Does anyone actually use Siri on their Mac?

[goslowjoe]

Nope. The idea of speaking to a computer in the office just seems dumb. Imagine if everyone did it. Fortunately I am the only one with a Mac in my workplace.

At home? Nope, there, the Significant Other is the one who calls instructions to me, not me to Siri.

 

[jamietshaw]

YES! I do! My iMac is at the kitchen table and when I'm cooking I often activate Siri to "add sugar to the shopping list" or "set a timer for 20 minutes" or "remind me at 7.30 to do something".

My phone isn't always nearby - I may have left it in my bag in the hall, for instance, and in any case it's easier to press Cmd-Spacebar on my Mac than to use my phone when I have dirty hands from cooking.

I don't really use it for any other reasons, though. The trouble with any voice-activated control is that you don't know what it can understand and what it can't, so you assume the worst.

 

[Arcade]

I don't care much for Siri on my Mac but I do call on her once in a while on my iPhone.

 

[Xde]

No.
Btw. its possible that Microsoft trashes Cortana from Win 10 this fall. They offer a Cortana app as optional install.
Apple should do the same.

 

[Cole Slaw]

Nope. Never. But then I almost never use it on my iPhone or iPad, either.

 

[nouveau_redneck]

Never, on any of my devices. I can't imagine speaking to a computer--it just seems weird. Plus, it's more efficient to use mouse/track pad and keyboard.

 

[CaTOAGU]

Yes frequently.

 

[LizKat]

I sometimes have Siri enabled on an iPad. I wiil generally just use it to launch some music while I'm reading news on a laptop nearby. That's about it though.

I used to have it turned on on my phone out in the kitchen so I could update to-do lists and stuff while I was cooking or cleaning. But sometimes Siri came back with odd responses from having misunderstood me, which I in turn found distracting to have to try to get her to fix or go fix myself.

Now I just play around with it once in awhile for the heck of it. I like the idea. I think the implementation still needs work, or else Siri and I need to spend more time together so she gets more of what I say to her.

 

[jasoncarle]

You guys are really missing out, the awesome functionality and power of Siri is really something.