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Siri's really gone downhill. Why?
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That's odd. I'm Dutch, I have a horrible accent, something like a cross between a Texan and an Ozzie, and I've just been playing with Siri for an hour. Most of what I say is recognised correctly the first time I say it (95%?). Siri has a serious problem with finding contacts, but, I'm used to the Dutch way of pronouncing 'Gerard Jansen', so it's hard to guess how Siri would pronounce (and thus recognise) that kind of name.
Despite me being Dutch and flaunting my horrible accent Siri is actually usable for me. Some thing are hard (contacts) and some things are impossible (locations) but in general Siri is a useful addition.
Yet if some study about an Android feature said it was used once per month, it would get flamed
When the 4S initially launched we saw some issues because everyone was using the new toy. I remember I got several people to buy the 4S by showing them Siri two weeks after launch. Now? Embarrassing and unsuccessful demos left and right, I have Siri off.
It's still in BETA, so updates and so on will be going on behind the scenes. I'm UK based, so only have the basic functions texting, email etc. but they all seem to work fine.
If I try to play the song "Un Giorno Per Noi" it never works. It should, since it's in my library, but it never gets it correctly.
Don't get me started on trying to play the playlist "New Hawt". It will come back telling me there's no playlist called "New Hot".
I only have about 10 playlists I wonder which one sounds like "hot"...
Don't get me started on trying to play the playlist "New Hawt". It will come back telling me there's no playlist called "New Hot".
I only have about 10 playlists I wonder which one sounds like "hot"...
Hmm. Siri has worked consistently for me since launch and has always been more accurate in my experience than the trained DragonSpeech software I use on my PC.
That said, her functionality is still a bit lacking. But that's why she's in Beta. I was kind of hoping Apple would be introducing on going improvements on the back end, I hope that means they are working on a major update.
That said, her functionality is still a bit lacking. But that's why she's in Beta. I was kind of hoping Apple would be introducing on going improvements on the back end, I hope that means they are working on a major update.
Note it says "use" Siri...not that Siri actually provides a relevant or correct answer. In my experience, she has been ZERO help, at all. There was one time when I asked her what time the sunset was and she helped me. That was the only time ever.
I've found Siri to be quite reliable in my car through the Bluetooth stereo, but only for simple tasks like reading out my texts or calling somebody
I've said it before that Apple should put basic dictation directly on the phone such as the new iPad has. It seems to work much better than Siri for simple stuff.
Leave Siri and the network connection it requires for actual inquires that need it. That would hopefully reduce load on the Siri servers and let Apple focus on making Siri searches and answers better.
Leave Siri and the network connection it requires for actual inquires that need it. That would hopefully reduce load on the Siri servers and let Apple focus on making Siri searches and answers better.
I love when Siri doesn't work as people expected, especially when it was the primary reason they upgraded from an iPhone 4.
Hopefully it will be drastically improved by iOS 6.
Hopefully it will be drastically improved by iOS 6.
What's the difference between the new iPad dictation and the dictation you get on the 4s on every keyboard screen?
Siri has really declined in quality.
today I was trying to play my playlist "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" and I would say very clearly, "Siri, play my playlist 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded'" and Siri would ALWAYS comeback saying "Stephen, sorry, I could not find a playlist called Pink Friday Roman Read loaded"
Seriously?
today I was trying to play my playlist "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" and I would say very clearly, "Siri, play my playlist 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded'" and Siri would ALWAYS comeback saying "Stephen, sorry, I could not find a playlist called Pink Friday Roman Read loaded"
Seriously?
Wirelessly posted
Scroll back up and edit what you said. Hit done. Next time Siri should get it right.
Bloody typical! Saying that i just asked what time is it in the Caribbean. Told me my local time. Must be too early for Siri (roll eyes)
stephen1108 said:Siri has really declined in quality.
today I was trying to play my playlist "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" and I would say very clearly, "Siri, play my playlist 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded'" and Siri would ALWAYS comeback saying "Stephen, sorry, I could not find a playlist called Pink Friday Roman Read loaded"
Seriously?
Scroll back up and edit what you said. Hit done. Next time Siri should get it right.
Bloody typical! Saying that i just asked what time is it in the Caribbean. Told me my local time. Must be too early for Siri (roll eyes)
I will have to refute this. I do this all the time, and just for the heck of it, try the query again. Siri still does not "get it"
Here I try it:
Here I type in the correction:
Here I try again:
She will, but it's not practical when you're driving, or your hands are tied up. And you would think that Siri would learn it for future reference, but nope. She keeps on reverting back to her old ways. I do hope that the editing feature so Siri learns is included over time. That should be a major feature of Siri!
I was wrong about the iPad not needing a network connection. It still uses a network signal but it does seems much faster. Probably cause it's only translating speech to text and not really looking up information. If you turn off your WiFi or cellular then the mic goes away.
For the most part I only use Siri to set alarms and to call people from my phonebook. The former isn't a big deal - it was never hard to set the time manually. And the latter was always possible with the "old" voice recognition (and it actually worked without a data connection too)
