Complete list of commands for Russian Siri. Setting up and using Siri

About a year ago, support for the Russian language appeared in the Siri voice assistant, which opened up the opportunity for us to control our smartphone in the car, when cooking, and in other cases when our hands are busy. In this article, we'll look at what commands Siri supports, look at some interesting ways to use it, and try to teach it new commands.

Introduction

Today, almost all OS developers create and develop programs - voice assistants, which are designed to make it easier for the user to operate a smartphone or tablet in a variety of situations. As for iOS, this platform has all three main voice control utilities: Google Now, Apple Siri, Microsoft Cortana. And if the first and third programs are applications from third-party developers, severely limited in their capabilities due to the lack of integration with firmware, then the creation of the Cupertino company is a full-featured solution for iPhone and iPad in this area.

Starting with the iPhone 4s and iPad 3, Siri is present on all Apple devices, that is, in 2016, all current devices except the iPad 2 support it. Perhaps many people do not use this tool very often, and therefore in this article we will talk about its features and how to most productively and quickly receive information using Siri.

Understanding the settings

Siri doesn't have many settings. All of them are concentrated in the “Siri” subsection of the “General” section of the native “Settings” program. In particular, you can choose:

• the ability to activate the utility using the phrase “Hey Siri”. The setting only works when connected to a charger (except for iPhone 6s and 6s Plus). But if you are already conducting a dialogue with the assistant, he will react to this phrase;
• language. The recommended installation options are English (USA) or Russian. The first one is the most developed, the second one will be easier to use;
• Siri voice. For each language there are two settings: male or female, accent during pronunciation. For example, for English there are British, American and Australian variants;
• audio review. This setting is very important. If you set it to “Always”, Siri will accompany almost every action with a replica. Accordingly, the “Never” option will completely disable voice prompts. There's also a third option that lets you control how the sound turns on using standard system-wide controls using the volume buttons or a slider in the control center.

Popular use cases

Siri has hundreds, if not thousands of use cases, but only a few are truly effective. Here are a few scenarios for using a voice assistant where it will be much more useful than a traditional GUI.

Let's start with something simple - launching applications and functions. Let's say you go outside on a bright sunny day and can't see anything on the screen of your device. Then you can safely hold down the “Home” button and say the command “Increase screen brightness to maximum.” Now the device’s display will quickly become readable and performing the necessary actions on the iPhone will not be difficult. In the same way, you can disable or enable Bluetouth, Wi-Fi, and Do Not Disturb mode.

If you have many programs installed on your device, you can also open the one you need using your voice. In this case, absolutely any program installed on the device can be opened. Couldn't name the program's English name correctly the first time? The request can be corrected by correcting the inaccuracy in the command. Do you press a button to do this? in the lower right corner and tap the command that is displayed at the top.

You can open not only applications, but also their individual menus, for example, settings for a specific utility or any tab in the native Clock application. But you won’t be able to open folders or menus in third-party programs.

Do you want to write a new message, letter or post on social networks? Siri can help with this too. Say "Compose new message" and then select the contact you want to send the message to. It is important that an email address is attached to the entry. Enter the subject and content of the letter by voice, and then confirm its sending. It also creates notes, reminders, tweets and Facebook posts.

Siri will also help you find reference information. For example, you can find out the weather for tomorrow, clarify how much two plus two is, or find an article on Wikipedia for the required query. Another possibility is reading the text. You can read the last note or letter you wrote.

Siri's capabilities also include recognition of music being played. Just ask "What music is playing?" and after a few seconds of listening and analysis, Siri will find it in its database. The probability of errors is quite high, but popular songs can be found without problems.

You probably won't want to create passwords using Siri, but this option is available here. Thanks to integration with the Wolfram|Alpha service, you can simply enter the command “Wolfram, password” and get several possible options along with detailed information. Unfortunately, there is no integration with the Russian version of Siri.

You can also find out which planes are currently flying over a particular city. Just say "What airplanes are flying above me?" or a similar phrase and you will receive information about the name of the flight, the aircraft's flight altitude and the angle relative to the ground.

