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Siri useless
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It seems like whenever I'm not just messing around or testing it out, and actually want to use Siri to do something, it doesn't work. I could honestly care less, but kinda sucks that it hasn't been productive for me.
Siri is neat, but just doesn't do enough for it to be useful. Dictation is a bear - never get 100% accuracy, which is important if you're trying to depend completely on Siri. Doesn't do enough within the OS itself - like, for example, why can't it read my reminders to me? And finally, there's no way of integrating it with third-party apps. It would be orders of magnitude more useful if there were some way to tie it in with third-party apps.
I'm sure much of this will be solved in time, but for now it's just a gimmick to me. Never use it.
I'm sure much of this will be solved in time, but for now it's just a gimmick to me. Never use it.
I hate to say it but it may not be Siri, it could be you.
I do not use Siri day in and day out but when I do it works 90%+ of the time. If fact Siri has greatly improved in my opinion.
What I use most was the speech to text for sending email and texts and is works better than even my Samsung GS2.
works fine most of the time for me.
i use it for text messages and emails mainly. there are times when it fails to recognise what I say - when I'm driving it occasionally asks for me to repeat what i set etc.
i like it
i use it for text messages and emails mainly. there are times when it fails to recognise what I say - when I'm driving it occasionally asks for me to repeat what i set etc.
i like it
From what I've read and seen, most of the people that don't or can't use Siri are those that don't enunciate properly or seem to have a lazy speech pattern. Also people that just don't know how to use Siri properly, so they blame it on something other than themselves.
First off, its beta. Not perfect. Second, it takes time to understand how to use it and you need to speak properly. Siri isn't someone on the street. You shouldn't say "dis or dat", but instead say "this or that" as an example.
But again, its something you need to learn. No different than anything else. Giving up or blaming it on failure because of our failures is rather juvenile.
First off, its beta. Not perfect. Second, it takes time to understand how to use it and you need to speak properly. Siri isn't someone on the street. You shouldn't say "dis or dat", but instead say "this or that" as an example.
But again, its something you need to learn. No different than anything else. Giving up or blaming it on failure because of our failures is rather juvenile.
Siri is usless for me.
Seriously 90% of the things I ask her get an "i dont know".
The commercials making it look like you can ask her anything are total baloney. The cookie cutter questions like "how does my day look" work great. But any tiny variation in that and she renders an "i dont know" the majority of the time.
The dictation never works right for me either. Words are wrong and I have no accent. I dont even have a new york or southern or minnesota accent.
The simple fact is, Apple would have to come up with every possible variation of every possible question for every possible topic on the planet. And that is impossible. So until we have computers with intelligence smart enough for them to think on their own (coming in the next 20 years) ... this technology is going to be a joke.
Useless.
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Seriously 90% of the things I ask her get an "i dont know".
The commercials making it look like you can ask her anything are total baloney. The cookie cutter questions like "how does my day look" work great. But any tiny variation in that and she renders an "i dont know" the majority of the time.
The dictation never works right for me either. Words are wrong and I have no accent. I dont even have a new york or southern or minnesota accent.
This hits the nail on the head .... bingo. You can make stupid jokes like saying "I want to have sex" and siri will look up escort services for you, but when I ask her something serious, she doesn't have a clue what to do with it.
The simple fact is, Apple would have to come up with every possible variation of every possible question for every possible topic on the planet. And that is impossible. So until we have computers with intelligence smart enough for them to think on their own (coming in the next 20 years) ... this technology is going to be a joke.
Useless.
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Nope. Today I was driving down from the ski area in a snow storm and needed to text hubby to find out if the highway was closed (due to snow). SIRI.
Yesterday I needed to know about my appointments at a red light and didn't want to put my glasses on. SIRI.
Oh, I had a conference call on facetime on friday. ;-)
Okay so you basically confirmed what everyone else in this thread has already said. Siri is only useful for sending texts and reading appointments to you. And sending texts is a nightmare quite often...
Watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVgMX0TzAH8
umm, no, I also told you today (now yesteday) I used it to send a text. In fact, that was just an example. I probably sent 5 or so yesterday using Siri. I didn't describe each and every text because, well, I was giving you AN EXAMPLE. EVERY day I use siri to send texts, and read me texts and send emails. There, is that more explicit?
how can you be bothered to talk so much to your phone? are you a woman?
maybe your one of the few people voice recognition is reliable for. For most its not and just ends up frustrating
She's obviously a woman or lives in a state that allows gay marriage. ( no problem with that just stating the fact they have a 'hubby').
