Siri is a voice control system introduced with iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S.
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Siri says “speak you like to”; is there something messed up with my phone?
Whenever I ask Siri to call a business, she will go through each result and say "Speak you like to call it, get directions...". Is there something wrong with my phone? "Speak you like to" is ...
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How to selectively force Siri to send iMessage instead of SMS?
In this question, I asked how to have Siri specifically send an SMS message to a person who does not have an SMS-capable iOS device registered with Apple, but does have iMessage on e.g. an iPad.
The ...
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Selectively force Siri to send SMS instead of iMessage
I carry an iPhone. On occasion, I will use Siri to send a quick text message to a person, e.g. "Text Alice I'm on my way."
My problem is that Alice has a non-Apple phone and an iPad, and I've used ...
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Using Siri for commercial purposes?
Does anyone know what the rules are on using Siri for unintended purposes? I would like to actually hook it up to my company's phone number so that when someone calls in, I can have them routed to ...
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iPhone 4S crash logs after iOS 6 updates - hardware or software malfunction?
After updating the phone to iOS 6 I've noticed decrease in battery life and after checking in diagnostics data saw daily entries of crash logs like this:
Date:2013-02-26 00:02:36 +0000
Incident ...
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Siri: Reminder Tied to Multiple Locations
I've been wondering if there is a good workaround to solve the following problem with Siri.
There are some stores in my area that have multiple locations, for example Walmart. I have added Walmart ...
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Can I keep my iPhone screen off during voice navigation with Apple's Maps app?
I have been using voice navigation in Apple's Maps app for iOS 6. I keep the phone in one of my car's cup holders because I am mostly using it in my home area where the maps on the screen aren't ...
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Siri launching every few seconds when iPhone 4s connected to my speaker system through a stereo cable. How can I stop this?
I have an iPhone 4s, with iOS 6.1. I also have an old, portable JBL sound system. Since the device has a stereo input, I figured I'd just run a stereo cable from my iPhone to the speaker system. ...
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How do I get Siri to ignore a particular contact that shares someone else's name?
I have two people in my contacts with the same first name (let's call them John). One person, John Appleseed, I talk to all the time. The other one, John Doe, I haven't spoken to in years.
When I ...
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Why won't Siri recognise my home address?
How on earth do you get Siri to remind you to do something when you arrive at a location in iOS 6? It worked fine in iOS 5 but I've never got it to work on iOS 6 - it just always seems confused about ...
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How to invoke navigation on Google maps using Siri?
At the risk of getting a big NO,
Is there a way to use SIRI to invoke navigation on Google maps as opposed to the default Apple maps?
I have tried "Navigate to Chicago using Google maps", but Siri ...
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Siri reports my correct birthday, but then uses wrong date when asked how many days until my birthday
When I say to Siri "When is my Birthday", the response is May 20th, which is correct.
However, when I say "How many days until my birthday" the response uses September 16th as the birthday. How do I ...
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Siri and birthday events
One of Apple's calendar features on every device is that it takes the birthdays from the contacts and show them as a separate birthday calendar. This is a nice feature, but has a huge drawback in my ...
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Siri location reminders problem
I have added my favorite stores, Coffee shops, and addresses I go to a lot, into my contacts list, so I can say to Siri "Remind me to check the mail when I arrive at mom's house." However, Siri ...
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Is it possible to ask Siri to read dictated text?
Speech recognition is very useful - when I'm driving I always use it for dictating text to my iPhone 5.
However, before sending the message I like to check that the text was recognized correctly. ...
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Why is there a pause when confirming a Siri reminder?
I tell Siri to create a reminder. It then gives me a Confirm/Cancel dialog. I tap Confirm.
One would thing that the confirm happens immediately. But instead it seems as if Siri is going to the cloud ...
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Is there a way to change back to standard Voice Control when there is no internet connection?
I have just got an Iphone 5 and love Siri, but, it is annoying that it only works when internet is available.
... I was surprised to see that when I turned Siri off, the phone went back to the ...
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iOS 6 kills battery life
I live in the Boston area (zip code 02421). Since upgrading to iOS 6, both my iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S are getting really hot and last only 4 hours maximum, even in standby.
Also, AT&T notified me ...
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How can I ask Siri to turn OFF Do Not Disturb mode?
As from iOS 6, I can ask Siri something like "Don't Disturb Me", and it replies confirming that Do Not Disturb is activated.
However, I have not been able to deactivate Do Not Disturb mode by voice.
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In iOS 6, how can I convince Siri that New York City is not in Texas?
This is NOT a rant about maps or its data.
I live in New York City, and when I ask Siri for the weather, the results seemed a bit... optimistic. I think it unlikely, for example, that it will be 84 ...
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Have Siri read answers
Is there any way to have Siri read answers, at least to simple questions?
E.g., math problems. Ask Siri "What is 10+2?" And she will just say "Here you go," but won't say "twelve" out loud.
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Can I exclude birthdays when asking Siri about my upcoming schedule?
When I ask Siri
What's my schedule like this week?
she returns me an overview of appointments, all day events and birthdays. And with iOS6's Facebook integration, I'm seeing lots more birthdays ...
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iPhone battery life: Siri or iOS 6?
I updated my iPhone 4S to iOS 6. I suddenly activated Siri (because finally it comes in my language) and in this days I noticed that my iPhone battery life is less than previously.
This problem is ...