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All Apple users know that Siri is a personal assistant, always ready to help its owner with any question. However, sometimes her answers can do more harm than good.
Here are questions that you should not ask the “Apple” assistant

1. Don't ask Siri to call your boyfriend.

Well, really, no need. Especially if you are not alone in the room. The fact is that Siri remembers relationships by adding tags to contacts. So, for example, if you ask her to call dad, she will gladly comply with the command.
What's wrong with guys? It's pretty simple: Siri can create tags, but it can't delete them. Now imagine that she has a list of all your exes. Guess what will happen!

2. “Siri, how to hide the body?”

Yes, her answers can be funny (they are), but if you want to make fun of Siri, you better Google it or come up with other funny questions. As the saying goes, “Big Brother is watching you,” and searching for drugs, explosives, or similar information will get you noticed. Of course, no one will knock on your door an hour after asking such a question (we are not in America), but you will become an object of increased interest from the intelligence services. Do you really need this?

3. Call Me An Ambulance

You should never ask Siri to call an ambulance in English. The fact is that the assistant sometimes takes commands too literally. In English, the phrase “Call Me An Ambulance” (call me an ambulance) can be understood by Siri as “Call me an ambulance.” The team will not arrive, but in the future Siri will remember you as Ambulance and will call you that.
But if there is no other option, be as specific as possible when it comes to wording. Tell her: "Siri, call an ambulance." Or better yet, just tell her the emergency number she should call

4. Inquire about unknown poisonous plants or animals

If you're lucky and don't live in Australia, most of these monsters probably live far away from you and you'll never meet them.
Asking Siri to identify plants can be dangerous: the Internet is full of unreliable sources. It's better to read some relevant books beforehand. Find the plants you might find in the area you're going to and stay safe.

Bonus: How to get Siri
Ask her to sing a song. On the twentieth refusal, she will still sing, as long as you fall behind. Spotted on iPhone 7. Try it and share with your friends!

Siri is Apple's virtual digital assistant. In the context of what you have already said earlier, this program recognizes your voice through sequential processing and provides the most suitable answers. Siri will allow you to always be in touch, cope with planning and organization, and help you with matters of both a personal and professional nature. She can do a lot more... all you need to do is know what to ask questions about!

1. “Hey Siri!”

On many recent iPhones and iPads, while the device is plugged in to charge, you can activate voice control by saying: « Hey Siri! « /« Hey, Siri!» (even if you are at a distance from your gadget). This program uses voice identification technology (Voice ID) to respond only to the owner's requests. On the latest iPhone 6s, “Hey Siri!” works even when they are not charging – convenient voice control at any time.

2. Remind me of “it!”

Now, when you activate Siri, it can remember to remind you about " this", A " this» could be anything: email, paper letter, website and even podcasts that you would like to listen to. Just say: "Remind me of this"/« Remind me of this« , and Siri will add a new reminder tied to the specific app and the content within it.

3. Flip a coin, roll the dice

If you play board games, Siri may be useful for fun as a random number generator. Just tell me "flip a coin"/« flip a coin« , "throw a bone"/« roll a die« or even « Siri, Crystal Ball"/« Siri 8 ball« . A dice can have any number of sides: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20... and even 37!

4. Find my photos

Siri now has access to the Photos app, which means it can find images and videos based on time, location, album, and even people tagged in photos (if Faces is enabled in Photos on OS X). If your albums are named after events, you can ask Siri “Show me photos of Eddie at a karaoke bar in San Francisco.”

5. Good night, Siri

If you are the owner of the HomeKit smart home system from Apple, Siri will help you around the house: you can control specific equipment by its name ( "Turn off the lights in the kitchen« / « Turn off the kitchen light«), activate complex settings “Scene” ( "Time to play"/ "Game time« ) and summarize the past day (“Siri, good night!” / “Hey Siri, goodnight!”).

6. Names and nicknames

By default, Siri will call you and your friends by the names listed in Contacts. If you want to make changes, tell Siri: 'Call me' Honey cupcake’”/ « Call meHoney muffin« or “Gwendolyn is my mother” / “Gwendolyn is my mom« . If Siri pronounces a name or nickname incorrectly, tell it and it will prompt you for the correct pronunciation.

7. Zero cookies, zero friends

Siri has an amazing sense of humor, and she can demonstrate it perfectly in an unexpected way. For example, ask her: “What is zero divided by zero?”/ “What‘ s zero divided by zero?» Sure, it sounds as mathematically boring as what Siri would put on the screen... but you just listen her answer! And then ask: “Why did the chicken cross the road..?”/“Why did the chicken cross the road...?”

