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  Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-04-04 14:49 -0500
    Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-04 20:01 +0000
      Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? "zulu" <zulu.romeotangohotel@ntlworld.com> - 2015-04-04 21:42 +0100
        Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-04 21:05 +0000
      Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-04-04 14:30 -0700
      Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-05 04:31 -0700
        Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-05 13:50 +0000
        Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-05 13:53 +0000
          Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-06 10:46 -0700
            Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-06 17:54 +0000
              Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-06 11:02 -0700
              Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-04-06 13:06 -0500
                Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-06 11:21 -0700
                  Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-04-06 13:30 -0500
                  Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-07 08:55 +1200
                    Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-04-06 19:44 -0500
                    Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-07 20:57 -0700
                      Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-08 16:19 +1200
                  Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-07 02:52 +0000
                    Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-07 20:54 -0700
                      Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-08 10:02 +0000
                        Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-08 05:27 -0700
                          Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-08 19:12 +0000
                            Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-09 06:51 -0700
                Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-06 19:01 +0000
                  Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-04-06 14:52 -0500
                    Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-04-06 16:33 -0400
                      Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-07 08:48 +1200
                        Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-06 21:12 +0000
                      Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-06 21:08 +0000
    Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-05 09:18 +1200
      Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-04-04 22:17 -0400
        Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-05 14:26 +1200
          Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-04 19:54 -0700
            Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-05 04:03 +0000
            Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-04-05 14:17 +1000
              Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-04 21:28 -0700
            Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-04-05 01:38 -0400
              Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-05 18:22 +1200
              Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-05 13:52 +0000
        Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-04 19:53 -0700
          Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-04-07 23:50 +1300
    Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-04 16:11 -0700
      Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-04-05 10:45 +1000
    Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-04-04 23:16 -0400
    Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-04-07 23:50 +1300
      Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-07 21:01 -0700
        Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-04-08 21:20 +1300
          Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-08 05:31 -0700
            Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-08 14:32 +0000
              Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-08 08:34 -0700
                Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-08 19:14 +0000
              Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-04-09 12:41 +1300
                Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-09 00:51 +0000

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#48037

In message <fuednZiDgZ4NO7nInZ2dnUU7-SmdnZ2d@earthlink.com> 
  Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>>>>>> I typed "find local movie theaters", but it didn't reveal them (only
>>>>>> showed "Search Web", "Search Wikipedia", etc.).
>>>>>
>>>>> Yep, while a lot of commands will work through a spotlight search, ones
>>>>> that require Siri's artificial intelligence won't.
>>>>
>>>> Strange. Just for kicks I asked Siri the same question and she came
>>>> back with 6.  I know that asking for specific names works.  I was in
>>>> an area away from my home looking for a drug store and asked "where is
>>>> the nearest Walgreen's"?  She came back with "there's one zero miles
>>>> to your north".
>>
>>> I know there are Walgreen's around here, but mine failed to show any
>>> after manually typing "where is the nearest Walgreen's?" into Spotlight
>>> search. I also tried other local places like Costco. :( Did I missed
>>> something?
>>
>> Try "Walgreens"

> I manually entered "Where is the nearest Walgreens?" and got "Search 

Reading is hard.

TRY "WALGREENS"


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#48038

>>>>>>> I typed "find local movie theaters", but it didn't reveal them (only
>>>>>>> showed "Search Web", "Search Wikipedia", etc.).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yep, while a lot of commands will work through a spotlight search, ones
>>>>>> that require Siri's artificial intelligence won't.
>>>>>
>>>>> Strange. Just for kicks I asked Siri the same question and she came
>>>>> back with 6.  I know that asking for specific names works.  I was in
>>>>> an area away from my home looking for a drug store and asked "where is
>>>>> the nearest Walgreen's"?  She came back with "there's one zero miles
>>>>> to your north".
>>>
>>>> I know there are Walgreen's around here, but mine failed to show any
>>>> after manually typing "where is the nearest Walgreen's?" into Spotlight
>>>> search. I also tried other local places like Costco. :( Did I missed
>>>> something?
>>>
>>> Try "Walgreens"
>
>> I manually entered "Where is the nearest Walgreens?" and got "Search
>
> Reading is hard.
>
> TRY "WALGREENS"

