Can I teach Siri my accent?

Every time I ask Siri to "play", it tries to "call"! I have a Scottish accent, tho' not particularly strong, and even when I say it "play" and "call" sound NOTHING alike!
Is it possible to teach Siri to understand when I say "play"?

SIRI is in BETA still so if you have any suggestions go to Apple.com/feedback and let Apple know

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How can I teach siri to pronounce my name?

My last name is pronounced with a long "a" like in "baker." How can I train Siri to not pronounce it like "backer?"
I've tried adding the phoenetic field to my contact record but that just messes up the sort order of the records. Plus, can't I teach Siri once and not have to do this for my entire family?

I agree. This is an unacceptable problem (AKA Bug) that needs addressed (AKA fixed) ASAP (AKA immediately).
It is bad enough that it actually shows you (the person who already knows how to pronounce it) the phonetic spelling, but that is mistakenly uses it for sort order is utterly frustrating and unacceptable.
Note to APPLE . . . Hey smart guys . . . FIX THIS NOW!

Can I teach Siri words it does not understnd manually

Siri has trouble with certian words like, Tehachapi, I would like it to understand those words. Can I teach it manually? And how?
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How can I teach Siri to pronounce my name correctly?

I'm pretty used to everyone pronouncing my name wrong, so I didn't really expect Siri to get it right. However, I really don't want to have to always hear the mispronunciation whenever I use Siri. I haven't had much time to play with it or anything, so it might be obvious, but I was just wondering if there is a way to teach her to pronounce it and how to do so. Thanks!

The masses seem to be saying that this feature works on ALL contacts that Siri mis-pronounces. I, and others, cannot get that to happen. The Troubleshooting link provides the following, which is genuinely ambiguous as to whether it applies to all contacts, or just "yours." Notice, it is under the main heading of "Providing Siri With User Information." It also contains a typo that says "If Siri is pronouncing a name correctly[sic] you can...." when the instructions are to help with INcorrectly prounounced names. Still waiting for an answer.
Providing Siri with User Information
Siri uses relational data from your Contact to learn about the people close to you. Information on what you can let Siri know is available in the iPhone User Guide.
To set your contact tap Settings > General > Siri > My Info and select your contact.
If Siri is pronouncing a name correctly you can add phonetic first and last names to your contact entries:
Open the Contacts application.
Select the contact that Siri is mispronouncing.
Tap "edit" in the upper right corner of the screen.
Scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap "add field".
Add phonetic first and last names as needed.
The new fields will show up at the top of the contact. You can then spell out your name phonetically to assist with pronunciation.
When finished making changes to the contact, tap Done in the upper right corner of the screen.

Can I teach Siri new words?

I want to ask Siri to look up things on the internet, and there are quite a few words she doesn't understand (i.e."weimeraner"). Is there any way to teach her complex words i use often?

Julian, thanks for this thought! I added the word I needed into my contacts. Gave it my phone number and asked Siri to call it. Then I went to my notepad and said the word. Siri knew it! There folks, now you can teach Siri

"phonetic name", wi-fi, 3G, teaching Siri, 4s battery (???)

Hi.
I have an iphone 4s and i'm not being able to add a phonetical name to an existing contact on my contacts list.
i select the contact, click on edit, and then on add field, but the "phonetical" thing does not appear.
Does anybody know how to solve this? Or what might be wrong?
Another questions...
my wi-fi at home is much slower than my 3G. Is that normal? Because when i'm at home and i want to use the wi-fi, it's too slow... It is just too annoying...!!
How can i teach Siri, to make her understand what i say, correctly?
Thank you guys! Sorry for the amount of doubts!
ps. i'm also having problems with the 4s battery, and hoping Apple solve this issue soon! Fingers crossed!

well, my wi-fi modem is only connected to my computer by a cable. and i don't share the signal with anyone else.
the bandwidth on the computer it is quite fast, so i find it very strange that the 3G is faster then the wi-fi.
finally i could find an answer on the phonetic name here on the forum...!!
as for the battery, i already did the most of the things being taught on the forum to maximize its life. but its such a shame....
thanks for the peply!

How to teach siri names of companies and towns?

Hello all,
several year ago, sombody asked the same question without any reply. (see here: How can I teach Siri on iPhone 4S to understand names of towns or companies?)
Maybe it's now possible to teach Siri how to pronounce the names of companies and towns. But i have no idea how. I know how to teach the names of a person, but obviously it's not possibile to teach other names.
Thanks for any help
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Ajit, I would choose a different way although your solution is working it will take a lot of time to edit all the buttons. Whenever possible I try to offer timesaving tips. And that means: first see what you can edit in Preferences (for this project alone or for all projects), then look at the Master slides, and only in last instance go into editing of the slides themselves. Hope you don't mind this remark, after all I'm only a user.
@jun jun This works only if you do it before inserting question slides. Go into Quiz, Preferences, Default Labels. You will find there the labels for the buttons Submit, Submit All, Clear, Back, Next. You have to be aware that the Next button doubles as a Skip button during the Quiz, it is acting as a Next button (and necessary) during Review. More info: Question Question Slides in Captivate - Captivate blog
The advantage of adjusting the Preferences is that this will propagate on the different Quiz Master slides.
For the text 'Accuracy' and other text fields on the score slide, edit the labels on the Master slide for the score.

