bad, people just refuse to admit it" reasoning. It just is for some people and doesn't seem to be for others. I gets my stuff right 80-90% of the time, and if it doesn't, I just tap the message, backspace out the part that's incorrect, and I'm ready to go. I typed a whole 4 letters instead of a 26-word message.

It seems to help once you "teach" Siri what things are. Like in jav1231's example, if you were to tap in Siri's speech bubble "Don Bowl" and change it to "Bolt," eventually it should catch on that you're saying Bolt when you make that sound, not Bowl. Could be wrong, though.

Some people never use it. That's fine with me, not my problem. But I use it constantly.
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I agree with you in that for some it will work better than others, likely. I would like to see/know how people are using. It may be a matter of getting around it's limitations. My experience with that message was not unique. I often have to tell her things twice or more so for me it's not worth the time it takes to perform a simple task. But I probably should keep at it and find things it will do well.
 
My Siri is OFF. It handles in-car voice dialing commands horribly while the built in voice commands work perfectly. Most irritaing, Siri will not handle spoken letters of the alphabet when used in contacts. "Call G F D" ( gee efff dee) results in a "Calling Sarah Winmbolt" or other seemingly random name in my contact list - that is, when not giving me an "I can't do that for you right now" response. Until Siri can do the simple things reliably, it's pretty much useless to me.
 
Very rarely do I use Siri. Once in a while for a long text while driving. Other then that I never use it.
 
I don't use Siri near as much as I thought I would've. I do use it at least twice a week, but before buying I was adamant to use it daily; which I did until the novelty wore off.
 
I barely use the stock version of Siri. Writing texts, creating reminders and alarms are all things I can already do fast enough. Sometimes waiting for siri to make the event or look up directions etc takes longer, you just have to input less information to get it done. I'm okay with using my fingers a little more to get the job done faster and more accurate.

What I do use Siri for however, are things like checking sports scores/schedules, translating text from English to Spanish and looking up prayer times, all tweaks I got from jailbreaking which Siri actually does faster than opening a respective app and doing the same thing.
 
I hardly ever use it (maybe once a month, tops). I guess most of the time I forget I have it and never really got into the habit of using it. I'm sure there are a few things which I could do faster or more easily with Siri but it always slips my mind.
 
Siri

I use Siri all the time, a lot for reminders, now and then for finding places, calling people or playing music, but most often to build shopping lists, like

"Add seedless grapes to my grocery list",
"Add asprin to my walgreens list" or
"Add woodchips to my hardware list".

I do this all the time as I walk around the house doing things. Then when it's time to actually shop, I just bring up the list for the place I'm shopping, and voila - I never forget a thing. It's been running pretty accurate for me and MUCH faster than navigating to the app, entering the item, etc...
 
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