[macvoiceover] Re: iPhone dictation limit
- From: Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 20:19:19 -0400
I always have success using the dictation. It's made life a bit easier for me.
But I don't use it for long things much anyways, so maybe that's why.
Nicole
On May 15, 2013, at 8:16 PM, rhonda cruz wrote:
> hi i'm looking forward to using it on my iPad.
> it will be nice.
>
> On May 14, 2013, at 7:26 PM, covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> I don't know, but I can never get even a clean 30 seconds out of the
>> iphone dictation, it always makes several mistakes and its such a pain
>> to correct, by the time you are through, you may as well type the stuff.
>>
>> David Chittenden <dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> you are correct, and when your lengthy iMessage is converted into multiple
>>> text messages because the other person is not currently on the network, you
>>> get nailed by the factors I just discussed. Come on people, this is not
>>> rocket science. Sighted people are switching to speaking their text
>>> messages rather than writing them. Siri is primarily for the sighted. It is
>>> highly likely that enough people have been nailed by additional message
>>> charges at $0.20 per additional message block that Apple has found it
>>> necessary to start warning people that their messages exceed the message
>>> length imposed by mobile phone providers.
>>>
>>> If you want to send lengthy messages, open messages, select your target,
>>> and use the dictate button to the left of the space on the onscreen
>>> keyboard.
>>>
>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>>> Email: dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On 15/05/2013, at 12:24, "George B" <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> i message has no limit on charectors
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-
>>>>> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Chittenden
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 14:38
>>>>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: iPhone dictation limit
>>>>>
>>>>> Text messages have a maximum limit of 140 characters per message.
>>>>> Typically, if the message is longer than 140 characters, the phone
>>>>> splits the message up into multiple messages when sending. I wonder if
>>>>> Siri is now limiting text messages to the 140 character limit.
>>>>>
>>>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>>>>> Email: dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On 15/05/2013, at 9:27, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Gabe, have you ever had a message like my friend got? Any clue
>>>>> what triggers it, like a time or character limit?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2013-05-14, at 3:15 PM, Gabe Vega Via Iphone4S
>>>>> <theblindtech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But you can simply re-tap the dictate button and continue your
>>>>> message such as this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gabe Vega
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>>>>> On May 14, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Tuscia-Falconer
>>>>> <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yeah dictation on my iMac is only 30 seconds
>>>>>>>> I have just used it to write this reply
>>>>>>>> If I take too long as I am trying to do now such as go for more
>>>>> then 30 seconds and I am not using a watch I
>>>>>>>> Get a beep and the message is concluded
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> TF
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 15/05/2013, at 8:27 AM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Doing some troubleshooting for a friend, of course it's a problem
>>>>> I've never had so don't know right away what the answer is.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Using Siri to dictate a text message on a 4S, she is getting a
>>>>> message that her message is too long, would she like to trim it down?
>>>>> This comes before she tries to send the message, so it's not coming
>>>>> from her mobile carrier.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone else experience this? Are there built in dictation
>>>>> limitations?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Kicker is, this situation only started a couple of days ago, and
>>>>> she believes she hasn't changed her texting habits.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ian
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