I have a question regarding Siri.
How can I change Siri's replies to my queries from text to voice responses?
Presently, whenever I ask a question to Siri, the reply comes in the
form of a text message which is read by VoiceOver.
So, how can I make Siri speak aloud her responses to my queries?
And, secondly, whenever I ask a question to Siri, it says 'you said
blah blah' and then it gives its response.
So, what should I do to ensure that Siri directly answers my questions
without repeating what I said?
I don't think there's a way to make Siri not repeat what you say first. The most annoying thing I think is that it has to speak the phone number of contacts. Since my Siri some how got very loud compared to normal VO, it's more of an issue than the lucky people that got a Siri that's below normal VO volume.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rahul Bajaj" <rahul.bajaj1...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Questions about Siri
> Hi all,
> I have a question regarding Siri.
> How can I change Siri's replies to my queries from text to voice > responses?
> Presently, whenever I ask a question to Siri, the reply comes in the
> form of a text message which is read by VoiceOver.
> So, how can I make Siri speak aloud her responses to my queries?
> And, secondly, whenever I ask a question to Siri, it says 'you said
> blah blah' and then it gives its response.
> So, what should I do to ensure that Siri directly answers my questions
> without repeating what I said?
> Your help would be much appreciated.
> Cheers,
> Rahul
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I can undersatnd why you woldn't want everyone to hear the numbers, but if Siri didn't repeat them you wouldn't know if you were calling the right number or not. Have you tried turning down the volume while Siri was to loud?
> I don't think there's a way to make Siri not repeat what you say first. The
> most annoying thing I think is that it has to speak the phone number of
> contacts. Since my Siri some how got very loud compared to normal VO, it's
> more of an issue than the lucky people that got a Siri that's below normal
> VO volume.
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> From: "Rahul Bajaj" <rahul.bajaj1...@gmail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 8:45 AM
> Subject: Questions about Siri
>> Hi all,
>> I have a question regarding Siri.
>> How can I change Siri's replies to my queries from text to voice
>> responses?
>> Presently, whenever I ask a question to Siri, the reply comes in the
>> form of a text message which is read by VoiceOver.
>> So, how can I make Siri speak aloud her responses to my queries?
>> And, secondly, whenever I ask a question to Siri, it says 'you said
>> blah blah' and then it gives its response.
>> So, what should I do to ensure that Siri directly answers my questions
>> without repeating what I said?
>> Your help would be much appreciated.
>> Cheers,
>> Rahul
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> I don't think there's a way to make Siri not repeat what you say first. The most annoying thing I think is that it has to speak the phone number of contacts. Since my Siri some how got very loud compared to normal VO, it's more of an issue than the lucky people that got a Siri that's below normal VO volume.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rahul Bajaj" <rahul.bajaj1...@gmail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 8:45 AM
> Subject: Questions about Siri
>> Hi all,
>> I have a question regarding Siri.
>> How can I change Siri's replies to my queries from text to voice responses?
>> Presently, whenever I ask a question to Siri, the reply comes in the
>> form of a text message which is read by VoiceOver.
>> So, how can I make Siri speak aloud her responses to my queries?
>> And, secondly, whenever I ask a question to Siri, it says 'you said
>> blah blah' and then it gives its response.
>> So, what should I do to ensure that Siri directly answers my questions
>> without repeating what I said?
>> Your help would be much appreciated.
>> Cheers,
>> Rahul
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That explains then how this probably happened with my old phone and its bad volume controls and got restored from the Itunes backup on this one. Resetting the settings to default would likely do it too, but that probably clears all apps' settings, meaning some will forget the cookie that lets me avoid security questions on each use with a partially inaccessible remember device button.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Walker" <rwalker...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: Questions about Siri
Hi,
Siri's volume is adjustable. While siri is running, just turn down the volume.
On Jun 10, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Brent Harding <br...@hostany.net> wrote:
> I don't think there's a way to make Siri not repeat what you say first. > The most annoying thing I think is that it has to speak the phone number > of contacts. Since my Siri some how got very loud compared to normal VO, > it's more of an issue than the lucky people that got a Siri that's below > normal VO volume.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rahul Bajaj" > <rahul.bajaj1...@gmail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 8:45 AM
> Subject: Questions about Siri
>> Hi all,
>> I have a question regarding Siri.
>> How can I change Siri's replies to my queries from text to voice >> responses?
>> Presently, whenever I ask a question to Siri, the reply comes in the
>> form of a text message which is read by VoiceOver.
>> So, how can I make Siri speak aloud her responses to my queries?
>> And, secondly, whenever I ask a question to Siri, it says 'you said
>> blah blah' and then it gives its response.
>> So, what should I do to ensure that Siri directly answers my questions
>> without repeating what I said?
>> Your help would be much appreciated.
>> Cheers,
>> Rahul
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-----Original Message----- From: Steve Robertson
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 12:23 PM
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Subject: Re: Questions about Siri
I can undersatnd why you woldn't want everyone to hear the numbers, but
if Siri didn't repeat them you wouldn't know if you were calling the
right number or not. Have you tried turning down the volume while Siri
was to loud?
Steve
Original message:
> I don't think there's a way to make Siri not repeat what you say first. > The
> most annoying thing I think is that it has to speak the phone number of
> contacts. Since my Siri some how got very loud compared to normal VO, it's
> more of an issue than the lucky people that got a Siri that's below normal
> VO volume.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rahul Bajaj" <rahul.bajaj1...@gmail.com>
> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 8:45 AM
> Subject: Questions about Siri
>> Hi all,
>> I have a question regarding Siri.
>> How can I change Siri's replies to my queries from text to voice
>> responses?
>> Presently, whenever I ask a question to Siri, the reply comes in the
>> form of a text message which is read by VoiceOver.
>> So, how can I make Siri speak aloud her responses to my queries?
>> And, secondly, whenever I ask a question to Siri, it says 'you said
>> blah blah' and then it gives its response.
>> So, what should I do to ensure that Siri directly answers my questions
>> without repeating what I said?
>> Your help would be much appreciated.
>> Cheers,
>> Rahul
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Hi, I also find this to be annoying at times. So what I do is turn off Voice Over by pressing Home 3 times. Then I use Siri like a sighted person does, and it answers questions normally without repeating things. If I need to get more details about the answer which are visible on screen, I turn on Voice Over with Home pressed 3 times and then see what it is. In other words, if I'm going to be interacting with Siri a lot, I turn off Voice Over. It gets annoying to hear everything repeated back to me, although I understand why it works that way. You see, when a sighted person uses Siri, the same information is on the screen, and if you use Voice over, it's doing its job by reading the screen. So, this is normal and expected behavior.
Here's a good example. You can do the following with and without voice over on and you will see the experience is better without Voice Over.
1. What's the current temperature.
2. Send text to my wife, hey, where's my dinner?
3. Where are the nearest pizza places?
You will find that 1 and 2 can be done easily without Voice Over running. Yet, you will find that Voice Over should be on for 3.
> I have a question regarding Siri.
> How can I change Siri's replies to my queries from text to voice responses?
> Presently, whenever I ask a question to Siri, the reply comes in the
> form of a text message which is read by VoiceOver.
> So, how can I make Siri speak aloud her responses to my queries?
> And, secondly, whenever I ask a question to Siri, it says 'you said
> blah blah' and then it gives its response.
> So, what should I do to ensure that Siri directly answers my questions
> without repeating what I said?
This is about SIRI and dictation. I've looked at the command lists, but they do not address spelling words. Are there protocols for spelling words that you know SIRI will mangle and mutilate?
> Hi, I also find this to be annoying at times. So what I do is turn off Voice Over by pressing Home 3 times. Then I use Siri like a sighted person does, and it answers questions normally without repeating things. If I need to get more details about the answer which are visible on screen, I turn on Voice Over with Home pressed 3 times and then see what it is. In other words, if I'm going to be interacting with Siri a lot, I turn off Voice Over. It gets annoying to hear everything repeated back to me, although I understand why it works that way. You see, when a sighted person uses Siri, the same information is on the screen, and if you use Voice over, it's doing its job by reading the screen. So, this is normal and expected behavior.
> Here's a good example. You can do the following with and without voice over on and you will see the experience is better without Voice Over.
> 1. What's the current temperature.
> 2. Send text to my wife, hey, where's my dinner?
> 3. Where are the nearest pizza places?
> You will find that 1 and 2 can be done easily without Voice Over running. Yet, you will find that Voice Over should be on for 3.
