Preface xi 1 Getting Started with Siri 1 Enabling Siri on iOS 2 Universal Access 6 Enabling Dictation on OS X 7 Privacy 9 Launching Siri on iOS 10 Saying Hello to Siri 11 Canceling Siri 13 Repeating Siri 14 Quitting Siri 14 Getting Help 15 Siri Listens 17 Listening on OS X 19 Siri Responds 20 Correcting Siri 21 Correcting Speech on OS X 23 Enhancing Your Speech Recognition 24 Clarity 25 Fumbles 26 Viewing Items You Create 27 Multilingual Siri 28 New in Siri 29 Living with Siri Limitations 30 Let Siri Learn About You 31 Summary 31 2 Asking Siri for Information 35 Weather 36 Other Queries 37 Locations 37 Web Search 39 Searching for Pictures 41 Searching in Wikipedia 41 The Search the Web Option 42 Checking Flights 42 Sports and Siri 43 Checking Stocks 46 Using Wolfram Alpha 48 Querying Wolfram 50 Wolfram Mode 52 The Wolfram Saving Throw 52 Wolfram Alpha Trick Lets You Know What Is Flying Overhead 53 Other Cool Stuff You Can Do with Wolfram Alpha 55 Summary 56 3 Using Siri to Stay in Touch 59 Contacts 60 Searching for Contacts 62 Creating Relationships 63 Creating an Alternative Identity for Yourself 65 Placing Phone Calls with Siri 67 Text Messages 68 Reading Texts 69 Replying to Texts 70 Sending Messages 70 Confirming Messages 71 Mail 72 Creating Mail 72 Checking Mail 75 Responding to Mail 75 Social Networking 75 Friends 76 Summary 79 4 Talking to Your Day-Timer 81 Calendars 82 Adding Events 82 Making Changes 83 Checking Your Calendar 84 Reminders 86 How Siri Can Remind You 88 A Word of Caution 89 Creating Notes 90 Creating Single-Item Notes 90 Adding Items to the Current Note 91 Starting New Notes 92 Naming Notes 92 Finding Notes 93 Clock Functions 94 Alarms 94 Checking the Clock 97 Using a Timer 97 Summary 99 5 Going Shopping with Siri 101 Products and Services 102 Checking Prices 104 Shopping Math 105 Adding Sales Tax 105 Calculating Tips 106 Currency Conversion 107 Preparing a Shopping List 109 Sharing Shopping Lists via the Cloud 111 Shopping Limitations 112 Turn-by-Turn Directions 113 Using Turn-by-Turn to Known Destinations 115 Maps'' Search and Directions Limitations 115 Looking up Information on Maps 117 Making Restaurant Reservations 117 Checking out Movies 118 Siri''s Personal Movie Synopses 120 Summary 121 6 Pushing Limits with Siri 123 Launching Apps 124 Talking to Apps 125 Blogging with Siri 126 Creating a Post 126 Confirming Your Account 128 Blogging by Email 128 Other Blogging Services 131 Siri Security 132 Lock Screen and Siri 133 Music 134 Summary 136 7 Siri Dictation 137 Launching Dictation on iOS 138 Launching Dictation on OS X 138 Why Learn Dictation? 141 Enunciation Practice 142 Dictation 101 144 Improving Dictation 144 Inserting Punctuation 147 Controlling Flow 149 Adding Capitalization 150 Including Abbreviations 152 Dictating Technical Terms 154 Phone Numbers 155 Dates and Times 155 Prices 156 Smilies 157 Dictating Formatted Text 157 Addresses 157 URLs 158 Email Addresses 158 License Plates 159 Dictation Practice 159 Punctuation Practice 161 Summary 163 8 Having Fun with Siri 165 Siri Diversions 165 Asking About Siri 167 Siri Chitchat 171 Pop Culture Fun 174 Siri Miscellany 175 Siri Philosophy 178 Mining the Fun in Wolfram Alpha 179 Queries That Require Wolfram Prefixes 182 Summary 184 Appendix 187 Siri Quick Reference 187 Index 197.