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I actually think they should collect this data. Siri doesn’t understand basic things from me.

by throw03172019 7y ago

thepangolino 7y ago
Can’t it be opt-in?
- bb123 7y ago
  > Additionally, as part of a future software update, users will have the ability to choose to participate in grading
  - 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y ago
    That could mean opt-out.
- fmajid 7y ago
  Specially for people who unchecked the "Send data to Apple for product improvement" checkbox.
kalms 7y ago
What are basic things to you?
- gambiting 7y ago
  Saying "call X" where X doesn't have an English name(and Siri is set to English) is just bound to fail. It's like the most basic functionality that all voice assistants fail at miserably - google assistant is equally garbage at it.
  - mrtksn 7y ago
    These assistants are really not working well in multi-lingual settings but I suspect that the stuff Apple was doing wouldn't improve it. Some functions are disabled if you have Siri in one language and your device in another.
    - gambiting 7y ago
      But I mean, surely it's not that unusual to have English as the language set to everything, to live in an English speaking country, and yet either have a foreign name yourself or just be friends with someone who does. And it's not that Siri/Google Assistant don't recognize those names period - they would, had they been set to the language those names originate from. But if you're set to English then forget it. And yes, I understand this is a difficult problem to solve, but I had I not known anything about internal workings of technology and was just a regular customer, I would absolutely consider the ability to call someone "basic functionality".
  - rimliu 7y ago
    Was not there an option to teach Siri? Or am I imagining things?
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y ago
  Things that I remember failing off the top of my head: "Set a timer to remind me every hour for the next five hours." "Open Harry Potter on the Kindle app" (or more generally "do trivial X on Y app") "Continue playback" (under many random circumstances) And all the bizarre requests that it responds to with "you need the apple TV app"

I actually think they should collect this data. Siri doesn’t understand basic things from me.

thepangolino 7y ago

Can’t it be opt-in?

bb123 7y ago
> Additionally, as part of a future software update, users will have the ability to choose to participate in grading
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y ago
  That could mean opt-out.
fmajid 7y ago
Specially for people who unchecked the "Send data to Apple for product improvement" checkbox.

kalms 7y ago

What are basic things to you?

gambiting 7y ago
Saying "call X" where X doesn't have an English name(and Siri is set to English) is just bound to fail. It's like the most basic functionality that all voice assistants fail at miserably - google assistant is equally garbage at it.
- mrtksn 7y ago
  These assistants are really not working well in multi-lingual settings but I suspect that the stuff Apple was doing wouldn't improve it. Some functions are disabled if you have Siri in one language and your device in another.
  - gambiting 7y ago
    But I mean, surely it's not that unusual to have English as the language set to everything, to live in an English speaking country, and yet either have a foreign name yourself or just be friends with someone who does. And it's not that Siri/Google Assistant don't recognize those names period - they would, had they been set to the language those names originate from. But if you're set to English then forget it. And yes, I understand this is a difficult problem to solve, but I had I not known anything about internal workings of technology and was just a regular customer, I would absolutely consider the ability to call someone "basic functionality".
- rimliu 7y ago
  Was not there an option to teach Siri? Or am I imagining things?
6gvONxR4sf7o 7y ago
Things that I remember failing off the top of my head: "Set a timer to remind me every hour for the next five hours." "Open Harry Potter on the Kindle app" (or more generally "do trivial X on Y app") "Continue playback" (under many random circumstances) And all the bizarre requests that it responds to with "you need the apple TV app"