Getting Siri to understand phonetic names

[lowonthe456]

I know you can add a "phonetic name" field in contacts and Siri will pronounce the name correctly....but what about input?

For example: I add a contact to my iPhone for Jesus (pronounced hay zoos).
If I ask Siri to call him, she will only recognize the name is I ask for Jesus (not hay zoos).

There must be a way to fix this no?

 

[mkrishnan]

I don't have an example to test, but I thought the phonetic field addressed both how SIRI says the name and how it listens to the name. (e.g.). So you put in the phonetic name and SIRI still doesn't recognize the person?

 

[lowonthe456]

I don't have an example to test, but I thought the phonetic field addressed both how SIRI says the name and how it listens to the name. (e.g.). So you put in the phonetic name and SIRI still doesn't recognize the person?

Thats what I thought. it didnt work at first but works now...weird

Thanks

 

[xaviila]

Siri: 'Phonetic First Name' tag not showing!

I think Siri has still plenty of room for improvement. On my phone the 'Phonetic First Name' tag and 'Phonetic Last Name' tag did not show up at all! As if Apple did not want me to use this feature!

Anyone who has the same problems can see how I eventually managed to fix the issue here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_t...DvjVQa1PpcFPlygiU16zs4o8jNsczWQZqte5rCMtA4WA=

 

[FSMBP]

Thats what I thought. it didnt work at first but works now...weird

Thanks

Put it in the "Nickname" field as "Hey Zues" or whatever you want. It should work then.