“As soon as I heard about what Siri would offer during the iOS 5 announcement, I got really excited. Here was a tool that was perfectly geared toward the road warrior. Not only was it an integrated way to dictate text to the iPhone, but to also interact directly with it in a conversational way to get information out,” jhrogersii writes for iSource. “I knew this could definitely change the way I spend my time in the car.”
“I used to keep my iPhone jailbroken as much as possible, and there was a hack for SBSettings that would force all audio through to your Bluetooth headset, even if it didn’t have A2DP. I tried using this with Dragon Search and Dictation, Jott, ReQall, and Vlingo, but ultimately with very little success. The fidelity and consistency of operation just wasn’t good enough to rely on,” jhrogersii writes. “Eventually, several of these apps were updated to work natively with Bluetooth headsets, but even then, they just didn’t work well enough to be worth the trouble to use. There were always too many mistakes to correct, and I couldn’t rely on the headset to work every time I pushed the button. Between hardware hiccups and typos, if you’re constantly having to pay attention to the app, or press the screen to copy or paste text or do whatever else, is that really any safer than just typing a text using the keyboard? Unfortunately, not really. (And just for the record, I am NOT condoning or recommending that practice.)”
jhrogersii writes, “So, how is Siri stacking up, you ask? So far, I absolutely love it. LOVE IT! In fact, it has worked so well for me, that I have changed up some of the services I use and ways I do things so that I can take better advantage of its capabilities while on the road… In this article, I am going to focus on using Siri with a Bluetooth headset. Anyone who has used Siri by holding the iPhone up to their head knows that it works flawlessly using this method. It also works very, very well with Apple’s included headset with mic. Things can be a little different, however, when you bring a 3rd party device to the table. But, if you dock your iPhone in the car like I do, and have it connected to your car’s stereo, you need Siri to work well without the wires and away from your face.”
Much more in the full article – recommended – here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
I heard Siri was illegal in California though, but I think she is fantastic!! I am in the car and using her right now good thing I live in Illinois!
PS. She works great with a jawbone Bluetooth all I have to do is press and hold the secondary button and there she is
We need an image for this “Siri” person.
How’s that? 🙂
Are you Sirious?
So, how much does the use of Siri add to the user’s data bill each month? The telcos etc, must be making a killing. Every time I call AT&T they give me a credit or special price reduction for 12 months. Just do it!
Average of 63 kB per Siri round-trip request, according to an Ars Technica article.
In other words, far less than loading your average webpage and content files, even a mobile version.
But there are some things Siri can’t do, like save a marriage:
http://www.businessinsider.com/siri-parody-2011-11
Wife: Tell him I’m ****ing his best friend!
Siri: I don’t want to!
Wife: DO IT!!!
Siri: Please don’t make me.
——RM
Siri’s great for reading and replying to text messages in the car. I love it.
Besides text messages (iMessage) my favourites are Reminders, Timers, and Meeting setups. Got be careful with location based reminders though! if you say, “Remind me to buy another case for my iPhone next time I am at the Apple store”, it will forever be looking to see if you are at the Apple store…….and as we all should know by now, location services are battery depleting hogs.
Actually if you have a Bluetooth enabled vehicle Siri works natively. It’s worked perfectly on our Benz and Audi. Activate Siri and she interrupts your audio and you can ask her to do all her tricks including reading dictating and sending texts. Brilliant.
Hope there is an update so I can use it with my Ford Sync.
I find SIRI useless. I asked a simple question. What is the weight of a 20c coin. After 6 minutes of repeating. She still could not get it right. Maybe it’s my Aussie accent. Maybe I should talk like a yank, y’all!
Why would want to know how much a coin weighs. Thick I guess. Might as well ask, “How old is a Pom?”