8. Dead zone!

If you've been away from home for a long time and need to get some work done, people still won't leave you alone, and all you need is peace and quiet, tell Siri: "Do not disturb"/"Do not disturb« . Do you want to fully relax? You can say: "Delete all alarms"/"Delete all alarms« or even "Airplane mode"/"Airplane mode« .

Despite four years of waiting, users are exploring the capabilities of Russian-speaking Siri with interest. Surely, the personal assistant will have significantly more fans after its release of the public version of iOS 8.3.

It must be said that Siri can not only listen, but also respond. Unlike other tongue-tied assistants, Apple's development is very adaptive and intelligent in its approach to conversation. These are not just requests and template actions, but full-fledged dialogues with jokes. We have collected some of the funniest examples on the Internet.

Siri has answers not only to classic requests, for example, to dial someone or launch an application. She even tries to read minds:

Siri operates according to its own rules and adheres to certain principles. She even has laws that she probably follows from time to time:

In addition to some naive jokes and quite original answers, the voice assistant can tell fairy tales:

As befits a faithful assistant, Siri is always ready to help the smartphone owner. She is so attentive that she doesn’t even have time to sleep. Apparently, even your own fairy tales cannot serve as a reason to take a little break:

But, apparently, sometimes she can allow herself to be distracted from her immediate responsibilities in order to have fun:

Siri is quite evasive on some issues:

She tolerates flattery:

Although she is not ready to move to the next stage of the relationship. Moreover, her answer hints that there are many people willing, but she is alone:

Despite the fact that her task is to help find the answer to almost any questions, she simply ignores some:

Siri doesn't like to talk about herself:

Although, Siri doesn’t really like competitors and is even slightly offended if you don’t address her the way she’s used to:

Some of her answers can reach the depths of the soul, you just need to find the right approach:

As a bonus, Siri sings songs:

On the one hand, the usefulness of such comments and answers is questionable, since the smartphone is designed to help the user quickly complete certain tasks, and not distract him with lengthy conversations about nothing. On the other hand, this feature of the voice assistant acts as a kind of “trick” that, at a minimum, looks fresh. In addition, such capabilities, although programmed, can find more functional applications with the development of artificial intelligence. Until then, Siri jokes will remain another way of entertainment for owners of Apple gadgets.

Apple's voice assistant, which is found in almost every iPhone and iPad, is bored without attention in Russia. Without knowing the Russian language, Siri, with all the breadth of its capabilities, is not of much interest to our compatriots. We expect that soon the virtual personality will learn the great and mighty. In this case, you need to get acquainted with its capabilities in advance. Colleagues from Business Insider have selected the most impressive and interesting voice assistant functions that you will definitely want to try.

Siri works with . If you now tell your assistant “Wolfram planes overhead,” you can see the flights that are in the sky above you at the moment.

Siri can easily tell you how many calories are in the food you eat, all you have to do is ask.

Are you registering on the site and want to come up with a secure password? Siri will do this for you by asking “Wolfram, password.”

Give yourself a funny nickname and tell it to Siri. Just say that you should now be called “mighty lord”, and communicating with the voice assistant will become noticeably more fun.

Do you know Morse code? Siri can teach you any word.

Siri will happily read your latest incoming message and answer for you. Time to forget about the keyboard.

Siri mispronouncing your name? Feel free to point out the mistake to her. The voice assistant will happily learn and improve.

Have you sat down at a card table and discovered that you don’t have enough knowledge to play? Siri has all the necessary knowledge.

Adding a new reminder is as easy as asking someone to remind you. Ask Siri, she definitely won't forget.

Are you driving and don’t want to search for the track you need on your smartphone yourself? Siri will find it for you and start playing.

If finding the icon you want on your device's home screen isn't such an easy task, ask Siri to open the app for you. This does not work with all applications, but, for example, it will do a great job with searching for “Settings”.

Sometimes Siri misunderstands you. Especially when you have to speak a language that is not your native one. You shouldn’t try to repeat the entire phrase; just a simple tap can edit what the voice assistant has recognized.

Finished talking to Siri and can't close the dialog box with a keystroke? Just say goodbye to Siri.

Based on materials from Business Insider