What Happened To Siri Confirmations?
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 7/2/2015 1:00:00 AM
After a recent iOS update, Siri stopped offering confirmations before it saves reminders... Now it sucks.
Like most people, I have a love / hate relationship with Siri. I tolerate all the times that Siri misunderstands what I ask for because it at least gave me a chance to confirm what I asked for before it saved my reminders.
Confirmations of reminders are essential to people who use headsets to create reminders because you can't see the screen to make corrections if the dictation is wrong, which it frequently is.
Before the change, I said something like: "Remind me to get chips", and Siri said "Here's your reminder... it says Ketchup. Shall I create it?" If Siri was wrong, I said "Cancel" or "Change title" and I could fix it.
Now that Apple removed the confirmation stage, it just says "Okay. I'll remind you". Then a few hours later, when I check my Reminders App, I finally realize Siri was completely wrong, and I often have no idea what the original request was supposed to be.
Since the whole idea of using Siri to create reminders is to not forget things, it's important to confirm that it understands you. If it posts something wrong, you may not remember what it was, making it difficult to fix later.
I need to come up with new ideas every day for this blog, so I rely on Siri to record my ideas when they hit me. More often than not, I forget them within minutes.
A few minutes ago, I sat down to check the Reminders App. The top item says "Mail tire walls". To be honest, I have no idea what that is. Siri not only cut my sentence off short, but it completely screwed up whatever I asked it.
I'm sure they had their reasons for removing the confirmation step. Eliminating the yes / no voice command definitely uses less resources, but Siri accuracy is far from perfect, so the confirmation is critical. If nothing else, they should give people the option to turn confirmations on or off in the Settings App. This way, each user can decide whether they want confirmations or not.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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