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| Date | 2015-04-08 05:27 -0700 |
|---|---|
| From | Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> |
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.ipad, misc.phone.mobile.iphone |
| Subject | Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? |
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>>>>>>> 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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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
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Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-06 11:21 -0700
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Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-07 20:57 -0700
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Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-07 20:54 -0700
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Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-04-08 05:27 -0700
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Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-04 21:28 -0700
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Re: Communicate with Siri without talking and hearing? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-04 16:11 -0700
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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
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