> On 6/10/2012 9:45 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I have a question regarding Siri.
>> How can I change Siri's replies to my queries from text to voice responses?
>> Presently, whenever I ask a question to Siri, the reply comes in the
>> form of a text message which is read by VoiceOver.
>> So, how can I make Siri speak aloud her responses to my queries?
>> And, secondly, whenever I ask a question to Siri, it says 'you said
>> blah blah' and then it gives its response.
>> So, what should I do to ensure that Siri directly answers my questions
>> without repeating what I said?
>> Your help would be much appreciated.
>> Cheers,
>> Rahul
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> This is about SIRI and dictation. I've looked at the command lists, but they do not address spelling words. Are there protocols for spelling words that you know SIRI will mangle and mutilate?
> On Jun 13, 2012, at 9:04 AM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote:
>> Hi, I also find this to be annoying at times. So what I do is turn off Voice Over by pressing Home 3 times. Then I use Siri like a sighted person does, and it answers questions normally without repeating things. If I need to get more details about the answer which are visible on screen, I turn on Voice Over with Home pressed 3 times and then see what it is. In other words, if I'm going to be interacting with Siri a lot, I turn off Voice Over. It gets annoying to hear everything repeated back to me, although I understand why it works that way. You see, when a sighted person uses Siri, the same information is on the screen, and if you use Voice over, it's doing its job by reading the screen. So, this is normal and expected behavior.
>> Here's a good example. You can do the following with and without voice over on and you will see the experience is better without Voice Over.
>> 1. What's the current temperature.
>> 2. Send text to my wife, hey, where's my dinner?
>> 3. Where are the nearest pizza places?
>> You will find that 1 and 2 can be done easily without Voice Over running. Yet, you will find that Voice Over should be on for 3.
>> On 6/10/2012 9:45 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I have a question regarding Siri.
>>> How can I change Siri's replies to my queries from text to voice responses?
>>> Presently, whenever I ask a question to Siri, the reply comes in the
>>> form of a text message which is read by VoiceOver.
>>> So, how can I make Siri speak aloud her responses to my queries?
>>> And, secondly, whenever I ask a question to Siri, it says 'you said
>>> blah blah' and then it gives its response.
>>> So, what should I do to ensure that Siri directly answers my questions
>>> without repeating what I said?
>>> Your help would be much appreciated.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Rahul
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> On 6/13/2012 9:33 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote:
>> This is about SIRI and dictation. I've looked at the command lists, but they do not address spelling words. Are there protocols for spelling words that you know SIRI will mangle and mutilate?
>> On Jun 13, 2012, at 9:04 AM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote:
>>> Hi, I also find this to be annoying at times. So what I do is turn off Voice Over by pressing Home 3 times. Then I use Siri like a sighted person does, and it answers questions normally without repeating things. If I need to get more details about the answer which are visible on screen, I turn on Voice Over with Home pressed 3 times and then see what it is. In other words, if I'm going to be interacting with Siri a lot, I turn off Voice Over. It gets annoying to hear everything repeated back to me, although I understand why it works that way. You see, when a sighted person uses Siri, the same information is on the screen, and if you use Voice over, it's doing its job by reading the screen. So, this is normal and expected behavior.
>>> Here's a good example. You can do the following with and without voice over on and you will see the experience is better without Voice Over.
>>> 1. What's the current temperature.
>>> 2. Send text to my wife, hey, where's my dinner?
>>> 3. Where are the nearest pizza places?
>>> You will find that 1 and 2 can be done easily without Voice Over running. Yet, you will find that Voice Over should be on for 3.
>>> On 6/10/2012 9:45 AM, Rahul Bajaj wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I have a question regarding Siri.
>>>> How can I change Siri's replies to my queries from text to voice responses?
>>>> Presently, whenever I ask a question to Siri, the reply comes in the
>>>> form of a text message which is read by VoiceOver.
>>>> So, how can I make Siri speak aloud her responses to my queries?
>>>> And, secondly, whenever I ask a question to Siri, it says 'you said
>>>> blah blah' and then it gives its response.
>>>> So, what should I do to ensure that Siri directly answers my questions
>>>> without repeating what I said?
>>>> Your help would be much appreciated.
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Rahul
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