Stallion
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Milwaukee
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Have you guys noticed how high quality and responsive Siri is these days? I have been using it in the iOS 8 beta for texting while driving constantly lately. It is unbelievable. Yes, speaking punctuation still sucks, but once you get used to it, the quality of the output is pretty much flawless.
Kudos to Apple. This feels like the future. Siri was not very good in my opinion a few years ago when it first came out. Now it is rock solid and incredibly fast. ...and calling/e-mailing/texting ex-girlfriends on the off-chance they'll invite you over for some "old time's sake" no-strings couch gymnastics... |
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Making sawdust
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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I haven't tried the iOS 8 beta yet, but i did notice one major change lately. When i use siri to navigate to home or work, she no longer says "Getting directions to <my name>: Work", she just says, "Getting directions to Work"
Minor thing, but it sounds a lot less awkward. |
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I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: Dec 2005
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And Apple Maps is still atrocious. |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
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And get off his lawn.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I had forgotten that Siri exists until this thread. For me it's been a novelty feature that's slower (and less accurate) than me just doing shit myself.
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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I've gotten more used to her for texting while driving. Handsfree and all of course. Her diction is pretty good for me and my uses. I also use her for getting me directions to places I need to go and having it opened in Maps.
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Stallion
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Milwaukee
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What do you think they could do better w/ Siri? Maps are fine for me - but I don't use them much. I typically use Google Maps. ...and calling/e-mailing/texting ex-girlfriends on the off-chance they'll invite you over for some "old time's sake" no-strings couch gymnastics... |
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Other than the total lack of anything like street view I don't have any real issue with Maps. Siri? Like some others, I have not found it overly useful. Part of that is just how silly I feel about taking to a piece of electronics. In any case, most of the time I start Siri by mistake, rather than out of a desire to use it.
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Maps POI is terrible. Outdated, incomplete, unreliable. Also, no Street View. Other than that, it's fine; standard and satellite both load fast and look nice.
Siri still isn't good. It's getting there, but it's been three years, with too little progress. Dictation has surprised me. This paragraph has been typed entirely (but corrected slightly) with dictation. But it, too, hasn't yet reached the level where I would want to use it on a daily basis. |
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Siri is *much* better in iOS 8. Incredibly fast - think Google Now speeds - and accurate. I still don't use it much because I need it to be easily integrated into things like Omnifocus but I am impressed with it.
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Making sawdust
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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The only time i seem to run into an issue with siri is when im using my bt headset. I have a motorola hx550. I tend to have to speak slower for everything to be understood
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