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Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing?

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.ipad, misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing?
Date 2015-04-08 16:19 +1200
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <080420151619551173%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink)
References (5 earlier) <cofvi7F4j0mU1@mid.individual.net> <2ci5ia57c5rd25oo68mcpnd6hf7e5stnu7@4ax.com> <t7adnXsiYdxcU7_InZ2dnUU7-XWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <070420150855163422%YourName@YourISP.com> <fuednZuDgZ69OrnInZ2dnUU7-SmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>

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In article <fuednZuDgZ69OrnInZ2dnUU7-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?
> >
> > You just need to structure the instruction more comprehensively. Rather
> > than a vague "Where is the nearest Walgreen's" use something like
> > "Walgreen [MyCity] USA" where [MyCity] is the actual name of your city
> > or suburb ... depending on the name of your city, it may even be less
> > letters for the terminally lazy to type.
> 
> I still get "Search Web" and "Search Wikipedia" results. :/

Yes, you need to search the web ... unless you've somehow got a
Walgreen's branch actually on your iPhone. You may also be able to
search the Maps app.

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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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