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A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR PHONE PLUS GOOGLING FOR ANSWERS
CompiledbyJonathanBaconfor a SIDLIT2017 sessionat JohnsonCountyCommunityCollege.
Commands to try on Sirii
:
To get Siri’s attention: pressand holdthe Home buttonor say “HeySiri.”
Note: If your iPador iPhone doesn’trespondto “HeySiri”go to Settings> Siri and be sure Allow"HeySiri” is
enabled.
If you have an iPhone 6sor later,an iPadPro 12.9-inch (2ndgeneration),aniPadPro10.5-inch,or an iPadPro
(9.7-inch), youcan use "HeySiri"wheneveryouwant.If youhave an iPhone 6 or earlier,oranotheriPador iPod
touch model, youneedtoplugyourdevice intopowerfirst.
NUMBERS
 Ask for solutionsto mathematical equations:“What’s the square root of 10,058?”
 To have Siri flipa coinor roll the dice:“Flipa coin” or “roll the dice”or “roll a six-sideddice.”
 To pick a number: “Picka numberbetween1and100.”
 To figure the amount of a tip: “How muchshouldItip on a $32.95 bill?”
 To get the calorie count of a fooditem: “How manycaloriesina hot chocolate?”
 To convert anything: “How manycups ina gallon?”or“How manylitersina gallon?”
PHOTOS, PHONES, LISTS, WORDS AND APPS
 To call someone on speakerphone: “Call mywife on speaker”or“call mywife home phone on
speaker.”
 To locate photos on your iPhone or the web basedon time,place, album or persons:
“Findphotosof StephenHawking” or“Findall dogphotos”or “Findphotosof [someone onyour
phone].”
 To create and or add to a list: “Addbacon to shoppinglist.”
 To find the spellingofwords or the definition: “How doyou spell mathematical?”
or “What isthe meaningof critical thinking?”
 To pronounce a word: “Howdo you pronounce the wordspelled Sacajawea”or“How do youpronounce
the word spelled Lahaina?”
 To set a reminderfor a specifictime and date: “Remindme at 8:45 AMtoday to take my vitamins.”
 To set reminderswith a link back to content:go to a webpage andsay “Remindme of this.”
 To open apps: “OpenFitbit”or“OpenFacebook.”
CHATTING WITH SIRI
 To find the forecast: “What is the temperature outside”or“What isthe forecast for tomorrow?”
 To just chat: “Tell me a joke”or “read me a Haiku” or “Can yourap?”
or “What’syour favorite book?”
 To Thank Siri: “Thank you,Siri.”

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 To find the name of a song/tune:“Can you name thistune?”
TRAVEL
 To find out about a specificlocationor attraction: “Which fourpresidentsare onMount Rushmore?”
 To find out what planes are flyingoverhead:“What planesare flyingoverhead.”
 To get directions: “DirectionstoKauffmanCenter”or“Where isTiffanyHillsSportsComplex?”
 To determine the lengthof time to a location: “How longto drive to Fayetteville,Arkansas?”
DATES AND CALENDARS
 To add a date to your Calendar:“Add Doctor AppointmenttomycalendarforAugust17, 2017 at 3
PM.”
 To find some’sanniversary or birthdate: “WhenisDonaldTrump’sbirthday”or “WhenisJimmy
Carter’sweddinganniversary?”
 To rememberHolidays: “WhenisMother’sDay in 2018?”
 To determine specificdayof weekof an event:“On whatday doesChristmasfall in2018” or “what day
of the weekwasJuly11, 1913?”
TRIVIA
 To get movie plot, cast and other basic information:“Tell me aboutLa La Land.”
 To find trivia answers: “What movieshasChrisPrattstarredin?”
 To fact check: “Who wonthe last SuperBowl?”
or “Who wasthe 23rd
Presidentof the UnitedStates?”
or “How manyPresidentsare onUS coins?”
 To do research:“Whenwas Mount Rushmore completed”or“whendidWorldWar II end?”
SETTINGS
 To switch to the selfie camera: “Take a selfie.”
 To set an alarm: “Set andalarm for 4:30 PM today.”
 To delete all alarms: “Delete all alarms.”
 To change how Siri addressesyou: “Call me Kingof the Road.”
 To stop/start notifications,alertsand calls from making any noise,vibrationor lightingup the phone
screenwhen the screenis locked: “Do NotDisturb”or “Turn off Do Not Disturb.”
 To turn on Airplane mode which turns off cellularand Wi-Fi:“Turnon Airplane mode.”However,if you
do,you disable Siri…butshe/hewillwarnyou.
GETTING TO KNOW SIRI
If you pose a questiontoSiri andshe misunderstands the question,youcanedityourquestionusingthe “tapto
edit”linkthat appearsunderyourquestion.Thenedit the questionasyouwouldanytextentry.
Settings> Siri > Access WhenLocked enablesyoutouse Siri evenif yurphone islocked.If youdon’twant others
to use Siri whenyourphone islocked,turnoff thisfeature.

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Siri workswithalmostall built-inappsplusahostof othersthanksto SiriKit,the software developmentkit(SDK)
providedbyApple. While the listathttps://goo.gl/kyQzB3 and https://goo.gl/APZtwu may expandwith time, it
givesyouan ideaof the apps SRIcan interface with.
Google SearchTips and Tricks:
Searchbox usesupto 32 words,not case sensitive,Booleanoperatorsare case sensitive (AND,OR),wordorder
matters,punctuationignored(except$and underscore ordash) and usesautomaticwordstemming.
 To find the meaning ofa term, precede itwith define: Example:define:coterie
 To find an exact text or phrase surround the words with quotes.Example:
“JohnsonCountyCommunityCollege”
 To eliminate certainwords in the search results,use the minus signimmediatelyfollowedbythe text.
Example: Garfield –comicsorgarfield-comics-davis-"themusical"-school
 To replace certain words and findphrases that match. Example: "a * in time saves*”
or “If youcan't say * don't"
 To search for the text onlyon a specificwebsite.Example: “bacon site:jccc.edu”
 To search for and compare two items use vs. Example:baconvs.ham
 For an AdvancedSearch: type “advancedsearch” insearchbox or after conductinga search,selectthe
“Search Tools,”if available.
Sources:
 http://bgr.com/2015/07/20/siri-tricks-tips-commands/ (Siri Tricks&Tips)
 http://www.imore.com/secret-siri-commands-ten-ways-amp-your-digital-assistant(SecretSiri
Commands)
 http://www.cheatsheet.com/gear-style/apples-siri-12-tricks-you-didnt-know-she-could-do.html (12Siri
Tricks)
 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204389 (GettingStartedwithSiri,includingsetupandchange voice.
 http://libguides.mit.edu/google (Google searchtips)
 http://www.thetechieteacher.net/2016/05/10-things-siri-can-do-for-teachers.html (10ThingsSiri Can
Do for Teachers& Students)
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You can change Siri’svoice usingthese steps:
1. SelectSettings.
2. Scroll downand selectSiri
3. Scroll downand selectSiri Voice
4. SelectAccent(American,Australianor British) andGender(Male orFemale)
Note: before you can useSiri’s new voice you may need to waituntil ithas been downloaded (if it’s the firsttime you’ve
used the specified accentand gender).