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I still see Siri in the “maybe someday” category. I don’t have Siri turned on, but my wife does. I hear her talking to it to mostly look up measurement conversi
by fredleblanc 8y ago
I still see Siri in the “maybe someday” category. I don’t have Siri turned on, but my wife does. I hear her talking to it to mostly look up measurement conversions and such.
An anecdote of my favorite Siri incident. One night a couple weeks ago, we had an abundance of dragonflies in our yard. I said that they were there because they are bugs and it was the right time of day for that. She thought dragonflies ate something else, so she asked Siri, “what do dragonflies eat?”
Siri told us that we should consult a local zoologist before attempting to care for wild animals.
- ryanSrich 8y agoSiri is by far the worst voice assisted tech on the market, by a wide margin. Alexa is probably the best, she rarely can’t answer basic questions like the one you posed. Siri 9 out of 10 times cannot perform a task or answer a question when asked.
- Klathmon 8y agoHave you spent a lot of time with a Google Home? I've personally found when compared to Alex it tends to do a better job at "question" style things, when it doesn't randomly not understand something it just minutes ago understood just fine.
- gordon_freeman 8y agoI'd say Google Assistant on Google Home is best. I own both Echo and Home and found Home to be the best at recognizing the questions and answering to my satisfaction. For example, I ask: "How much time it will take to go to Fifth & Mission Parking Garage by Car" and Home says "in current traffic, it will take you X mins." whereas Alexa concedes defeat by saying she does not know the answer to that. It seems to me that 5-10 years in future, Google will have a terrific Assitant that understands quite complex questions and will be way more helpful with the answers.
- vlunkr 8y agoIt’s strange how inconsistent everyone’s experiences are with digital assistants. In my opinion they are all fine for basic things like unit conversions etc. and terrible with everything else.
- dunham 8y agoI've gotten similar answers trying to find out what animals eat (during a discussion with my kid). We mainly use it for a shopping list (shared reminders list) and for setting timers. Occasionally I'll check the weather or sunset/sunrise times. I've tried to use it for hands free navigation with a bluetooth headset, but you still have to interact with the screen to start it.
- randycupertino 8y agoI'm in healthcare IT and our hospital uses Vocera. One time our ER team was working a code and the MD triggered Vocera and asked it to call the X-ray tech. Vocera responds, "Calling... PIZZA TRUCK" It was this weird situation where everyone wanted to laugh but we couldn't because we were working the code. So our eyes all met awkwardly in the room as we collectively stiffled our giggles which the MD frustratedly cursed out Vocera. Meanwhile the actual ER tech ran and got the x-ray team.