Talking to Siri
Learning the Language of Apple's Intelligent Assistant
2nd Edition
Published on 17. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-7897-5069-3 (ISBN)
Description
Sweet-talk Siri (R) for iOS 6 into doing practically anything!
In iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion, Siri is more amazing than ever-and it's even better when you really know how to talk to it. Now, two top Apple (R) tech experts show how to talk the newest version of Siri into doing more than you ever thought possible! Look up what you want to do, and you'll find tested step-by-step instructions for getting perfect results-including new ways to do everything from checking football scores to posting on Facebook!
Teach Siri to recognize requests and take dictation more accurately
Check Yelp reviews and place OpenTable restaurant reservations
Launch apps hands-free
Find out where your friends are right now
Choose a great movie with Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Get up-to-the-minute player stats for baseball, football, or soccer
Blog with Siri using email or text messaging
Tweet updates, complete with location or appointment info
Create location-based reminders that trigger at destinations like the drugstore
Help Siri recognize and connect with your family and friends
Transform Siri into your personal media DJ
Find the nearest store that's selling whatever you want
Answer math and science problems with Wolfram Alpha
Make sure Siri responds only to you, not to an impostor
Discover the silliness Apple engineered into Siri
In iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion, Siri is more amazing than ever-and it's even better when you really know how to talk to it. Now, two top Apple (R) tech experts show how to talk the newest version of Siri into doing more than you ever thought possible! Look up what you want to do, and you'll find tested step-by-step instructions for getting perfect results-including new ways to do everything from checking football scores to posting on Facebook!
Teach Siri to recognize requests and take dictation more accurately
Check Yelp reviews and place OpenTable restaurant reservations
Launch apps hands-free
Find out where your friends are right now
Choose a great movie with Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Get up-to-the-minute player stats for baseball, football, or soccer
Blog with Siri using email or text messaging
Tweet updates, complete with location or appointment info
Create location-based reminders that trigger at destinations like the drugstore
Help Siri recognize and connect with your family and friends
Transform Siri into your personal media DJ
Find the nearest store that's selling whatever you want
Answer math and science problems with Wolfram Alpha
Make sure Siri responds only to you, not to an impostor
Discover the silliness Apple engineered into Siri
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 179 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
214 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7897-5069-3 (9780789750693)
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Persons
Erica Sadun writes a lot of books and blogs at TUAW. When not writing, she's a full-time parent of geeks who are brushing up on their world-domination skills. According to her academic dosimeter, she's acquired more education than any self-respecting person might consider wise. She enjoys deep-diving into technology.
Steve Sande also writes way too much. He's the hardware editor at TUAW and has logged more than 1.5 million words written for the blog in a little more than 4 years. He's written a number of books for Take Control Books and Apress, is married to a rocket scientist, and spends his days being bossed by a cat.
Steve Sande also writes way too much. He's the hardware editor at TUAW and has logged more than 1.5 million words written for the blog in a little more than 4 years. He's written a number of books for Take Control Books and Apress, is married to a rocket scientist, and spends his days being bossed by a cat.
Content
Preface xi
1 Getting Started with Siri 1
Enabling Siri on iOS 2
Universal Access 6
Enabling Dictation on OS X 7
Privacy 9
Launching Siri on iOS 10
Saying Hello to Siri 11
Canceling Siri 13
Repeating Siri 14
Quitting Siri 14
Getting Help 15
Siri Listens 17
Listening on OS X 19
Siri Responds 20
Correcting Siri 21
Correcting Speech on OS X 23
Enhancing Your Speech Recognition 24
Clarity 25
Fumbles 26
Viewing Items You Create 27
Multilingual Siri 28
New in Siri 29
Living with Siri Limitations 30
Let Siri Learn About You 31
Summary 31
2 Asking Siri for Information 35
Weather 36
Other Queries 37
Locations 37
Web Search 39
Searching for Pictures 41
Searching in Wikipedia 41
The Search the Web Option 42
Checking Flights 42
Sports and Siri 43
Checking Stocks 46
Using Wolfram Alpha 48
Querying Wolfram 50
Wolfram Mode 52
The Wolfram Saving Throw 52
Wolfram Alpha Trick Lets You Know What Is Flying Overhead 53
Other Cool Stuff You Can Do with Wolfram Alpha 55
Summary 56
3 Using Siri to Stay in Touch 59
Contacts 60
Searching for Contacts 62
Creating Relationships 63
Creating an Alternative Identity for Yourself 65
Placing Phone Calls with Siri 67
Text Messages 68
Reading Texts 69
Replying to Texts 70
Sending Messages 70
Confirming Messages 71
Mail 72
