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Missing Phonetic Contact Fields - How do I add the phonetic contact fields to a contact on iOS 5 when using an iPhone 4/iOS5?

Recently I have seen some interesting tips for increasing the accuracy of Siri by entering phonetic details for contacts with names that is has trouble understanding or saying correctly. This

This involves editing a contact, adding a new field, then selecting either phonetic first name or phonetic last name etc (e. E.g. Shuvawwn instead of Siobhan).

While I do not have Siri as I run an iphoneiPhone 4 not 4S, I have still seen these tips pre-dating iOS5iOS 5 to help with voice control as was before Siri came along.

The problem is that I do not appear to have these fields available on my iphoneiPhone at all.

How can I get them to show? Is there some language or accessibility setting or other required to get them to appear?

Missing Phonetic Contact Fields - iPhone 4/iOS5

Recently I have seen some interesting tips for increasing the accuracy of Siri by entering phonetic details for contacts with names that is has trouble understanding or saying correctly. This involves editing a contact, adding a new field, then selecting either phonetic first name or phonetic last name etc (e.g. Shuvawwn instead of Siobhan).

While I do not have Siri as I run an iphone 4 not 4S, I have still seen these tips pre-dating iOS5 to help with voice control as was before Siri came along.

The problem is that I do not appear to have these fields available on my iphone at all.

How can I get them to show? Is there some language or accessibility setting or other required to get them to appear?

How do I add the phonetic contact fields to a contact on iOS 5 when using an iPhone 4?

Recently I have seen some interesting tips for increasing the accuracy of Siri by entering phonetic details for contacts with names that is has trouble understanding or saying correctly.

This involves editing a contact, adding a new field, then selecting either phonetic first name or phonetic last name. E.g. Shuvawwn instead of Siobhan.

While I do not have Siri as I run an iPhone 4 not 4S, I have still seen these tips pre-dating iOS 5 to help with voice control as was before Siri came along.

The problem is that I do not appear to have these fields available on my iPhone at all.

How can I get them to show? Is there some language or accessibility setting or other required to get them to appear?

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Missing Phonetic Contact Fields - iPhone 4/iOS5

Recently I have seen some interesting tips for increasing the accuracy of Siri by entering phonetic details for contacts with names that is has trouble understanding or saying correctly. This involves editing a contact, adding a new field, then selecting either phonetic first name or phonetic last name etc (e.g. Shuvawwn instead of Siobhan).

While I do not have Siri as I run an iphone 4 not 4S, I have still seen these tips pre-dating iOS5 to help with voice control as was before Siri came along.

The problem is that I do not appear to have these fields available on my iphone at all.

How can I get them to show? Is there some language or accessibility setting or other required to get them to appear?