Apple iPhone iOS 5.1 - Manual (Page 44)

Noisy environments
In a noisy environment, hold iPhone close to your mouth, but don’t talk directly into the bottom
edge. Continue to speak clearly and naturally. Tap when you finish speaking.
You can also try holding iPhone to your ear to speak to Siri.
Network connection
Siri might tell you it’s having trouble connecting to the network. Because Siri relies on Apple
servers for voice recognition and other services, you need to have a good 3G or 4G cellular or
Wi-Fi connection to the Internet.
Siri and apps
Siri works with most of the built-in apps on iPhone 4S, and uses the apps it needs to help you
with your requests. Siri knows when you’re using an app, so you can refer to elements on the
screen. For example, when reading a message in Mail, you can say “Reply, I like it.”
Phone
Use Siri to make a phone call or start a FaceTime call. You can refer to your family, friends, and
associates in Contacts, or say which phone number to use.
For example:
Call Jennifer Wright mobile Â
Call Susan on her work phone Â
Call 408 555 1212 Â
Call home Â
FaceTime Lisa Â
Saying both the first and last name usually makes it clear who you want to call, but you can say
just one or the other and let Siri figure it out. Siri first checks your Favorites, and if a match is
found, calls that number. Next, Siri checks all your contacts. If there’s more than one person with
the same name, Siri asks which one you want to call. Siri also asks which phone number to use if
there’s more than one listed.
You can also ask Siri to call a business in your contacts.
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