Creating Mail 72
Checking Mail 75
Responding to Mail 75
Social Networking 75
Friends 76
Summary 79
4 Talking to Your Day-Timer 81
Calendars 82
Adding Events 82
Making Changes 83
Checking Your Calendar 84
Reminders 86
How Siri Can Remind You 88
A Word of Caution 89
Creating Notes 90
Creating Single-Item Notes 90
Adding Items to the Current Note 91
Starting New Notes 92
Naming Notes 92
Finding Notes 93
Clock Functions 94
Alarms 94
Checking the Clock 97
Using a Timer 97
Summary 99
5 Going Shopping with Siri 101
Products and Services 102
Checking Prices 104
Shopping Math 105
Adding Sales Tax 105
Calculating Tips 106
Currency Conversion 107
Preparing a Shopping List 109
Sharing Shopping Lists via the Cloud 111
Shopping Limitations 112
Turn-by-Turn Directions 113
Using Turn-by-Turn to Known Destinations 115
Maps' Search and Directions Limitations 115
Looking up Information on Maps 117
Making Restaurant Reservations 117
Checking out Movies 118
Siri's Personal Movie Synopses 120
Summary 121
6 Pushing Limits with Siri 123
Launching Apps 124
Talking to Apps 125
Blogging with Siri 126
Creating a Post 126
Confirming Your Account 128
Blogging by Email 128
Other Blogging Services 131
Siri Security 132
Lock Screen and Siri 133
Music 134
Summary 136
7 Siri Dictation 137
Launching Dictation on iOS 138
Launching Dictation on OS X 138
Why Learn Dictation? 141
Enunciation Practice 142
Dictation 101 144
Improving Dictation 144
Inserting Punctuation 147
Controlling Flow 149
Adding Capitalization 150
Including Abbreviations 152
Dictating Technical Terms 154
Phone Numbers 155
Dates and Times 155
Prices 156
Smilies 157
Dictating Formatted Text 157
Addresses 157
URLs 158
Email Addresses 158
License Plates 159
Dictation Practice 159
Punctuation Practice 161
Summary 163
8 Having Fun with Siri 165
Siri Diversions 165
Asking About Siri 167
Siri Chitchat 171
Pop Culture Fun 174
Siri Miscellany 175
Siri Philosophy 178
Mining the Fun in Wolfram Alpha 179
Queries That Require Wolfram Prefixes 182
Summary 184
Appendix 187
Siri Quick Reference 187
Index 197
1 Getting Started with Siri 1
Enabling Siri on iOS 2
Universal Access 6
Enabling Dictation on OS X 7
Privacy 9
Launching Siri on iOS 10
Saying Hello to Siri 11
Canceling Siri 13
Repeating Siri 14
Quitting Siri 14
Getting Help 15
Siri Listens 17
Listening on OS X 19
Siri Responds 20
Correcting Siri 21
Correcting Speech on OS X 23
Enhancing Your Speech Recognition 24
Clarity 25
Fumbles 26
Viewing Items You Create 27
Multilingual Siri 28
New in Siri 29
Living with Siri Limitations 30
Let Siri Learn About You 31
Summary 31
2 Asking Siri for Information 35
Weather 36
Other Queries 37
Locations 37
Web Search 39
Searching for Pictures 41
Searching in Wikipedia 41
The Search the Web Option 42
Checking Flights 42
Sports and Siri 43
Checking Stocks 46
Using Wolfram Alpha 48
Querying Wolfram 50
Wolfram Mode 52
The Wolfram Saving Throw 52
Wolfram Alpha Trick Lets You Know What Is Flying Overhead 53
Other Cool Stuff You Can Do with Wolfram Alpha 55
Summary 56
3 Using Siri to Stay in Touch 59
Contacts 60
Searching for Contacts 62
Creating Relationships 63
Creating an Alternative Identity for Yourself 65
Placing Phone Calls with Siri 67
Text Messages 68
Reading Texts 69
Replying to Texts 70
Sending Messages 70
Confirming Messages 71
Mail 72
Creating Mail 72
Checking Mail 75
Responding to Mail 75
Social Networking 75
Friends 76
Summary 79
4 Talking to Your Day-Timer 81
Calendars 82
Adding Events 82
Making Changes 83
Checking Your Calendar 84
Reminders 86
How Siri Can Remind You 88
A Word of Caution 89
Creating Notes 90
Creating Single-Item Notes 90
Adding Items to the Current Note 91
Starting New Notes 92
Naming Notes 92
Finding Notes 93
Clock Functions 94
Alarms 94
Checking the Clock 97
Using a Timer 97
Summary 99
5 Going Shopping with Siri 101
Products and Services 102
Checking Prices 104
Shopping Math 105
Adding Sales Tax 105
Calculating Tips 106
Currency Conversion 107
Preparing a Shopping List 109
Sharing Shopping Lists via the Cloud 111
Shopping Limitations 112
Turn-by-Turn Directions 113
Using Turn-by-Turn to Known Destinations 115
Maps' Search and Directions Limitations 115
Looking up Information on Maps 117
Making Restaurant Reservations 117
Checking out Movies 118
Siri's Personal Movie Synopses 120
Summary 121
6 Pushing Limits with Siri 123
Launching Apps 124
Talking to Apps 125
Blogging with Siri 126
Creating a Post 126
Confirming Your Account 128
Blogging by Email 128
Other Blogging Services 131
Siri Security 132
Lock Screen and Siri 133
Music 134
Summary 136
7 Siri Dictation 137
Launching Dictation on iOS 138
Launching Dictation on OS X 138
Why Learn Dictation? 141
Enunciation Practice 142
Dictation 101 144
Improving Dictation 144
Inserting Punctuation 147
Controlling Flow 149
Adding Capitalization 150
Including Abbreviations 152
Dictating Technical Terms 154
Phone Numbers 155
Dates and Times 155
Prices 156
Smilies 157
Dictating Formatted Text 157
Addresses 157
URLs 158
Email Addresses 158
License Plates 159
Dictation Practice 159
Punctuation Practice 161
Summary 163
8 Having Fun with Siri 165
Siri Diversions 165
Asking About Siri 167
Siri Chitchat 171
Pop Culture Fun 174
Siri Miscellany 175
Siri Philosophy 178
Mining the Fun in Wolfram Alpha 179
Queries That Require Wolfram Prefixes 182
Summary 184
Appendix 187
Siri Quick Reference 187
Index 197