Ah. I thought you were referring to my typo with the apostrophe. 
Anyways, I tried "Walgreens" name by itself and got App Store's app 
detail link, Wikipedia's detail link, "Search Web" option, and "Search 
Wikipedia" option as my Spotlight search results but no near by 
locations like Siri's results that someone mentioned.
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#48042

In message <FpqdnUU6lp9cg7jInZ2dnUU7-S-dnZ2d@earthlink.com> 
  Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I typed "find local movie theaters", but it didn't reveal them (only
>>>>>>>> showed "Search Web", "Search Wikipedia", etc.).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yep, while a lot of commands will work through a spotlight search, ones
>>>>>>> that require Siri's artificial intelligence won't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Strange. Just for kicks I asked Siri the same question and she came
>>>>>> back with 6.  I know that asking for specific names works.  I was in
>>>>>> an area away from my home looking for a drug store and asked "where is
>>>>>> the nearest Walgreen's"?  She came back with "there's one zero miles
>>>>>> to your north".
>>>>
>>>>> I know there are Walgreen's around here, but mine failed to show any
>>>>> after manually typing "where is the nearest Walgreen's?" into Spotlight
>>>>> search. I also tried other local places like Costco. :( Did I missed
>>>>> something?
>>>>
>>>> Try "Walgreens"
>>
>>> I manually entered "Where is the nearest Walgreens?" and got "Search
>>
>> Reading is hard.
>>
>> TRY "WALGREENS"

> Ah. I thought you were referring to my typo with the apostrophe. 
> Anyways, I tried "Walgreens" name by itself and got App Store's app 
> detail link, Wikipedia's detail link, "Search Web" option, and "Search 
> Wikipedia" option as my Spotlight search results but no near by 
> locations like Siri's results that someone mentioned.

The first result I get is the Maps app showing nearby Walgreens (1.9
miles)


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#48046

On 4/8/2015 12:12 PM, Lewis wrote:
> In message <FpqdnUU6lp9cg7jInZ2dnUU7-S-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>
>    Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I typed "find local movie theaters", but it didn't reveal them (only
>>>>>>>>> showed "Search Web", "Search Wikipedia", etc.).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yep, while a lot of commands will work through a spotlight search, ones
>>>>>>>> that require Siri's artificial intelligence won't.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Strange. Just for kicks I asked Siri the same question and she came
>>>>>>> back with 6.  I know that asking for specific names works.  I was in
>>>>>>> an area away from my home looking for a drug store and asked "where is
>>>>>>> the nearest Walgreen's"?  She came back with "there's one zero miles
>>>>>>> to your north".
>>>>>
>>>>>> I know there are Walgreen's around here, but mine failed to show any
>>>>>> after manually typing "where is the nearest Walgreen's?" into Spotlight
>>>>>> search. I also tried other local places like Costco. :( Did I missed
>>>>>> something?
>>>>>
>>>>> Try "Walgreens"
>>>
>>>> I manually entered "Where is the nearest Walgreens?" and got "Search
>>>
>>> Reading is hard.
>>>
>>> TRY "WALGREENS"
>
>> Ah. I thought you were referring to my typo with the apostrophe.
>> Anyways, I tried "Walgreens" name by itself and got App Store's app
>> detail link, Wikipedia's detail link, "Search Web" option, and "Search
>> Wikipedia" option as my Spotlight search results but no near by
>> locations like Siri's results that someone mentioned.
>
> The first result I get is the Maps app showing nearby Walgreens (1.9
> miles)

Interesting. I never get these map results from Spotlight. Hmm. It is 
about three/3 miles away. I wonder if there is a distance limit?
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#48011

