Gadgetory

Ceri can be a really effective way to send text messages especially if you're walking down the street in a high-traffic area you're trying to have to bump into a bunch of people you got a lot of stuff going on or you're carrying a bunch of groceries you only have one hand free or possibly you just get into a back of a car I'm going to show you some really useful tips all right first thing you want to do is turn Siri on you do that by holding down the home button for about a second or go to Settings General Siri and then turn on raise to speak that means every time I hold my phone to my ear Siri would turn on once you hear that chimes Siri is listening to you and it will take your commands so to send a text you say send a text or send a text followed by the name of a person in your contact list send a text to Jonathan which Jonathan okay so in this case I have a couple of Jonathan's in my contact list Siri just wants me to be more specific so I can make sure it sends the text to the correct person Jonathan Stein see after she asked a question for confirmation you'll hear a little chime that means she's ready to listen to your commands make sure you don't start talking till you hear that time or else you may miss your message so now you're ready to send your message you want to make sure you don't pause for too long while you're saying your message or else Siri will interpret that as the end of your message and you'll get cut off send a message to Jonathan Stein if you're going to the store I need eggs milk popcorn so Siri interpreted my pause as the end of my message now there's two ways to handle that one is to not pause so think about what you're gonna say before you're gonna say get your thoughts clear before you actually send your message the other way is to hold down the microphone button for the duration of your message this way Siri will keep listening as long as you have that button held down so let me show you what the difference is like send the message to Jonathan Stein okay so now I'm gonna hold down the microphone button for the duration of my message hey man if you go into the store I need eggs milk sausage steak avocados and some kale ready to send it okay that looks right so I'm gonna send it on now if you want to use punctuation in your message you will have to say the actual punctuation you want to use let me show you hey man period sorry I can't make it tonight period thanks for the invite though period later exclamation point okay that looks good it looks correct now that goes for all punctuation that's periods commas question marks exclamation points and even semicolons if you're the type of person to use semicolons in a text message now one last tip if you want to send a message one sentence at a time you can totally do that you don't have to worry about pausing or Siri cutting you off or anything like that let me show you how that's done yo Send I'm coming over now period don't eat all the pizza exclamation point send it's one of the biggest takeaways with using Siri well the first thing is to speak very slowly and clearly so that Siri has a better chance of understanding you next plan your text in your head that way you don't get cut off mid-sentence if you're not holding down the microphone and finally it's best not the text if you're driving however in emergency situations Siri is a pretty good hands-free option let's go back to the office