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.

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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.
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Scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap "add field".
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I added information that will be useful for anyone else encountering my recent situation, now or perhaps in some distant future.
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debra141 wrote:
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