On 2015-04-06, BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> wrote:
> On 6 Apr 2015 17:54:16 GMT, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2015-04-06, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>>>>>>> Is there a way to not to talk to Siri with voices in iPhone 4S and iPad
>>>>>>> Air with its iOS v8.2? Like just type directly? I know one can just talk
>>>>>>> whatever first and then type, but what about skipping the talk whatever
>>>>>>> step and just type directly to Siri?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In order to do what, exactly? What commands would you give Siri?
>>>>>
>>>>> The same thing as verbally like questions, requests, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Since you are unwilling to tell us specifics, just go ahead and try
>>>> entering your commands into Spotlight, and see if that works for you.
>>>
>>> I typed "find local movie theaters", but it didn't reveal them (only 
>>> showed "Search Web", "Search Wikipedia", etc.).
>>
>>Yep, while a lot of commands will work through a spotlight search, ones
>>that require Siri's artificial intelligence won't. 
>
> Strange. Just for kicks I asked Siri the same question and she came
> back with 6.

That's not what we are talking about. We are talking about typing the
command into a Spotlight search *rather* than asking Siri by voice.

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#48012

On 6 Apr 2015 19:01:05 GMT, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

>On 2015-04-06, BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> wrote:
>> On 6 Apr 2015 17:54:16 GMT, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2015-04-06, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Is there a way to not to talk to Siri with voices in iPhone 4S and iPad
>>>>>>>> Air with its iOS v8.2? Like just type directly? I know one can just talk
>>>>>>>> whatever first and then type, but what about skipping the talk whatever
>>>>>>>> step and just type directly to Siri?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In order to do what, exactly? What commands would you give Siri?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The same thing as verbally like questions, requests, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since you are unwilling to tell us specifics, just go ahead and try
>>>>> entering your commands into Spotlight, and see if that works for you.
>>>>
>>>> I typed "find local movie theaters", but it didn't reveal them (only 
>>>> showed "Search Web", "Search Wikipedia", etc.).
>>>
>>>Yep, while a lot of commands will work through a spotlight search, ones
>>>that require Siri's artificial intelligence won't. 
>>
>> Strange. Just for kicks I asked Siri the same question and she came
>> back with 6.
>
>That's not what we are talking about. We are talking about typing the
>command into a Spotlight search *rather* than asking Siri by voice.

Yep...missed that.

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#48013

> On 6 Apr 2015 19:01:05 GMT, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

>>That's not what we are talking about. We are talking about typing the
>>command into a Spotlight search *rather* than asking Siri by voice.

Actually not quite. We are talking about getting the same "intelligence"
that is provided by Siri by typing in the question instead of saying it
out-loud.

The initial suggestion was to use "Spotlight". But I believe that even
you had to admit that Spotlight did not provide the same level of
intelligence in searching as is provided by Siri. So spotlight is NOT an
equivalent to Siri.

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#48014

In article <5522ed98$0$1269$c3e8da3$460562f1@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> > On 6 Apr 2015 19:01:05 GMT, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>That's not what we are talking about. We are talking about typing the
> >>command into a Spotlight search *rather* than asking Siri by voice.
> 
> Actually not quite. We are talking about getting the same "intelligence"
> that is provided by Siri by typing in the question instead of saying it
> out-loud.
> 
> The initial suggestion was to use "Spotlight". But I believe that even
> you had to admit that Spotlight did not provide the same level of
> intelligence in searching as is provided by Siri. So spotlight is NOT an
> equivalent to Siri.

I don't think anyone ever said Spotlight (or Google, etc.) was "an
equivalent" to Sili. Simply that you can use those other services to
perform searches without needing to talk to the device and the hopeless
speech "recognition".

