I use Apple’s Siri a lot, but I’m surprised by the number of my friends that don’t use it at all. \u00a0I think Siri is a lot like the first Blackberry keyboards — it’s hugely useful, but you need to stick with it a bit to get used to it.<\/p>\n
To be clear, I rarely use Siri as the “personal assistant” that Apple highlights in their commercials. \u00a0Most of my usage (90%) is straight text input (i.e. the microphone icon on the keyboard) for emails, text messages, Facebook status updates, and Google searches. \u00a0For example, I’ll set up a new email through the standard touch UI, then use Siri to dictate the text body. \u00a0The speech recognition is quite good, and I’ve learned to speak a little more clearly to make it even better.<\/p>\n
For the personal assistant features, Siri is the fastest and easiest way to get meetings into my calendar. \u00a0Just say, “Schedule Rob at 9am on Wednesday for an hour<\/em>” and it’s done. \u00a0It’s also great for dialing in the car.<\/p>\n Try it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I use Apple’s Siri a lot, but I’m surprised by the number of my friends that don’t use it at all. \u00a0I think Siri is a lot like the first Blackberry keyboards — it’s hugely useful, but you need to … Continue reading