A Quick Q&A with Dag Kittlaus, Cofounder and Former CEO of Siri xi Preface xiii Chapter 1: Getting Started with Siri 1 Enabling Siri on iOS 3 Enabling Dictation on OS X 9 Privacy 11 Launching Siri on iOS 13 Saying Hello to Siri 13 Cancelling Siri 15 Repeating Siri 16 Quitting Siri 16 Getting Help 17 Siri Listens 19 Correcting Siri 23 New in Siri 31 Summary 36 Chapter 2: Controlling Your Device with Siri 39 Airplane Mode 39 Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Settings 41 Music 49 Summary 52 Chapter 3: Asking Siri for Information 55 Weather 56 Web Search 60 Sports and Siri 67 Checking Stocks 70 Using Wolfram Alpha 73 Pokedex 80 Summary 82 Chapter 4: Using Siri to Stay in Touch 83 Contacts 84 Placing Phone Calls with Siri 93 Missed Calls and Voicemail 95 Text Messages 98 Mail 102 Social Networking 106 Friends 108 Summary 111 Chapter 5: Talking to Your Day-Timer 113 Calendars 114 Reminders 118 Creating Notes 122 Clock Functions 127 Summary 133 Chapter 6: Going Shopping with Siri 135 Products and Services 136 Shopping Math 140 Preparing a Shopping List 144 Sharing Shopping Lists via the Cloud 146 Turn-by-Turn Directions 148 Making Restaurant Reservations 151 Checking Out Movies 152 Summary 156 Chapter 7: Pushing Limits with Siri 159 Launching Apps 160 Talking to Apps 161 Blogging with Siri 162 Siri Security 168 Music 170 Summary 172 Chapter 8: Siri Dictation 175 Launching Dictation on iOS 176 Launching Dictation on OS X 176 Why Learn Dictation? 179 Enunciation Practice 181 Dictation 101 182 Inserting Punctuation 186 Including Abbreviations 192 Dictating Technical Terms 193 Smileys 196 Dictating Formatted Text 196 Dictation Practice 199 Punctuation Practice 201 Summary 203 Chapter 9: Having Fun with Siri 205 Siri Diversions 205 Asking About Siri 207 Siri Chitchat 211 Pop Culture Fun 214 Siri Miscellany 216 Summary 225 Chapter 10: Our Top 10 Siri Jokes 227 1. What the Fox Says 228 2. The Konami Code 229 3. Deep Thoughts with Siri 230 4. I Cannae Give Her No More 231 5. Laws of Robotics 232 6. Pets 233 7. The Lightbulb Joke 234 8.
Is That You, Mary? 235 9. Going Python 236 10. The Meaning of Siri 237 Summary 238 Appendix A: Siri Quick Reference 239 Index 257.