With the new updated version of iOS 7 Apple has updated many of its features and its Siri Commands also receive an update to its features and with this new iOS 7 Apple has enabled its Siri User to edit the commands the Users have spoken in the command.
Siri is pretty accurate in most of the cases of what you have spoken but it can still make some mistake to interpret what you have said or commanded. So you will need to edit the words that Siri has read so that Siri could give you result and option that are more accurate and perfect to the command you have spoken.
Siri is a feature that works on the Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad, iPod touch where the user will speak any of his queries to the Siri feature and it will search as much as accurate result for it.
But before we go to deep into editing your Siri Command on your iOS device lets use take a look in more details about “Siri” on Apple devices.
What is Siri?
According to Wikipedia “Siri is a part of Apple Inc’s iOS which works as a personal assistant and knowledge navigator. The feature uses a natural language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to a set of Web services ”.
So in a simple words, it generally means that it is a feature of Apple devices that works as a personal assistance that will perform all the actions given to it by the users.
So now that you know what is this Siri command for your Apple device let’s take a look on how to use it.
How To Use Siri Commands
To Use Siri Commands on your Apple device you need to enable the use of Siri which option will be enabled for you at the initial stage of setting up your new iPhone, iPod, or iPad and if you have not enabled it then you can follow the steps below to enable the Siri manually.
- First you need to go to Settings.
- Now go to General and click.
- Now go to Siri and Slide or toggle it on.
- Now to use the Siri you need to long press the home button.
- Now a Siri microphone will pop up on the screen.
- Now you can speak your command into it.
Note that if you are an iOS 7 user you will see a question mark in the left hand corner of your screen and you can hit it if you want to know the phrases or Commands that Siri will understand. And if you are an iOS 6 user you can click on the “I” located to the right of your opening screen to go to “What can I help you with”.
And there you can ask Siri all kind of questions and information for you, Send messages, set a reminder, set up appointments and many more.
As you just need to open the Siri on your Apple device and ask for any of your information and queries. Some of the most common commands you can use on your Siri of your Apple device are as follows:
Commands You Can Use On Your Siri:
Some of the most common Siri command you can use on your Apple devices are as follows.
- “Open Facebook”
- “Turn off Bluetooth”
- “What’s the weather like tomorrow?”
- “How tall is Justin Beiber”
- “Turn on Wi-Fi”
- “Turn on Flashlight”
- “Play Angry Birds”
- “Stop Music”
- “How do I get home”
- “Find pizza nearby”
- “Show ATMs Nearby”
- “Show me nearest Wi-Fi hotspots”
- “Pause Music”
- “When is Sunrise at London?”
- “Search Google for Siri Commands”
So the above are some commands you can use for your Siri in your Apple device.
But gradually Siri will fail to hear and interprate some of your commands and queries correctly and there are two options you can do you can either repeat your commands or question on your Siri or you can just edit your Siri Command list manually.
Edit Your Siri Commands Manually:
To edit your siri commands manually you have to follow the steps bellow.
- First you need to launch your Siri on your Apple device by holding or pressing the Home button.
- Now give your command or question to the Siri which you want to know about.
- Now you will need to scroll up the screen to view the text you have spoken if it does not come up in the screen.
- Now you need to tab on the text you have spoken in order to edit it.
- Now you can edit any of your text that you have spoken and hit ok to save it.
Now Siri will re-process and give you a new set result for the commands and question you have spoken.
So this is the way you can edit your Siri Commands List manually and make your work more easier on your Apple devices.
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