Talking to Siri

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 almost 2 million words written for the blog in a little more than 5 years. He’s written a number of books, is married to a rocket scientist, and spends his days being bossed by a cat.

A Quick Q&A with Dag Kittlaus, Cofounder and Former CEO of Siri     xi
Preface     xiii
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Siri     1
Enabling Siri on iOS     3
Enabling Dictation on OS X     9
Privacy     11
Launching Siri on iOS     13
Saying Hello to Siri     13
Cancelling Siri     15
Repeating Siri     16
Quitting Siri     16
Getting Help     17
Siri Listens     19
Correcting Siri     23
New in Siri     31
Summary     36
Chapter 2: Controlling Your Device with Siri     39
Airplane Mode     39
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Settings     41
Music     49
Summary     52
Chapter 3: Asking Siri for Information     55
Weather     56
Web Search     60
Sports and Siri     67
Checking Stocks     70
Using Wolfram Alpha     73
Pokedex     80
Summary     82
Chapter 4: Using Siri to Stay in Touch     83
Contacts     84
Placing Phone Calls with Siri     93
Missed Calls and Voicemail     95
Text Messages     98
Mail     102
Social Networking     106
Friends     108
Summary     111
Chapter 5: Talking to Your Day-Timer     113
Calendars     114
Reminders     118
Creating Notes     122
Clock Functions     127
Summary     133
Chapter 6: Going Shopping with Siri     135
Products and Services     136
Shopping Math     140
Preparing a Shopping List     144
Sharing Shopping Lists via the Cloud     146
Turn-by-Turn Directions     148
Making Restaurant Reservations     151
Checking Out Movies     152
Summary     156
Chapter 7: Pushing Limits with Siri     159
Launching Apps     160
Talking to Apps     161
Blogging with Siri     162
Siri Security     168
Music     170
Summary     172
Chapter 8: Siri Dictation     175
Launching Dictation on iOS     176
Launching Dictation on OS X     176
Why Learn Dictation?      179
Enunciation Practice     181
Dictation 101     182
Inserting Punctuation     186
Including Abbreviations     192
Dictating Technical Terms     193
Smileys     196
Dictating Formatted Text     196
Dictation Practice     199
Punctuation Practice     201
Summary     203
Chapter 9: Having Fun with Siri     205
Siri Diversions     205
Asking About Siri     207
Siri Chitchat     211
Pop Culture Fun     214
Siri Miscellany     216
Summary     225
Chapter 10: Our Top 10 Siri Jokes     227
1. What the Fox Says     228
2. The Konami Code     229
3. Deep Thoughts with Siri     230
4. I Cannae Give Her No More     231
5. Laws of Robotics     232
6. Pets     233
7. The Lightbulb Joke     234
8. Is That You, Mary?      235
9. Going Python     236
10. The Meaning of Siri     237
Summary     238
Appendix A: Siri Quick Reference     239
Index     257