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#48017

On 2015-04-06, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> In article <5522ed98$0$1269$c3e8da3$460562f1@news.astraweb.com>, JF
> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> > On 6 Apr 2015 19:01:05 GMT, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >>That's not what we are talking about. We are talking about typing the
>> >>command into a Spotlight search *rather* than asking Siri by voice.
>> 
>> Actually not quite. We are talking about getting the same "intelligence"
>> that is provided by Siri by typing in the question instead of saying it
>> out-loud.
>> 
>> The initial suggestion was to use "Spotlight". But I believe that even
>> you had to admit that Spotlight did not provide the same level of
>> intelligence in searching as is provided by Siri. So spotlight is NOT an
>> equivalent to Siri.
>
> I don't think anyone ever said Spotlight (or Google, etc.) was "an
> equivalent" to Sili. Simply that you can use those other services to
> perform searches without needing to talk to the device and the hopeless
> speech "recognition".

Correct. The reason I suggested the OP give Spotlight a try is that many
of the commands you can issue to Siri are commands that can be fulfilled
by Spotlight. For instance if I want to launch an app with Siri, I
typically just say the name of the app. If I instead type the name of an
app in Spotlight, I can launch the app from the resulting search
results. Naturally, I am aware and acknowledge that not all commands
accepted by Siri can be issued in Spotlight. But without much of an
indication of which commands the OP wanted to type, I simply made the
suggestion that he give Spotlight a try to see if it would serve his
needs. I never claimed Spotight is a complete Siri replacement, as JF
Mezei is suggesting.

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#48016

On 2015-04-06, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> On 6 Apr 2015 19:01:05 GMT, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>>>That's not what we are talking about. We are talking about typing the
>>>command into a Spotlight search *rather* than asking Siri by voice.
>
> Actually not quite. We are talking about getting the same "intelligence"
> that is provided by Siri by typing in the question instead of saying it
> out-loud.
>
> The initial suggestion was to use "Spotlight".

No, the initial suggestion was to *try* to use Spotlight in an attempt
to see if the particular commands the OP was interested in issuing
would work that way. Nobody here suggested that it would absolutely work
for every command that might be issued.

> But I believe that even you had to admit that Spotlight did not
> provide the same level of intelligence in searching as is provided by
> Siri. So spotlight is NOT an equivalent to Siri.

I never claimed that. And I'm not surprised that's how you want to spin
it.

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#47480

In article <ldCdna2Rvbem3b3InZ2dnUU7-bWdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
<ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>
> Hello.
> 
> Is there a way to not to talk to Siri with voices in iPhone 4S and iPad 
> Air with its iOS v8.2? Like just type directly? I know one can just talk 
> whatever first and then type, but what about skipping the talk whatever 
> step and just type directly to Siri?
> 
> Thank you in advance. :)

Sili ... err, Siri *is* speech recognition, so there's little point in
trying to control without speech ... just use the web browser and
Google and the iOS device's normal touch input if you don't want (or
can't) use silly Siri.

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#47651

On 15-04-04 17:18, Your Name wrote:

> Sili ... err, Siri *is* speech recognition, so there's little point in
> trying to control without speech ... 


Siri allows formulating of simple searches with the Siri engine then
generating search results from different sources of information
(weather, cinemas, traffic  maps, google, dictionary, airplane positions
etc.

There is no equivalent textual search engine. So being able to enter the
same search in text instead of words makes sense. (if in an elevator,
meeting, very noisy place etc).

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#47656

In article <55209b27$0$1796$b1db1813$2411a48f@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 15-04-04 17:18, Your Name wrote:
> > 
> > Sili ... err, Siri *is* speech recognition, so there's little point in
> > trying to control without speech ... 
> 
> Siri allows formulating of simple searches with the Siri engine then
> generating search results from different sources of information
> (weather, cinemas, traffic  maps, google, dictionary, airplane positions
> etc.

When would anyone ever want to search for the same word / phrase in ALL
those places at the same time?!?



> There is no equivalent textual search engine. 

Actually, there are. Spotlight on the Mac (for example) searches many
different places.



> So being able to enter the same search in text instead of words makes
> sense. (if in an elevator, meeting, very noisy place etc).

Just wait for Bili ... err, Biri which reads your thoughts, then you
can be a Siri Biri.  ;-)

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#47678

In article <050420151426395369%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> > There is no equivalent textual search engine. 
> 
> Actually, there are. Spotlight on the Mac (for example) searches many
> different places.

So does Spotlight on iOS.

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#47716

On 2015-04-05, Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <050420151426395369%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
><YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>
>> > There is no equivalent textual search engine. 
>> 
>> Actually, there are. Spotlight on the Mac (for example) searches many
>> different places.
>
> So does Spotlight on iOS.

Which is why I asked what commands Ant wanted to make. I wonder if he'll
ever answer.

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#47731

"Michelle Steiner" <michelle@michelle.org> wrote in message 
news:040420151954054964%michelle@michelle.org...
> In article <050420151426395369%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
> <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>
>> > There is no equivalent textual search engine.
>>
>> Actually, there are. Spotlight on the Mac (for example) searches many
>> different places.
>
> So does Spotlight on iOS.

But you can't just say 'go to town-name' and have it
direct you to there like you can with siri. 

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#47739

In article <cobrcvF3j8bU1@mid.individual.net>, Rod Speed
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

> "Michelle Steiner" <michelle@michelle.org> wrote in message 
> news:040420151954054964%michelle@michelle.org...
> > In article <050420151426395369%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
> > <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> >
> >> > There is no equivalent textual search engine.
> >>
> >> Actually, there are. Spotlight on the Mac (for example) searches many
> >> different places.
> >
> > So does Spotlight on iOS.
> 
> But you can't just say 'go to town-name' and have it
> direct you to there like you can with siri. 

Good point.

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#47772

On 15-04-04 22:54, Michelle Steiner wrote:

> So does Spotlight on iOS.

Siri:

"what planes are flying overhead"

result: Siri gives me list of flight numbers, altitude and location in sky.



Spotlight:

what planes are flying overhead

result: choose from Web or Wikipedia. Choose "Web", I get standard
google search that suggests I download an app to get that info.



Sorrt, but Siri is far more complex/evolved than Spotlight.

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#47780

In article <5520ca5d$0$45932$b1db1813$7968482@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 15-04-04 22:54, Michelle Steiner wrote:
> > 
> > So does Spotlight on iOS.
> 
> Siri:
> 
> "what planes are flying overhead"
> 
> result: Siri gives me list of flight numbers, altitude and location in sky.

Result: Siri says, "8:52pm"

Result: Siri says, "There is a $5 overhead for frying on the plains."

Result: Siri responds that there's no internet connection 
        ("I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that.")



> Spotlight:
> 
> what planes are flying overhead
> 
> result: choose from Web or Wikipedia. Choose "Web", I get standard
> google search that suggests I download an app to get that info.

That's because Spotlight knows there's no useful reason to know what
planes are flying overhead ... unless you're a geeky plane spotter. 
;-)




> Sorrt, but Siri is far more complex/evolved than Spotlight.

And "Sorrt" is probably what Siri heard you say because your accent
wasn't "perfect" middle American.

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#47851

On 2015-04-05, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 15-04-04 22:54, Michelle Steiner wrote:
>
>> So does Spotlight on iOS.
>
> Siri:
>
> "what planes are flying overhead"
>
> result: Siri gives me list of flight numbers, altitude and location in sky.

You found an edge case. 

A lot of the commands people issue to Siri are relatively simple ones
though. Ant has been unwilling so far to tell us what types of things he
wants to do with Siri by entering them as text, so it's hard to tell if
a Spotlight search would do what he wants.

-- 
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JR

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