Mine understands me but I have to talk very clearly. I'm a male btw .
My wife and I recently tried Siri at our local Apple store, and we were blown away by its outstanding speech recognition. Despite all of the background noise from the store itself (which was pretty loud), I was able to play around with Reminders and Tasks, as well as checking mundane things like the weather.
I was also able to send texts and read texts, and it was fantastic.
She got every word right, and I didn't speak any differently than I'd normally speak.
I was pretty pleased and impressed, and I will certainly take advantage of this feature as much as I can.
While to some it may be a matter of preference, but I know for a fact that I can certainly ask Siri to compose a text for me far faster than I could type on the touchscreen keypad. Since she seems to recognize my voice well, I don't see any reason why I wouldn't use it.
As for my voice, male, late 20's, and from New Jersey, which is supposedly one of the more "distinct" accents in the country.
I will say this, though: You can't say slang words like "dis, dat, holla" because they just simply aren't words. If you can't look up a word in the English dictionary (if you're using the US version of Siri), then she's not going to recognize what you said. But I'm sure you'll lose some street cred if you're telling Siri to "Holler at so-and-so", right?
It works great. Can't wait to see the finished product.
I was also able to send texts and read texts, and it was fantastic.
She got every word right, and I didn't speak any differently than I'd normally speak.
I was pretty pleased and impressed, and I will certainly take advantage of this feature as much as I can.
While to some it may be a matter of preference, but I know for a fact that I can certainly ask Siri to compose a text for me far faster than I could type on the touchscreen keypad. Since she seems to recognize my voice well, I don't see any reason why I wouldn't use it.
As for my voice, male, late 20's, and from New Jersey, which is supposedly one of the more "distinct" accents in the country.
I will say this, though: You can't say slang words like "dis, dat, holla" because they just simply aren't words. If you can't look up a word in the English dictionary (if you're using the US version of Siri), then she's not going to recognize what you said. But I'm sure you'll lose some street cred if you're telling Siri to "Holler at so-and-so", right?
It works great. Can't wait to see the finished product.
It's very useful to me, takes me less time to create a reminder or calendar event through Siri and I also use it to do a great number of things while driving or doing something where I'm unable to look at my phone.
But if you had to look at the map on the phone then you are a distracted driver. Now, if it showed up on your built-in navigation system....
For voice dialing, and hands free reminders siri is pretty good but the old "Voice Dial feature" was just as good and way more reliable.
Until SIRI more reliable and expanded...its not that useful.
I´m Norwegian, and it`s not useless here in Norway, but it`s kind of limited. Of course there are many things you can do, but you can`t ask for directions, maps or stuff like that. And she don`t understand when I say "Send a message to Morten(which is a Norwegian name)
But, it`s quite usefull to ask for weather, absolutely. But, I`m looking forward to the day she will fully work in Norwegian, and hopefully understand Norwegian
But, it`s quite usefull to ask for weather, absolutely. But, I`m looking forward to the day she will fully work in Norwegian, and hopefully understand Norwegian
How can I be bothered? Ummm, I bought a smart phone because I needed it. I'm an adult. I run a business, and I have a job. Both of them require me to use email and text quite a bit. And I drive safely. I would much rather dictate than type. And I make daily use of Siri. It generally understands me pretty well.
PS: My gender has nothing to do with how much I make use of the feature.
yeah but science has proven it takes more energy to talk than type. So your better off typing
oh i disagree talking is definitely a womans strong point. They can talk for hours & hours they love it. http://www.thepocket.com/page7/seagulls.gif
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Sorry, not so interested in what science says in this case. Using Siri is safer when driving. Using Siri is easier for short things than putting on my glasses.yeah but science has proven it takes more energy to talk than type. So your better off typing
oh i disagree talking is definitely a womans strong point. They can talk for hours & hours they love it. http://www.thepocket.com/page7/seagulls.gif
And Siri works well for me.
As for the rest, whatever you say, you're rather missing my point, but that's just fine.