Siri for dummies / by Marc Saltzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saltzman, Marc.

Series:

--For dummies.

--For dummies

For dummies Siri for dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Siri (Electronic resource).

Natural language processing (Computer science).

iPhone (Smartphone).

User interfaces (Computer systems).

Automatic speech recognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 244 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley and Sons, c2013.

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Find out what Siri's got up her sleeve with this fun and friendly guide! Who couldn't use a little extra help these days? Answers, information, reminders, and all sorts of additional help are only a verbal query away with Siri, the artificial intelligence personal assistant. Siri made her debut with the iPhone 4 and is now updated for iOS 6 as well as the third-generation iPad and she is ready to assist! This easy-to-understand guide walks you through the vast array of capabilities that Siri boasts, from creating texts and e-mails from dictation to getting directions to finding a r

Contents:

Siri For Dummies; About the Author; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; How to Use This Book; What You Can Safely Ignore; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Chapter 1: Getting to Know Siri; So What Is Siri, Anyway?; A Bit o' Background; Setting Up Siri; Talking to Siri; Chapter 2: Using Siri to Organize Your Life; Keeping a Calendar; Setting Reminders; Taking Notes; Setting Alarms, Clocks, and Timers; Opening Apps with Siri; Chapter 3: Using Siri While on the Go; Turning to Siri for Navigation; Using Siri for Location-Based Searches

What's the Weather Like? Ask Siri!Chapter 4: Using Siri for Sports, Movies, and Restaurants (Oh, My!); Turning to Siri for Sports; Using Siri for Movie Info; Asking Siri about Restaurants; Chapter 5: Using Siri for E-Mail, Texting, and Phone Calls; "Siri, Take a Letter"; Composing, Sending, and Accessing E-Mails; More E-Mail Tasks Siri Can Do for You; Composing, Replying to, and Reading Text Messages; Hearing Your Text Messages Read Aloud; Sending a Text Message to a Phone Number; Calling a Number or Person (and Starting FaceTime Chats, Too!); Chapter 6: Getting the 4-1-1; Getting Info

Web SearchingChapter 7: Having Fun with Siri: Music, Podcasts, Social Networking, and More; Siri Does Music; Posting to Social Networks; Using Your Voice to Find Your Friends!; Chapter 8: Way More than Ten Ways to Have (Even More) Fun with Siri; Siri Don't Play That; No Love for Me; A Guy Can Try; No Nuptials; Is There Someone Else?; Playing Along; The Birds and the Bees; Wasting Time; Humor Me; Story Time; Tongue Twisters, Too; Bad Intentions; Modest? Not.; Getting Deep; Song Me, Siri; Pink in the Face; Avoiding the Question; Sensitive Siri; Who Are You, Anyway?; Good Advice

Ask a Stupid Question . . .Sleep Tight; From the "Duh" Department; Enquiring Minds Want to Know; Need a Shrink?; Shot Down Again; I'll Be Back; Ouch!; Guessing Games; Oldest One in the Book; Trekkies, Unite!; Rise and Shine; Chapter 9: Ten Great Ways to Use Siri; Reminders by Location; Siri Can Read Your Texts; Post to Facebook, Twitter; It's a Verbal Calculator, Too; Find Your Friends (The Ones You Like); Ask Siri to Play Movie Trailers; Book Restaurant Reservations; Get Directions by Asking for Them; FaceTime with Someone; Faster, Smarter Web Searches; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-118-54979-1

1-118-54986-4

OCLC:

841331242