{"id":14458,"date":"2013-03-07T07:53:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T11:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=14458"},"modified":"2013-03-08T00:14:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T04:14:05","slug":"siri-when-did-you-start-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/07\/siri-when-did-you-start-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Siri: When did you start working?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Siri\"<\/p>\n

Last night I was driving to Baltimore for an upcoming LocalU seminar<\/a>. I heard the ding of a received text while listening to a podcast and I was curious. I asked Siri to read it to me. She did. She asked if I wanted to reply, I said yes. She sent my response flawlessly.<\/p>\n

A while later I was heading down the highway and glanced at my email and wanted to send off a quick response to one ( I know, I know…it’s dangerous. Do not try this yourselves). I dictated, she understood me and inserted my response correctly into the email.<\/p>\n

At 9:30, just outside of Williamsport and dog tired, I pulled over to the side of the highway and asked her to recommend a few nearby hotels as I couldn’t see any signs off \u00a0of the exit. She asked me which of the several choices I wanted and if I wanted to call one or get driving directions. I indicated that I wanted driving directions and \u00a0she guided me to the next exit and through a maze of service roads to a decent night’s sleep.<\/p>\n

Hmm… it wasn’t until this morning that I realized with a start that she was 4 for 4. Was it an aberration and the Siri brain farts will start again today? I think she was showing off.<\/p>\n

Slowly, ever so slowly, it seems that Siri is getting smarter. When did that happen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night I was driving to Baltimore for an upcoming LocalU seminar. I heard the ding of a received text while listening to a podcast and I was curious. I asked Siri to read it to me. She did. She asked if I wanted to reply, I said yes. She sent my response flawlessly. A …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple-maps-siri","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t