[crarko adds: It's going to be a while before I get a 4s, due to my contract. For those who have one, is Siri as amazing as it sounds or is it just a 1.0 version in need of improvement?]
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I haven't seen this hint anywhere else, but I've found that in Siri, if you say 'Wikipedia' followed by anything like 'Muppets' or 'Zombies,' it will take you right to the Wikipedia entry for that request. Pretty cool.
[crarko adds: It's going to be a while before I get a 4s, due to my contract. For those who have one, is Siri as amazing as it sounds or is it just a 1.0 version in need of improvement?]
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Siri is very good at speech recognition. The "knowledge" part of it will only get better as Apple adds sources (ie. sports) and plugins to new apps.
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Yes, Siri is pretty much as awesome as it sounds. In my usage, it does get things wrong a little two often to be my primary interface. It really excels at setting reminders, timers and quick searches. Its not quite so great to call people. ---
A completely SANE Canadian.
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Oh yeah as long as you know what you can do with it, it really is amazing. Should be interesting to see where else it can go in future upgrades.
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I haven't really scratched the surface of its usage yet, but even just using it for adding items to my Reminders lists has made it totally worthwhile to me. Hold button > "Add milk to my shopping list". Done. Waaaayyy more efficient than the alternative.
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The potential of Siri is very clear. When it works it's fantastic, unfortunately, I have found that dictating a note/message via Siri versus directly dictating into Notes, Mail, Messages etc gives much worse recognition accuracy.
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SIRI is still, AFAIK, still in Beta. ---
"It's common knowledge among the clergy that God invented beef briskets for Texans". ........Cactus Pryor
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The same thing works for yahoo, bing, and google. You can say "bing platypus" and siri will return a bing search for platypuses (platypi?). Unfortunately, this does not work for imdb or rotten tomatoes.
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reply to crarko
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Just for the fact that it can understand me millions of times better than the old "Voice Control" makes it extremely valuable. I don't think Voice Control EVER played the music that I told it to even though I hopelessly tried again and again.
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And it NEEDS a data connection; without one it simply does not work at all. That is a big problem for me: i'm on the road a lot and, not only does Siri need a data connection, it needs a quite good one (i've never gotten it to work with just an Edge connection). Even plain dictation does not function without a good connection... (Even though Dragon Dictate, its alleged dictation engine, does) i'd like to try Siri and know what all the fuss is about, but, for now anyway, i'm afraid i can only be less than impressed... Be Well, Peter
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So, do you currently own an iPhone 4S? Your comments leave me unsure.
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My point was that i do own a 4S (phone company gave it to me for free 2 days after launch), but that i haven't really had the opportunity to try Siri since even the dictation functionality requires a fast connection
Be Well, Peter
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For me, having dictation built in (email, iMessage, other chat apps, etc), changed the way I interact with iOS and communicate with the people in my life. I can't activate Siri via my Jawbone BT (yet) but Siri communicates to me and accepts commands via my headset which is pretty awesome in the car. The Jawbone has built in noise reduction which takes care of the background noise problem for me. It hears me every time. Even in the car with music on (quietly) or the window cracked (slightly). I'm looking forward to being able to open apps and receive turn by turn directions directly from asking Siri.
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crarko adds: It's going to be a while before I get a 4s... This is your job and Mac OS X Hints is owned by Macworld. Is the publication is such bad shape that they can't pony up $400 or so to break your contract and get a new phone? That is crazy if they can't invest a small amount to keep the website relevant. Edited on Nov 01, '11 06:36:26AM by redfood
Hear, hear!
I second this. This should be part of being the primary Mac OS X Hints editor.
Make Siri listen better
If you're not using a headset and simply holding the phone in front of you, the first thing to do is get the distance between mouth and phone worked out, then the volume of your voice.
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Siri sounds wonderful even if it is 1.0 in need of improvements. Perhaps the 21st century has at last arrived!
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I'm australian, and I have to speak slightly slower than normal for Siri to get things right every time. I'm getting the hang of it though, and as we get used to each other the success rate is rising. I think the most useful feature is reading and creating SMS messages (which are used a LOT in Australia). Getting and sending messages when I'm in the car is vastly easier and safer. The first time I said "send a message to my wife" it asked who my wife is. I told it "my wife is .... xxxx" and it put an entry in my Address Book card for "Spouse" pointing to her. I think it's got a way to go, but it is not only a technology demo, it is actually useful.
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