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Siri hack idea

utwarreng

utwarreng

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Aug 8, 2009
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I didn't see anything that said Siri could do this, and I realize it may take some time to go through the code and determine if this is even possible...I would love for Siri to be able to read webpage/Twitter content back to me. I oftentimes find myself wanting to read something on the web, but I'm multitasking by doing something else (i.e.: dishes, folding laundry, etc.). This would be great for something like that.
 
utwarreng said:
I didn't see anything that said Siri could do this, and I realize it may take some time to go through the code and determine if this is even possible...I would love for Siri to be able to read webpage/Twitter content back to me. I oftentimes find myself wanting to read something on the web, but I'm multitasking by doing something else (i.e.: dishes, folding laundry, etc.). This would be great for something like that.
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Thats a good question. Mac OSX allows the webpage to be read to you while you do other things. I believe its very much possible.
 
You can kinda do this.

There is an accessibility option in settings that allows you to select text and have a voice read it back to you... if it doesn't work directly on a webpage, you could maybe copy and paste the text into Notes and then select it all and tell it to speak it.
 
i wonder if siri could be implemented to read you a book or something from ibooks.
 
will it be possible to get Siri onto OS X at some stage?

seems like to good a tool to just use on a phone....
 
But what about the cloud?

Siri has so much potential to streamline work in anything it is added to! I can't wait to see it spread across more devices!
 
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