Hi Joe, I am a nuby as well to IPhone. I use Siri with the American lady and find it recognises my voice very well. I have seen it recommended to try the Canadian setting for Irish voices but I would think your accent should work with the American setting. Regards Aedan. -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Bollard Sent: 27 January 2014 11:30 To: vip_ students Subject: [vip_students] siri? how good is it? hello friends, having a bad hair day today, since i got up, everything is going pear shaped, i've sent this e mail or one like it to the list earlier this morning, and for some reason or other it didn't arrive, so here goes again,a good few years ago when i got my first mobile phone, it had this brand new gismo on it called "siri" now this phone as i say was out of the ark compared with today's little beauties, it was a steam phone, with a handle at the side for winding up, well, perhaps not quite that bad, but you know what i mean, i was told that "siri" would mean less dialing numbers, and the phone would react to my voice commands, great, however, i was dreadfully disappointed in the end result, ok, here we go, give said phone instruction to phone "home" hear ringing tone, and then find to my dismay that i had called my friend "joan" in wales, and had to apologise to her for waking her up,second try, say "home" in to the stupid phone, ringing tone, and a male voice answers, now unless my wife was having an affair there shouldn't be a male voice answering my home phone, turns out to be "joe" one of my choir members, so, decided to forget about "siri" but now all my friends seem to be using it, it seems that things have improved, do many people on the list use siri, my friend in canada says she wouldn't be without hers, i now have a 7 IOS phone, and like it, any help and advice will be most appreciated, but i really don't want to be ringing my friends in australia when i only want to call my local bookmaker, take care, god bless, travel safely, joe. =========================================================== The vip_students mailing list Manage account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/vip_students Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/vip_students Administrative contact: support@xxxxxxx =========================================================== --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com =========================================================== The vip_students mailing list Manage account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/vip_students Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/vip_students Administrative contact: support@xxxxxxx ===========================================================