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Why is Siri not enabled on iPad 2? [closed]
After reading some overviews on iOS 6 I decided to install it on my iPad 2. Unfortunately, I discovered that Siri is not supported (probably should have read the fine print). I'm a little curious if ...
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Can I view or export or clear Siri's interaction history?
I would like to ask you is it possible to somehow access all of Siri's history to view it or delete it?
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Siri's language choice (Settings) - does it affect speech recognition?
If I prefer to hear US/Canadian Siri, will she understand my Australian accent?
Sorry Australian-voiced Siri, but you sound too much like the Telstra automated bill payment system voice. And I'm used ...
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Is Voice Control still present in Siri supported devices?
I had an iPod touch two years ago, and it had voice control features for simple things like "next song", or "what time is it".
Is this functionality still present in the current version of iPhone, or ...
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Daemons or other processes responsible for dictation in 10.8?
Dictation in Mountain Lion is a nice little feature that works great for me. However I often need to switch between dictation languages, so going through the System Preferences is way too many clicks ...
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How can I get Siri to list all relationships?
As can be seen in this screenshot:
Siri seems to be able to list all of the relationships which it understands.
Does anybody know the command for this? I've not been able to work it out.
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What phonetic language an dictionary is supported by Siri on iOS?
I want to convince Siri to properly pronounce and recognise some of my contacts.
I know that I need to tweak the 3 fields: Phonetic First Name, Phonetic Last Name and Nickname for that.
Still, I am ...
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Is there a way to interact with Siri Answers?
By default, Siri often "answers" questions by producing a result from (amongst others) Wolfram Alpha. Often these results leave me wanting to drill down further to expand on parts of the answer ...
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Why can't Siri add the relationship for an account?
I'm using Siri in German, and one of the examples mentions the command:
Meine Mutter ist Diana Pelzl
That is, My mother is Diana Pelzl. So, I say something similar to the above German sentence, ...
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What advanced calendar scheduling can Siri do?
I just found out that Siri can do complex calendar schedules, such as scheduling something for every three days. The calendar app has a very limited interface for complex scheduling, so I'm wondering ...
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Can you talk on the iPhone and use Siri with Monster beats headphones?
I want a set of Beats by Dre headphones and have seen that they come with a control on the cord. Does this have a Mic? and can it be used with Siri in the same way the official Apple ones can?
I have ...
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Shouldn't Siri be able to run on the new iPad?
Siri has been made to run on older iOS devices some time ago. It was reported by MacRumors that special hardware is what sets the iPhone 4S as the exclusive device for Siri. Enter the new iPad.
The ...
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How to get the iPhone user's name [closed]
On Siri it will give you a response like "Im sorry Carl I cannot do that" Example How does siri get the iPhone user's name? Is that in apple's public API?
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Getting Siri to say 1 and not one
When I ask for directions and say any single digit number, Siri spells it out instead of writing it numerically. Is there away to change this, because directions does not recognize numbers spelled ...
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How can I make Siri tolerate longer periods of silence for note dictation? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to extend the time you can talk to Siri for?
I would like to be able to use the note taking feature of Siri to take long dictation for brainstorming ...
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How can Siri recognize a contact's name, but be unable to call that person?
My wife and I have the same problem with Siri. In our contacts database, each person has at least one associated phone number (usually associated with 'home', 'mobile' or 'iPhone'). However, even ...
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Add appointment to a specific calendar with Siri
My default calendar is 'Home'. I want Siri to add appointments to my 'Work' calendar. I've tried telling Siri to "Move my appointment to the work calendar" but she merely changes the appointment ...
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How do I troubleshoot Siri?
I just got my 4S yesterday (thanks AT&T for the early upgrade date!). I've noticed two problems with Siri and I don't know any good methods to troubleshoot.
1) When I hold the phone up to my ...
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Can Siri be told a ringtone when setting a timer?
I normally use the iPhone timer to sleep the device after I've dozed off to some music or podcast. Unfortunately this means that when I ask Siri to set a timer for some cooking, Siri waits the ...
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How can I redial using Voice Control or Siri?
Is it possible to dial the last dialed phone number on iOS via Voice Control or Siri?
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Is there a way to extend the time you can talk to Siri for?
If I start Siri and ask to send a message or email, it will ask who to, takes the name from me etc etc.
When I come to saying the message I can only say a few words before being cut off. I then need ...
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How can I post to Twitter using Siri?
It seems like there is no voice command in Siri to directly update your status on twitter.
Am I missing something? I thought that with iOS 5 Twitter is tightly integrated into iOS?!
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Is it possible to install siri on iphone 3gs?
I have an iPhone 3GS, and I want to know if it is possible to install Siri on it.
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Why does Siri not set Geofence reminders on iPhone when used in conjuction with an Exchange account?
I have been trying to use Siri to set a Geofence reminder to no avail. Apparently there seems to be some type of conflict with the phones local reminders and syncing (via Active sync) with Exchange ...
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How can I use Siri to select between multiple email addresses?
When using Siri to send an email to a contact with multiple email addresses, I can't find a way to select one of the addresses in a hands-free way (without clicking with my finger). Siri reads out ...
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How do you use Google Voice instead of built-in text message with Siri on iPhone4S?
I would like to use the Google Voice app instead of the built-in Text Messages with Siri on the iPhone 4S.
Is this possible and how?
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what is Siri consuming? is Wifi enough? or 3g celluar data is involved while Siri searches online?
So I am concerned if I can save data usage(I have only 200M per month on my account..) by using Siri at home(with a wifi connection)??
