[macvoiceover] Re: iphone 4s
- From: Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:05:55 -0400
Hi,
I use Siri and dictation pretty frequently, and I don't think it uses much data
on the whole. Since getting my 4S, I've yet to see a big increase in Data
usage.
Ricardo Walker
ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Mar 26, 2012, at 1:32 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What amount of data does Siri use? If Siri turns out to be wonderfully
> helpful, do I need to look at getting a whacking big data plan when I next
> upgrade?
>
> Ian
>
> On 2012-03-26, at 11:27 AM, Marcy Weinberg wrote:
>
>> I find siri to work fine with the dictation button most of the time, except
>> when the server is busy or down.
>>
>> I also find that it is better to dictate partially when the text is long,
>> then put a space and continue dictating in parts until the whole dictation
>> is in. I will say, though, that when siri is working to its fullest, a
>> fairly long passage can be dictated and siri will get the whole thing
>> perfectly!
>>
>> Marcy
>>
>> On Mar 26, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Ian Edwards wrote:
>>
>> You may want to check out the Dragon dictation app. When I checked it out it
>> was free, and sometimes useful. It was accurate enough for simple messages
>> and Facebook posts, the obvious downside was that it wasn't integrated into
>> the message program. So you would dicatate your message, select text message
>> in the actions menu, then select who it was going to. From the support
>> material it looks like the Blackberry version is integrated into the message
>> app so you can dictate directly into an edit field, so perhaps that is
>> coming for the iPhone version. Maybe it's already here, anyone know?
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> On 2012-03-26, at 10:30 AM, Bryan Duarte wrote:
>>
>>> I agree with Ricardo Siri is great for some things but for avoiding typing
>>> Siri is not! Checking things, searching the web, and having fun Siri is
>>> great, sending messages or emails Siri works perfectly about 50 percent of
>>> the time. There is really no avoiding the on screen keyboard on a touch
>>> screen device. I admit the touch keyboard is kind of a pain some times it
>>> really is not as bad as most blind people would think. It is pretty good
>>> and not very hard to type on. If a keyboard is necessary for you, the
>>> iPhone is not for you...
>>> On Mar 26, 2012, at 5:41 AM, Mary Scott wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am very interested to hear updates as to your satisfaction of the hone.
>>>> I want one but I want to know if Siri
>>>> really works well. I do not like usuing the keys to text and I want to
>>>> know that I really can avoid it before getting one. MelOn Mar 25, 2012,
>>>> at 10:11 PM, Bryan Duarte wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Awesome welcome to the crew! If you go to settings>general>accessibility
>>>>> you will find an option to enable practice mode. If you do this you can
>>>>> preform all the gesters and hear them spoken to you. Also if you navigate
>>>>> to settings>general>accessibility the last option in this list is the
>>>>> home button function for triple tap.. This is where you will set
>>>>> voiceover to be assigned to triple tap of the home button. Hope this
>>>>> helps...
>>>>> On Mar 25, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Don wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just got an iphohne, can someone tell me where to find all the
>>>>>> gestures, or send me a list of them. Also where do I go to set the home
>>>>>> button to turn on and off voice over, I can't find it. Thanks Don
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Marcy
>> Hope you're having a nice day!
>>
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