I'm starting to gain faith. Early this morning though, I was hoping somebody out and there was a problem with their iPads microphone which resulted in it having to be hard reset. I guess, I just haven't thought of all of the things I could ask Siri.
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> On Jul 15, 2014, at 5:05 PM, Julie Adkins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Wow. I think Siri is incredible. And its ability to recognize my voice in
> noisy situations is outstanding. I bought a Samsung phone and used its S
> Voice and also used Google Voice. And tried all kinds of voice command
> apps. Nothing could send an email. They all picked up background noise.
> And otherwise their capability just did not compare. For example, on my
> iPhone, I have made several different types of reminder lists. One is called
> grocery list. I can tell Siri, "Add milk to grocery list," and it does so.
> Anyhow, I took the Samsung back after a week because I missed Siri too
> much. Also, if it can't understand an unusual name in your contacts, then
> there is a way to put in a phonetic spelling. For example, I have a friend
> with the last name DRAA. It actually sounds like DRAY. So I put that in as
> a phonetic name, and now when I say her name, it recognizes it. When I show
> visually impaired clients all the different things they can do with Siri,
> they are thrilled. Of course, sometimes it makes dictation errors (when I
> am speaking a text or email), but so do all voice command apps. It
> definitely helps to speak very clearly, sort of like a robot. I have a
> strong southern accent and clip my words, like "shoppin" instead of
> "shopping," so I have to be sure to fully enunciate my words. Gee, I hope
> people are not missing out on all the incredible stuff you can do with
> Siri.
>
> Julie Adkins
> Metrolina Association for the Blind
>
>
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> Well, I have used it for a year and have not been too impressed. It especiY
> is challenging in a noisy environment.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jul 14, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Ana G <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> I agree with David H. Voice commands work fairly well, but it takes time.
> The devices need to get used to our voices, and we need to get used to
> speaking in ways that make sense to the devices. also, voice recognition is
> based on prediction to some degree, so common utterances always yield better
> results than less common ones.
>>
>> I don't use Siri. I use Google Voice on my Androids. I notice that
> recognition has a hard time with proper names. It does well on common names
> like Wendy, Frank, and Cecile, but it struggles with names that are more
> unusual. for example, I freelance for a company called Communicaid. Even
> though it's in my contacts and even though I send or receive calls about
> once a week and have multiple calendar events that include the company name,
> I can't get the recognizer to enter it correctly, so I either correct the
> name or type it, then use voice recognition on the rest of the calendar
> entry.
>>
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