Something new in Siri?

[melburstein]

I was surprised today when I asked Siri to: "Send a text to [first name, last name]," It found the person in my Contacts and then asked me--for the future--the proper pronunciation of the first and last names. It gave me 3 options for each and let me pick the closest.

I've never seen Siri do this before. Is it new?

 

[antiprotest]

I know you can teach Siri to pronounce names in iOS 7 but didn't know that it would actively ask you.

 

[ABC5S]

Used this function a number of times now when I asked to place a call, and the name was mis-pronounced. Just asked SIRI that she pronounced the name incorrectly, and she immediately asks for clarification, and gave me three choices. Nice to have for some names that are difficult to pronounce. SiRI however, did not automatically ask for future - the correct pronunciation of a name - which is also nice to have. Guess this is for txt, and I just used the call function.

 

[EvilQueen]

I haven't seen that yet. How do you tell siri to correct the name?

 

[jmurp]

Siri - teach her how to say your contact names correctly

Not too long ago, Rich DeMuro with KTLA Los Angeles talked about the IOS7 operating system and the ability to correct Siri when she is not pronouncing a name correctly.

Here is a correction I made recently:
Me: "Contact information for Chuck - UPS"
Siri brought it up and pronounced UPS as ups (like ups and downs)
Me: "That's not how you say Chuck - UPS"
Siri: OK, how do you pronounce the name?
Me: Chuck - UPS
Siri: OK, which pronunciation should I use?
She'll give you three selections to choose from

Listen carefully to her questions because sometimes she'll offer a second request for the contact's last name too.

Does this help?