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! >> > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >