Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Why is Siri appending 's to eveything I say today? Date: 4 Jan 2014 02:30:07 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <1letyxn.1p41hk413lh68kN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <52c49e31$0$61250$c3e8da3$5e5e430d@news.astraweb.com> <1leupyn.1dih2dedkgpu0N%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <020120141542238288%YourName@YourISP.com> <1levj7e.sngmzw1ffa6rjN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <1lext32.mwj34k1eu8m72N%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> X-Trace: individual.net gkKslCzJpyzm5bJMtWOn9w9y5m0wE5V8kiOTz1964YPKQg1jpO Cancel-Lock: sha1:ITf8VutOWxXMbdmS6fq3VmcTvQQ= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:54323 On 2014-01-03, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote: > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> On 2014-01-02, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote: >> > Your Name wrote: >> > >> >> In article <1leupyn.1dih2dedkgpu0N%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>, Jamie >> >> Kahn Genet wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Anyway, it's got better since I got really frustrated and started almost >> >> > shouting at Siri LOL. I still get the odd >> >> > inexpicable-indication-of-broken-software 's' at the end of my queries >> >> > (I mean really - how does I or E for example get an s sound to anyone or >> >> > machine's 'ears'???), but less so now I'm speaking way louder than >> >> > anyone ought to have to. Even MacTalk didn't add an 's' at the end of >> >> > everything... Siri is really very broken for me. >> >> >> >> I doubt it's the software being buggy ... or at least no buggier than >> >> the hoplessness it always is. >> >> >> >> More likely it's the way you're speaking or a problem with the >> >> microphone in your iPod Touch. >> > >> > Even I can't make an i (as in "Where am I?" pronounced 'eye') (for >> > example) sound like it's got an s at the end *shrug* Almost shouting >> > helps a bit, but I'll never use Siri in public again... :-D >> >> One thing I would try is using Voice Memos or something similar to record >> my voice on the phone, and then play it back to see if there is any sort >> of hiss or other sound at the end that might cause this. If so, you may >> have a hardware or software defect of some sort on your hands. > > Ok - tried that and I sound fine. I even had Siri add an entire 'thats' > to a phrase yeaterday. Crazy :-D Very strange. Has this device *ever* understood you correctly, or is this a truly new behavior on an old device where Siri used to work correctly? If the former, the only thing I can guess is it's a temporary issue that (hopefully) Apple will fix at some point. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR