Siri In iOS 7 Got Better At Pronouncing Names

A lot of things in iOS 7 got updated and some of them got more better and smarter, we've already seen a lot of features like the new Auto-Correct feature and etc... At WWDC 2013 Siri received a new important update making Siri can initiate an important learning process of sorts so whenever it has  troubles understanding your pronunciation of a person’s name…

But there’s one aspect of Siri that has seen little changes since her inception: inaccurate pronunciation of certain names. But no more. Although not specifically addressed during the WWDC 2013 keynote, it’s been discovered that Siri can now initiate a learning process of sorts whenever it has trouble understanding your pronunciation of a person’s name…

So from now on, all what you have to do is telling Siri a name she doesn't know and you will find her apologizing to you and asking for help. 

According to a new report from the folks at 9to5mac, Siri offers two versions of what it thinks the the name should be pronounced.

You can choose either of them as standard, which will force her to use that pronunciation going forward.

In addition, we have found that you can simply say, “That’s not how you pronounce [any name]” and Siri will go through the learning process.

Like before, you can also type in the phonetic spelling manually.The feature appears to be iOS 7-specific.

I tried to use this feature on my iPhone running on iOS 7, but unfortunately Siri kept crashing my device and I couldn’t take my own screenshots (one of the wonders of beta software). This is no doubt a much-needed improvement, even more so given how Siri typically struggles with recognizing non-English contacts when asking her to call or text a person from your address book.

Siri in iOS 7 can turn on flashlight for you (also accessible from the Control Center), turn on Bluetooth, return calls, change the screen brightness, control iTunes Radio, play back your voicemail and more.

iOS 7 users can also change between a male and female voice and get inline results from more sources like Bing, Wikipedia and Twitter without sending you to a browser.

So what do you think about this new feature in Siri, have you already tried it ? 

Categories: Apple , iOS , iOS 7 , siri