Poll: How many HN iOS users actually use Siri?

I vote for the 5th option, "I never use it, found it annoying, and turned the bloody thing off in settings".

Just a suggestion - using the word "actually" will severely skew the results of your poll. Too much confirmation bias.

I use it for a single thing, but I always use it for that almost daily: to add things to the calendar.

Also from time to time I text my wife while driving.

I use it sometimes when I'm cycling to play certain song, playlist or album, or to get the current time. If it would understand me, it would be even useful.

I use it for setting timers and alarms, but that's about it. For more advanced queries, I am always afraid that Siri will fail me and I will have to look it up on google myself, so I just do that first.

I find it really useful for two specific actions: Setting a timer whilst cooking, and setting reminders.

"Remind me to renew my insurance next monday at lunch time" takes a lot less time that manually entering a date, time and task. 5 seconds as opposed to 30 seconds to a minute.

And whilst cooking, setting a timer quickly without having to navigate through menus with greasy hands is great.

It did take quite a while to actually remember to use it.

I use it all the time for exactly two things:

1. "Set an alarm for __:__"

2. "Set a timer for ____ minutes"

I use the dictation feature in email and notes pretty constantly. It's remarkably accurate with zero training needed, and is much faster than typing by hand. Also saves on hand strain.

I disabled it mainly for one reason: the ill-conceived placement of the Siri button on the keyboard. I use the keyboard all the time, but I only use Siri from time to time.

When I am trying to type, I shouldn't have to worry about where my left thumb is hitting when I need the ".?123" button.

As far I know, there's no way to keep Siri enabled but to remove that button from the keyboard.

I like looking up scores and statistics during the NFL and NBA seasons via the Yahoo Sports integration.

I use it to set my alarm and call people

If the dictation feature on the keyboard counts (and I suppose it should, because the dictation is sent to a service somewhere to be processed; it doesn't happen on the phone), I use that dozens of times a day. I rarely use Siri proper for anything other than setting the occasional reminder or alarm though.

Can u put an option: "what was the point to upgrade, when my iPhone 4 works fine." :)

I use it almost every day to make calls and listen to/respond to texts while driving.

"Where is the nearest Starbucks?"

"I don't understand 'Near Mint Star Monks'"

"IIIIII NEEEEED DIIIIREECTIOOONS TOOOOOO TTTHHHEEEE NEEEEAAARRESSTT STTTAAARRRBBBBUUUUCCCKKKSSS"

<Siri does nothing>

<ask again>

"Getting directions to Starbucks"

I use it for that - and similar - with some regularity. Faster than pulling over and safer than typing.

I've found it pretty useless for anything else.

only have an 3Gs to test the browser rendering.

I use it all the time to choose songs or make calls while driving, and it's the fastest way to set alarms or timers.

As a follow up - if voice recognition was perfect every time, how much would you use it?

If every third-party app you used daily had a Siri plug-in, how much would you use it?

Indeed, I was expecting that Siri can follow a simple conversation. Like a Turing test for children but only answers a few questions like "What is your name?" or "How old are you?".

Obligatory: poll responses voluntary. Poll results meaningless. Responders lie. pg, please remove the ability to create polls because it just introduces noise. It might have been useful at one time, but not anymore.

Hm, I'm really, really surprised. I'd like to hear the results for Google Now. I use it probably half a dozen times a day, though I probably only have to actively talk to it once or twice a day when I'm going somewhere out of the ordinary and need directions.

None of those fancy things seems to work if you have just a hint of an accent. Yes my accent is fairly noticeable, but that doesn't seem to bother humans .. But I feel less bad knowing Siri doesn't work if you happen to be Scottish.

ps: I also hate phone menus that can only be accessed via voice recognition.

My son (5yo) laughs at me arguing with Siri when trying to send an SMS to my wife through my car's Bluetooth/hands-free setup.

He thinks my phone is an idiot that can't understand me.

So, I'm not sure how successfully I use Siri, but I do use it a lot for hands-free messaging.

I use Siri and voice dictation every day for:

    "text my wife I'm on my way home"
    "set timer for 10 minutes" (cooking)
    "Directions to 101 spear st, san francisco"
    "Remind me to ______ at 5pm today"

... and writing meeting summaries in the car. (always needs some fixing afterwards from my mac)

It sucks for lots of other stuff, but I've found these pretty useful.

I'm an Indian and Siri has no notion of any accents or usages other than some variations of American English. Android speech recognition though works incredibly well for me.

I live in a mixed iPhone/Android household. The iPhone users have completely given up on Siri understanding almost anything in their accent. My Nexus4 understands me almost flawlessly. I use it all the time for the usual "remind me to mail the check at 2 pm", "Call <person-name> mobile" type things to relatively complex search queries "what was that movie with Hugh Jackman about magic" etc. It typically does and searches what I want within the first try... more complex things could take two or three tries. But the hit-rate is good enough to encourage me to keep using it on a regular basis