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Siri for texting? Why?
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Good for driving, that way you keep your eyes on the road. Some people prefer texting because it is quick and gets to the point. No chance of your girlfriend/wife/lonely buddy talking your ear off when all you wanted to do was tell them one thing.
Also, texting is good when you want to convey a message but the person isn't answering or is out of range temporarily. People read texts quicker than they listen to voicemails.
I sent a few texts with Siri already and I must say I am impressed. I think I will always text this way, especially if I have a long message. It sure beats typing, and I think sometimes beats conversation too.
Also, texting is good when you want to convey a message but the person isn't answering or is out of range temporarily. People read texts quicker than they listen to voicemails.
I sent a few texts with Siri already and I must say I am impressed. I think I will always text this way, especially if I have a long message. It sure beats typing, and I think sometimes beats conversation too.
Well, full disclosure, I'm not yet using Siri to do anything at all, but there's plenty of vitriol on that topic over at the AT&T pre-order thread...
I can see the utility to dictating texts though, sometimes all you want to do is shoot out a quick burst of information rather than start a conversation. Perhaps you're driving a car (I remember what that was, I think... NYC has spoiled me) and the friend you're meeting for dinner texts to say that they are stuck at work, and could you meet them an hour later. You don't really want to have a whole conversation about it while driving the car, you just want to acknowledge the text message. WITHOUT fumbling around texting while driving. Telling Siri to text your friend, "sure" or "I'll save you some dessert." is a pretty good solution.
I can see the utility to dictating texts though, sometimes all you want to do is shoot out a quick burst of information rather than start a conversation. Perhaps you're driving a car (I remember what that was, I think... NYC has spoiled me) and the friend you're meeting for dinner texts to say that they are stuck at work, and could you meet them an hour later. You don't really want to have a whole conversation about it while driving the car, you just want to acknowledge the text message. WITHOUT fumbling around texting while driving. Telling Siri to text your friend, "sure" or "I'll save you some dessert." is a pretty good solution.
I actually used it today while riding my bike using my Bluetooth headset. It didn't 100% understand everything I said because of the wind, but I heard everything it read back to me. Perfect!
Let's see, brushing teeth, looking for something on the computer, cooking breakfast, something that needs both hands, but can spare the one finger. You'll catch yourself using alot more than you think.
Maybe the other party is in a meeting or cannot talk on the phone? Sometimes you just have something quick and simple to say and making a phone call is pointless for that. Lots of valid reasons really. I do see your point about how detached people are getting though.
was at a tailgate on saturday. I had a beer in one hand, and my phone in the other, I was able to text a friend to find where he was without the use of both hands. Siri FTW.
Sorry it is NOT good for driving.
You should not be txting and driving (voice txting or not) end of story.
As for good reasons some times on party is in an area that they can not talk in the phone from or good for a quick message.
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+1 for driving. I'm in ny and cops are relentless with giving out cell phone tix. Siri is perfect for that
Gregintosh said:
+1 for driving. I'm in ny and cops are relentless with giving out cell phone tix. Siri is perfect for that
^^ this and really for me, I often use email or text to confirm details in print vs just via phone/voice. No mistaking clarity when it's in print.
IE...." so just to confirm, we will meet at McD's at 11:30am today. Thanks! "
What I find a little odd is that Siri will only read new unread messages. That's fine I guess, however, when you go to activate Siri, your new unread messages are already right there on your screen and, unless you SPECIFICALLY make a point to NOT look at the screen, you've already read (whether you intended to or not) the message as it's nearly impossible to look at text and NOT read it.
Anybody notice this? It's almost as if you'd have to turn off the message preview setting to make this function useful.
Anybody notice this? It's almost as if you'd have to turn off the message preview setting to make this function useful.
Unless you ae driving and you activate Siri with a Bluetooth headset or Apple headphones.
Works great.