IOS 6: can't get Siri geofences to work at all (parents, home)

I’ve read many online examples of people setting up a geofence reminder for then they reach a location identified as “mom” or “dad” or “parent”. I know you have to set up a known location (like a parent or your own "home"/"work") but it still won't work for me on my iPhone 5 (my first Siri device).
I have told Siri who my “mother” and “father” are, and that seems to have been understood successfully. (I see that info in my Contacts, and when I tell Siri the info again, it tells me it already knows that ___ is my mother.)
Here’s what happens every time:
1. I ask it to remind me of something when I reach my mom’s.
2. It understands this just fine: it asks if I want her work or home address (odd, but OK). I tap or say "home." So far so good.
3. Then it asks me WHEN I want to be reminded! Suddenly the geofence idea is abandoned and it thinks I’m doing a timed reminder.
If I refuse to give a day+time, I can instead say “when I reach my mom’s,” which Siri seems to understand: it asks yet again for me to choose my mom’s home vs. work. I choose “home” and Siri goes back to asking me the useless “when” question again. Endless loop. No reminder set.
But then today it's even worse: now it either goes straight to the "when question" without any attempt to understand to the location, OR it knows this is a geofence reminder, but simply says my parents’ address isn’t set. But it IS set—and Siri has properly mapped it for me in the past! When I try to re-teach Siri “My mother is _____” it says that it already knows that. So it HAS all the needed info, yet it tells me it does not.
For comparison, I AM able to get Siri to set a Geofence successfully for my own home. I can look in Reminders and see that my request has worked. (But the reminder never comes: I get home and it never gets triggered. But that's a whole separate bug.)
I've reported this to Apple via Feedback, but if anyone has a workaround to make Siri do ANYTHING with Geofences, I'd find it very useful! Thanks.

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HT204389 How do I teach Siri to spell my name correctly in texts and emails? She spells it Jerry instead of Jeri.

How do I teach Siri to SPELL my name correctly in texts and emails? She knows who I am from My a Info. She insists on spelling my name as he male version instead of female (or my info spellng).

Say:
"No space on. No caps on. s h e r i
No space off. No caps off."
That would start her name with a lower case a.
But you can play around starting there to get it the way you like.

I can't find Siri on my iphone 5s when I hold the home key voice commands comes up and Siri isn't in my settings

I can't find Siri on my iphone 5s when I hold the home button voice control comes up. When I go to settings Siri is not there. Has anyone else experienced this?

Check Settings>General>Restrictions and see if they are turned on and Siri is restricted.

After installing ilife '11 when i opened iPhoto its display a message"You can't open your current photo library using this version of iPhoto, what can i do sir??

i buy apple mac book on 12.04.2012, mac osx 10.7.2, 500gb hdd,4gb ram, i installed ilife '11 in it, after installing ilife '11 when i opened iPhoto its display a message"You can’t open your current photo library using this version of iPhoto,You have made changes to your photo library using a newer version of iPhoto. Do you want to quit and use the latest version of iPhoto, or do you want to create a new photo library? but option coming only quit, when i check for software update it shows ur software is up to date, waht can i do sir, how can i use my iphoto???

Make sure you are updated to the latest version - 9.2.1
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How can I use Siri for IPhone?

How can I use Siri for IPhone?

Siri only works on the iPhone 4S or iPhone 5. If you have one of those devices, turn it on in Settings > General > Siri.
If you need more info than that, ask in the Apple forums.

TS5183 My Iphone has a problem with the microphone it doesn't seem to work! so there for i can't use Siri anymore..:-( this has been playing up for some time now.

My Iphone has a problem with the microphone it doesn't seem to work! so there for i can't use Siri anymore.. this has been playing up for some time now. But as my wife & I had a baby 7 Months ago I have not found the time to pop in to the apple store until today (8/12/13) and they told me that they couldn't help as it's out of it's warranty by 57 days
Can antone help me? is there something i can do, apart from buying a new iphone!

Have you got Siri turned on in settings/general/restrictions?

On the iPhone, if you move an e-mail from the In box to Junk, will iPhone automatically place future e-mails from the same sender into Junk? In other words, can you teach iPhone to recognize Junk as you do on a Mac?

On the iPhone, if you move an e-mail from the In box to Junk, will iPhone automatically place future e-mails from the same sender into Junk? In other words, can you teach iPhone to filter out Junk as you do on a Mac?

I don't think so, you would need to set that on your browser when you log into your email account.

My phone keeps freezing and I have the 5s and now it won't turn on but I can talk to sir

My phone keeps freezing and I have the 5s and now it won't turn on but I can talk to sir

If you can talk to Siri, but the screen is not turning on, try the 2 button reset. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake (Power) Button and the Home Button at the same time for at least 10 seconds. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
If that doesn't make you screen come back on, you can try restoring your iPhone. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414
iPhone hardware troubleshooting - http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2802
Display has no backlight or dark screen
Toggle the ringer switch to see if the unit vibrates. If it does, it could be that iPhone is getting power, but is not displaying any image.
Try turning iPhone off and then on again.
While connected to the iPhone charger, try to reset the iPhone.
If the low-battery screen appears, charge the iPhone.
My issue is still not resolved. What do I do next?
Contact Apple Support. https://support.apple.com/kb/HE57 or https://selfsolve.apple.com

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