Siri worked flawlessly all morning until I got off work at 4:30 est and now I keep getting random connection messages and extreme slowness for Siri to respond. I think it's just the sheer volume of people playing with it when they got off work. Hopefully it will work its self out.
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Siri sucks, why?
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This is actually encouraging to me, i'm also having this problem now. Hopefully it's a sign they're working on correcting an issue. And thanks for the suggestion however US English was already selected.
I expected that from Siri.
Voice recognition is something that work with some people and with other just won't.
Seems like some people don't have the 'right' pinch/voice for the recognition.
Since IBM via voice (90's) I've been trying to use softwares like Siri is nowadays.
These softwares always recognize 50-60% of what you say.
Write this: you WILL leave Siri after some frustrations and you WILL get frustraded. Someday you will just say: "oh ******** this! I will type down"
Voice recognition is something that work with some people and with other just won't.
Seems like some people don't have the 'right' pinch/voice for the recognition.
Since IBM via voice (90's) I've been trying to use softwares like Siri is nowadays.
These softwares always recognize 50-60% of what you say.
Write this: you WILL leave Siri after some frustrations and you WILL get frustraded. Someday you will just say: "oh ******** this! I will type down"
sounds like you need to make an appointment with a Genius at the Apple store.
If it's hardware related, they'll swap phones. If it's software related, try a restore as new phone.
This doesn't seem very likely as 2 brand new phones are experiencing the exact same problems.
I currently have my mother, sister in law and boyfriend here - Siri doesn't work for any of us.
No, but the fact that your impression of peoples suggestions such as talking clearer as negative criticism, and interpreting my blatant troll comment as a personal insult leads me to wonder if english is your first language and if it is not perhaps that is an underlying cause of your dictation issues.
Are you in a quiet room? I've noticed that if there is any background noise or talking Siri has trouble figuring out what I'm saying. When I'm in a quiet room it works every time and understands exactly what I say.
My brother-in-law has an EVO and there are some words that it can never understand him say. For example, if he says "misery" the EVO thinks he said "Missouri." He tried my iPhone and Siri got it right.
Sorry, buddy. You made the error of using the "A" word. That tends to prompt infantile responses from some posters.
Don't have the new iPhone and the iPad doesn't have Siri. I have, however, had experience with voice commands in that (unnamed) other environment. I suspect that you (and others) may be experiencing (a) the effects of massive server load, something that is very difficult to simulate in QA testing and/or (b) quality issues with your data transmission service.
Not much you can do about the former until things quiet down on the new toy front but you might try using Siri from various locations to see if better quality transmission of your voice makes a difference.
P.S. And if you're from SoCal, you certainly have an accent; everyone does. But it's an accent that Apple has certainly accommodated in Siri or it would never have made it out of NorCal.
Sorry to hear about those of you having troubles. I have been testing siri out throughout the day and it has been working excellent for me. I tried testing out several different phrases and even some of the easter egg type ones that I have seen on various reviews and have had no problem with it. Im using the verizon network. I hope all of you get it straightened out.
hardware/software issues appearing on multiple phones is not unheard of. Factories make mistakes. Anything could happen.
Not knowing your level of expertise, but If you need help on restoring as new phone, you can PM me and I'll be happy to help with that and answer any other questions.
Very true and its a strong chance that both devices came from one batch so it could be a faulty batch.
I'm an opera singer. Most people I meet who are not singers or actors have terrible vocal production. Try these tips.
Make sure you breathe deep (like a yoga breath, but not too deep), relax and enunciate a bit. Hold the position of inhalation while you speak if you want to get real fancy. Don't try to place the sound in a specific part of your face or throat, just let it be.
This should help Siri understand you better. Also now you can sing opera.
Make sure you breathe deep (like a yoga breath, but not too deep), relax and enunciate a bit. Hold the position of inhalation while you speak if you want to get real fancy. Don't try to place the sound in a specific part of your face or throat, just let it be.
This should help Siri understand you better. Also now you can sing opera.
I finally got my 4S activated an have been trying to get it to call my girlfriend for the past 10 minutes. It says back her name perfectly, but spells her last name with only one t instead of two and then tells me there's a problem.
Pretty useless feature if you ask me. I did get the weather to come up, but it's A LOT slower than doing it by pushing the touchscreen and doing it the old way.
Pretty useless feature if you ask me. I did get the weather to come up, but it's A LOT slower than doing it by pushing the touchscreen and doing it the old way.
I didn't realize it was in beta. I guess that's not a widely publicized status. I guess I'm not disappointed after all.