accessible-iOS Re: opinions on sirie reliability in iphones and ipads, and also with different lanGuages

  • From: covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 01:03:06 -0400

I have not found this to be true -- for calling someone it works fine,
but I can't give it two sentences of text without an error or several
and by the time I have to correct the errors, I may as well type the
text.

Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It is usually reliable, but remember it is server-based. Your device listens 
> to you, sends the audio to Apple's servers, and then gets the text of the 
> audio back (parsing audio locally would be very resource-intensive and would 
> likely be slower than even the cloud-based method in use now). Siri can do a 
> lot and generally gets things right, but it is not perfect. Still, for 
> setting an appointment or reminder, sending a text, calling someone, looking 
> for businesses, doing a web search, launching an app, and so on, it works 
> well and is quite a time-saver. The next version of iOS, due out in a few 
> weeks, will increase Siri's functionality to system tasks, so you can tell it 
> to turn on Voiceover or turn off bluetooth, among other new commands. The 
> iPhone 4S and newer has Siri, as does the iPad 4 or newer, the iPad Mini, and 
> the iPod Touch 5 or newer.
> On Sep 4, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Beto Arreola <beto.arreola22@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hi, it is quite reliable, but it all depends on what type of service you 
> > are expecting from it.
> > On Sep 4, 2013, at 8:59 PM, Nikki Dadlani <nikkidadlani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> >> Dear IOS Users,
> >> I do not own an IOS device.  I wanted to ask about Sirie's reliability 
> >> with Iphones, Ipads, and Ipods (I don't even know if they have it on 
> >> ipods.) I wanted to know the reliability.  Also, I have heard that there 
> >> is Sirie in other languages.  What's the reliability on that?
> >> Thank you so much.
> >> Nikki
> >> Sent from My Braille Note
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