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0 pointsjoshstrange9y ago0 comments

I use Siri for 3 things:

* Quick conversions "How many Tablespoons are in a Cup"

* Setting Reminders "Remind me at 9:30am today to pay my rent"

* Setting Timers "Set a time for 10 minutes"

Anything else and I can normally do it faster. That's not to say Siri couldn't beat me at doing something but that I have to repeat myself or I get the dreaded "I search the web and found this..." Not only are the results normally shit but it's Bing.... Need I say more? Timers, conversions, and reminders are the only thing she can consistently beat me on. Also I RARELY use her in public as it's distracting/annoying to the people around me. Reminders in the only thing I will use in public and only if I need to enter it in fast. If I have the time I'll manually enter it.

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pdxandi9y ago

That is quite honestly the exact three reasons I use Siri. I do, however, open Google fairly often to search for complicated answers. The Google voice dictation engine is so incredibly accurate.

BinaryIdiot9y ago

See, 9 times out of 10 when I try this I end up getting a generic Google search result page back. It's gotten to the point where I rarely even use Google Now beyond the items parent mentioned above. Google Now is awful at conversing (unlike Siri, Echo or Cortana) by which I mean if I don't use exact syntax the other services seem more forgiving whereas Google gives me a search result page. What the hell am I ever going to do with that? Has anyone ever used voice dictation then actually wanted to see a search results page? At least anecdotally everyone I have asked about this said if they get search results back they just immediately close it sometimes even to open up a web browser and re-search for it!

BinaryIdiot9y ago

Hmm my comment is getting downvoted but I don't understand why. Do people have a difference experience with Google Now than I do? Seemed fairly common to people I knew. I'd love to hear some feedback. For instance I've even had it open up a search page when I asked for the weather for a certain area; if the syntax isn't really really close you just get search and that's it.

monochromatic9y ago

"Pause playback."

"I paused the playback."

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0 pointsjoshstrange9y ago0 comments

I use Siri for 3 things:

* Quick conversions "How many Tablespoons are in a Cup"

* Setting Reminders "Remind me at 9:30am today to pay my rent"

* Setting Timers "Set a time for 10 minutes"

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pdxandi9y ago

That is quite honestly the exact three reasons I use Siri. I do, however, open Google fairly often to search for complicated answers. The Google voice dictation engine is so incredibly accurate.

BinaryIdiot9y ago

monochromatic9y ago

"Pause playback."

"I paused the playback."

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