What Can Siri Understand?

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So Siri is either the greatest thing since sliced bread, or else a feature you’ll use once and then forget about for all time. One way or another, its success will hinge on Siri’s ability to not only understand the href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FFRoYhTJQQ">infinite variation of English-speaking accents, but also pick apart the spoken word and its variations.

To get a feel for what you can say to Siri, TUAW has href="http://www.tuaw.com/2011/10/05/iphone-4s-what-can-you-say-to-siri/">compiled a list of phrases Siri will understand which we’ve embedded after the break. It’s a pretty substantial breakdown, and reveals a uniquely robust recognition engine. We’ll be interested to see how it performs in the real world.

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Address Book

Querying Contacts

Finding Contacts

Relationships

Calendars

Adding Events

Changing events

Asking about events

Alarms

Setting Alarms

Checking the Clock

Using a Timer

Email

Sending Messages

Checking Messages

Responding to Messages

Friends

Checking Up on Friends

Maps

Directions

Local Businesses

Messages

Sending Texts

Reading Texts

Replying to Texts

Music

Playback

Notes

Creating and finding notes

Phone

Phone calls

Reminders

Requesting reminders

Stocks

Checking Stocks