Does anyone use Siri?

[goroth]

Like, can you do useful stuff with Siri, like jot down lyrics in the notepad thing when you are out walking with the pram (that's pretty much what I do with my free time apparently)?

Or is it just apple being crap and making a whole lot of something out of nothing?

[foomanfat]

Don't think I've ever had a practical use for Siri. I do enjoy getting into arguments when it doesn't understand me, though.

[doommeow]

I use Siri when I'm driving, occasionally other times when hands are busy - doing dishes, cleaning litter boxes, etc. What I'm seeing about iOS 8 - location messaging being the key thing for me - I can see me using it (her? Which OS comes with Scarlett Johansen?) more often.

But what you're talking about isn't Siri - turning voice into action - but simple voice recognition - voice into text. The more you use it the better it works, but it's handy.

[sylnau]

Only to mess with her.

[BitchPudding]

I just made sure she calls me Bitchpudding and left it at that.

[bigchiefbc]

I use siri (and the standard voice-to-text) occasionally when driving, because I'm really paranoid about doing shit on my phone while driving. Sometimes it takes a few tries before she gets what I'm asking, but I'd rather repeat myself than sit there tapping shit and reading shit while driving.

[hollowhero]

There's some cool Siri integration with the calendar app and wolfram alpha... but I pretty much just yell at her in the car to queue up directions

[goroth]

Don't think I've ever had a practical use for Siri. I do enjoy getting into arguments when it doesn't understand me, though.

I do like the sound of that...

So if I'm understanding right, I could tell Siri to open notepad, open voice recognition, and then voice recognise some lyrics?
(Every now and then I feel so far behind with technology)

[DarkAxel]

(Every now and then I feel so far behind with technology)

that's like... lyrics straight away. you don't need Siri, you have us

(petition: we need a cape'd Sunn/cultist looking emoticon for creepy moments with yr online friends)

[Hyphen Nation]

only to ask her where to score some coke….she directs you to the nearest drug treatment facility.

[Bellyheart]

I use Siri a lot. If I'm out of town I find food. If I need a reminder. If I'm driving and get a message. Siri is an assistant, so, you're capable of doing anything she does for you, without her, but she helps you cut corners.

[cedarskies]

I've been increasingly using the Google version of Siri and I'm lovin it. I hate typing out stuff on touchscreens, and when you are in a social situation and you are using something on your phone to relate to the conversation it ties it all in together more nicely

[GardenoftheDead]

generally I use Siri instead of trying to dial numbers/find people in my contacts when I need to make a call.

[ThurberMingus]