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0 pointsfreehunter11y ago0 comments

Basically the only things I use voice commands for is "set a timer for..." while cooking or "remind me at noon to..." when I need a time alert.

Oh, and saying "What's my name" and having Siri respond "Your name is <name>, but since we're friends I get to call you Captain James T Kirk". But that's just personal amusement.

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jorjordandan11y ago· 1 in thread

Huh. When I ask my name, it says "Your name is <name>. That's what you told me, anyway."

Seems a lot more suspicious of me for some reason..

GuiA11y ago

It's like a tamagotchi- you have to take care of it everyday for a bond to develop.

mod11y ago

I'm not sure if it works with Siri, but my favorite google voice command is "remind me to {do something} when I'm at {some place}"

I use it for stuff I forget to buy when I'm shopping, mostly. The stuff you don't buy often, like "remind me to get deodorant when I'm at Kroger."

Also the timer-type reminders/alarms are great.

I really wish it was easier to compose notes and the like. I finally found how to reliably get a newline with the voice keyboard (by saying "period newline"...the period is required).

"Her" was pretty inspiring for all of the voice-related stuff. But I'm still weird about using voice commands in public. If everyone was, I'd get over it.

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