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I disabled Siri

Hardly use Siri except for when driving and need to dictate a text.

For those who haven't had the opportunity, try Google Now. Side by side, I think Google does a better job. I found Google to be more accurate and faster. I hope Apple improves Siri.
 
Making Siri set a timer is petty much faster than doing it manually.
 
Siri is amazing...but you need to train yourself to use it.
I use it to set timers for my physio, reminders, I got stuck in traffic and asked it to bring up the traffic and it did....stick that in your pipe and smoke it :p
 
I use her to set alarms and timers all the time. I think she is great!
 
I use her to set reminders, read texts to me while driving, and for dialing out if I have to make a phone call while driving, of course I limit phone use while driving as much as possible, still siri is much faster and safer than any other phone use option if that *is* necessary.
 
aristobrat said:
Same.

Also, I find it much, much quicker for entering Reminders (with dates) or Calendar entries. Doing those manually takes popping in and out of date screens and spinning the date wheel, both of which take more time for me than just speaking the date.
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Yep, it is definitely great for Reminders.

Even for short Timer type actions, like "Remind me to take the laundry out in 2 hours" - things like that are very useful because yes, I would indeed forget to take the laundry out!
 
auero said:
Hardly use Siri except for when driving and need to dictate a text.

For those who haven't had the opportunity, try Google Now. Side by side, I think Google does a better job. I found Google to be more accurate and faster. I hope Apple improves Siri.
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For the times I used google now it was not as good as Siri and this was a side by side comparison. Also check out the techno buffalo YouTube vid on google now vs Siri
 
blackbear219 said:
On both my iPad and my iPhone5.

I find it to be pretty useless, but am I missing something? What are the MOST helpful things that Siri does for you?
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I wish more people would disable it. I hate when it's slow getting back to me. ;-)
 
Siri is extremely useful. Maybe you should go back to your flip phone.
 
I went to work and sat at my desk. Standing is pretty useless, what useful things have you done while standing?
 
I use Siri daily to turn on my alarms (I set several between 5-6 AM to ensure I wake up) and to then turn them off when I do get up. The weird thing is that in the morning when I turn them off I get a good 15-20 second delay. I'm not sure why because you'd think that definitely wouldn't be a congested time that early in the morning.

I've also been using Siri exclusively for reminders and have found that it works very, very well. I can give it the information in virtually any format/structure and it will decipher the context and do the reminder properly (ie, "remind me to do such and such on Thursday" vs "remind me on Thursday to blahblahblah").

The times I have used Siri to dictate text I've always been impressed with its accuracy. I don't do it much because I'm the type of person who needs to gather my thoughts while physically writing/typing - I cant just dictate out loud precisely what I want to say in one swoop (other than a simple "I'm leaving now" type response, of course).

Another thing I've always wondered about is the amount of user error/ignorance/stupidness that is not accounted for in the general public's derision of Siri. For example, over the past year or so I've watched countless co-workers and superiors and family members totally botch interactions with Siri then bash it. Not to infer broad generalizations but it's normally either middle aged people or flat out unintelligent people.

Prime examples of what I mean:

1. Not waiting for Siri's "prompt" to speak or respond. For example, push home button and immediately start blabbering before Siri is "ready". Or try to ask Siri something immediately after she completes a task without "reactivating" her first by pressing the home button again or her little symbol on the screen. Or, if its a follow-up question from Siri ("to whom would you like me to send a text?"), responding before she prompts your reply with her little ding ding noise.

Now you would think that the very first time you use Siri that it would be plainly obvious/intuitive to even a child that the little "ding ding" noise is your cue that Siri is ready. But nope, apparently not for a lot of people.

2. Talking into the home button area like it's a microphone. I don't know HOW many times I've seen people "fail" at Siri by doing this. They practically hold the bottom of the phone against their mouth and also talk super loud and exaggerated at it like it's a foreigner or a mentally challenged person. It's no wonder Siri can't understand them.

Seriously, aside from technical/server issues, unless you have some crazy backwoods hillbilly accent or some thick Louisiana accent (I don't even think humans can understand them ;)), I just don't see how so many people have problems with Siri. You just have to focus on not slurring your words or mumbling.

Now the New York, Texas thing would definitely be annoying. I'm from Texas and had never even HEARD of such a place until now, even though its apparently only an hour and a half from Dallas.
 
Siri is useful for only the following:

1. setting reminders
2. setting alarms
3. asking for navigation instructions
4. contacting people in your contacts if you have an extremely long lost that takes a while to locate anyone in.

These are invaluable features that are incredibly awesome though.
 
Radiating said:
Siri is useful for only the following:

1. setting reminders
2. setting alarms
3. asking for navigation instructions
4. contacting people in your contacts if you have an extremely long lost that takes a while to locate anyone in.

These are invaluable features that are incredibly awesome though.
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5. Composing text messages, e-mails or any text verbally
6. Playing and controlling music virtually hands free
7. Asking pretty much any questions you have
8. Conducting creepy conversations with your cell phone
 
You obviously can, it's your phone and your choice . For me though Siri is abundantly helpful during my commute when texting is obviously not an option
 
james92se said:
...Another thing I've always wondered about is the amount of user error/ignorance/stupidness that is not accounted for in the general public's derision of Siri...
2. Talking into the home button area like it's a microphone. I don't know HOW many times I've seen people "fail" at Siri by doing this. They practically hold the bottom of the phone against their mouth and also talk super loud and exaggerated at it like it's a foreigner or a mentally challenged person. It's no wonder Siri can't understand them.
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I've seen this a lot myself! And as you said, it's a version of "W-E-L-C-O-M-E T-O M-Y C-O-U-N-T-R-Y!!" screaming like they are talking to an imbecile who doesn't speak the language and is deaf!

I find Siri to be very useful for the same things you've mentioned, particularly when I'm driving and really can't look at the iPhone screen. I DO wish more Bluetooth headsets were fully integrated for use with Siri, but that's not Apple's fault.
 
I use Siri for a couple things:

Setting Reminders
Reading/Replying to text messages while driving
Getting Siri to play certain music while driving

That's about it.
 
cipher29 said:
I use Siri for a couple things:

Setting Reminders
Reading/Replying to text messages while driving
Getting Siri to play certain music while driving

That's about it.
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I'm just curious- what else would you like it to do? What you've listed sounds like a lot to me. Obviously, there is a lot more you CAN do, but would you use it more if it did specific other things? (keep it clean!:p)
 
If you're a sports fan, Siri is amazing.

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