It's one of those novelty things to impress your BFF. But in reality it's useless.
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Do you use Siri?
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It's one of those novelty things to impress your BFF. But in reality it's useless.
Very seldom. On the Mac, I hate how if you press Siri, but decide that you don't need Siri and cancel it, it will always give the pop up of "things you can ask Siri". Is there a way to disable that? It's such a tedious step.
I use Siri occasionally on my phone, but then it only gives me useful/correct information about half the time. I used it twice on my Mac just to check it out, but never again. I've never used it on my watch.
I've used Siri a couple of times on my mid-2015 iMac 5K and have to say it feels slower to perform/respond than it does, say, on iPhone.
I use it....
Opening apps I don't keep in my dock.
Asking for spelling.
Asking for math equations I can't quickly do in my head.
Asking to find files and photos, especially photos.
And a few other things.
Typically if I'm about to do something that's a nuisance I'll ask Siri first, who knows might get lucky, usually not but it's worth a shot.
Opening apps I don't keep in my dock.
Asking for spelling.
Asking for math equations I can't quickly do in my head.
Asking to find files and photos, especially photos.
And a few other things.
Typically if I'm about to do something that's a nuisance I'll ask Siri first, who knows might get lucky, usually not but it's worth a shot.
Been trying to use it more. Have you guys tried using it (Siri) for iTunes music? It sssuuuuuccccckkkkkksssss!! Its hilariously bad, unbelievably bad in fact.
"Play M83 Midnight City"
It plays A Tribe called Quest - Midnight Maunders Intro
"Play Ice Cube It was a good day"
It plays Micheal Jackson - Bad
"Play Journey Don't stop believing"
It Plays Journey - Why can't this night go on forever
I find it SLIGHTLY more accurate when to say SONG by ARTIST. But only SLIGHTLY.
"Play It was a good day by Ice Cube"
It plays Jay-Z and Kanye West - Otis
Using just song title is equally as bad.
"Play Walkway Blue"
It plays Scott Weiland - Desperation #5 (which is on an album called 12 Bar Blues)
All this stuff is dictated perfectly so its understanding what I'm saying. And my iPhone has NO problem with this stuff using Hey Siri in my car.
I'm curious to see feedback from you guys if you are willing to test this out.
"Play M83 Midnight City"
It plays A Tribe called Quest - Midnight Maunders Intro
"Play Ice Cube It was a good day"
It plays Micheal Jackson - Bad
"Play Journey Don't stop believing"
It Plays Journey - Why can't this night go on forever
I find it SLIGHTLY more accurate when to say SONG by ARTIST. But only SLIGHTLY.
"Play It was a good day by Ice Cube"
It plays Jay-Z and Kanye West - Otis
Using just song title is equally as bad.
"Play Walkway Blue"
It plays Scott Weiland - Desperation #5 (which is on an album called 12 Bar Blues)
All this stuff is dictated perfectly so its understanding what I'm saying. And my iPhone has NO problem with this stuff using Hey Siri in my car.
I'm curious to see feedback from you guys if you are willing to test this out.
On my iPhone, trying to play a podcast, I asked Siri, "Play the newest episode of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me."
Siri spoke and said: "Okay. Which would you like to play? 'Wait Wait Don't Tell Me', 'Wait Wait Don't Tell Me', 'Wait Wait Don't Tell Me', or 'Wait Wait Don't Tell Me'?"
At other times, for other content, Siri worked closely enough, but this one blew my mind.
As far as on the computer goes -- I don't use it much. Part of the reason is, I suppose, the spinning HD on my 2012 MBP means that it takes a few seconds for Siri to activate. The other part is, I just feel silly talking to my computer when I'm sitting by my wife.
Glad to see I am not the only one. I was kind of hoping someone would have some awesome use of it that would push me to try. But nope. lol Now its time to remove the icon.
It great for spelling for me since I'm terrible at it. Siri will spell out a word slow enough to type it, and shows the definition so I can see I'm misusing it too lol.
At this point I'm finding to be more of a novelty teetering on gimmick.
I find it interesting to see that a few people use Siri to open apps on Mac. I always use cmd + space and it's just so damn fast I'd never open an app any other way.
I rarely use Siri on my Mac, maybe just a couple times a month.
I rarely use Siri on my Mac, maybe just a couple times a month.
I'm just hoping it'll make some use as well... but somehow i doubt it will... It's been too long to just keep thinking "ya, maybe one day" I just got used to the "never happen" moment.
I do often for less frequently used app instead of going through menus. However muscle memory keeps me using the dock for commonly used apps. Sometimes I find that I can do it faster since Siri will hang or the short cut doesn't respond.
I would say I'm replacing spotlight search with Siri if nothing else.
After trying it out when I received my watch, I've rarely if ever used Siri on any of my devices.
Don't see the point of it at all. I can do everything I want on the devices directly, why would I want to insert another step in the process that rarely works anyway.
Don't see the point of it at all. I can do everything I want on the devices directly, why would I want to insert another step in the process that rarely works anyway.
I use it on my iPhone a lot. For quick random things. Although I hate when Im in my truck and I click for siri and there is a long delay while my bluetooth switches to the vehicle to play the siri sound. Like ugh...just work!