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I use Siri to turn on/off voice control which lets me control my iPhone without touching it (it's a disability feature). When I no longer need voice control I

I use Siri to turn on/off voice control which lets me control my iPhone without touching it (it's a disability feature). When I no longer need voice control I use Siri to turn it off (I have my voice control set to label all actionable buttons on the screen so I like to turn it off when using my phone via touch.) I'm not visually impaired however I find voice control super useful when I want control of my phone and rather not use touch or in a situation where touch is impractical. Whilst Siri is good for certain tasks it lacks the ability to control every aspect of the phone whereas voice control is literally a replacement for touch control. By combining Siri and voice control I get fine grained complete control of every app when I need it, all enabled/disabled via my voice. Such a brilliant combination. Apple's attention to this disability feature is incredible. I only learnt about it after a visually impaired friend showed me how it works. I learnt that voice control/voice over is the reason most visually impaired people use iPhone due to Apple's dedication to building world leading accessibility features.

0x6c6f6c 3y ago
This is a surprising testimonial. My wife switched from a Pixel to iPhone and has utterly hated Siri and voice assist on iOS to the point she'd rather just deal with her hand pain. And it's a lot of pain. I've listened to see how bad it can be at understanding her, and it's appalling.
- kajecounterhack 3y ago
  I switched from a Pixel to iPhone and had to turn off Siri because the difference in quality is jarring. I'm also sad that I can't ask my Google Home to find my phone anymore, or use Google Assistant in the car with "Hey Google." But camera that can take more than 3 pictures rapidly + iMessage + magnetic charging + airpod/iwatch support + build quality are ultimately just more important features to have on a device I use every day. I hate that getting these features right means that Apple can forever get the other features wrong.
- isoprophlex 3y ago
  Note that this is probably about an accessibility feature distinct from the horrors of getting Siri to understand that you want to call your mother; there's an option to label every clickable element, interacting with voice becomes much more sane and programmatic. "Click A, scroll down, click B", that sort of deal apple built Very Well.

0x6c6f6c 3y ago

This is a surprising testimonial. My wife switched from a Pixel to iPhone and has utterly hated Siri and voice assist on iOS to the point she'd rather just deal with her hand pain. And it's a lot of pain. I've listened to see how bad it can be at understanding her, and it's appalling.

kajecounterhack 3y ago
I switched from a Pixel to iPhone and had to turn off Siri because the difference in quality is jarring. I'm also sad that I can't ask my Google Home to find my phone anymore, or use Google Assistant in the car with "Hey Google." But camera that can take more than 3 pictures rapidly + iMessage + magnetic charging + airpod/iwatch support + build quality are ultimately just more important features to have on a device I use every day. I hate that getting these features right means that Apple can forever get the other features wrong.
isoprophlex 3y ago
Note that this is probably about an accessibility feature distinct from the horrors of getting Siri to understand that you want to call your mother; there's an option to label every clickable element, interacting with voice becomes much more sane and programmatic. "Click A, scroll down, click B", that sort of deal apple built Very Well.