Siri Commands

Text formatting

Keywords

new line
move to the next line (like pressing Return on a keyboard)
new paragraph
to start a new paragraph
all caps
to make the next word all uppercase. For example, saying:
I am hungry feed me all caps now please
produces the text:
I am hungry feed me NOW please
all caps on / off
to make part of what you say uppercase. For example, saying:
I am hungry all caps on feed me now all caps off please
produces the text:
I am hungry FEED ME NOW please
no caps
to make the next word lowercase. For example, saying:
I like no caps Mike
produces the text:
I like mike
no caps on / off
to make sure part of what you say is all lowercase. For example, saying:
Our friends no caps on Steve and Tina no caps off live in California
produces the text:
Our friends steve and tina live in California
space bar
to prevent a hyphen from appearing in a normally hyphenated word. For example, saying:
This restaurant is first space bar class
prevents first-class from being hyphenated, and produces the text:
This restaurant is first class

Punctuation

  • period
  • comma
  • apostrophe
  • exclamation point
  • question mark
  • ampersand
  • asterisk
  • open parenthesis
  • close parenthesis
  • open bracket
  • close bracket
  • open brace
  • close brace
  • dash
  • hyphen
  • em dash
  • percent sign
  • copyright sign
  • registered sign
  • section sign
  • dollar sign
  • cent sign
  • degree sign
  • caret
  • at sign
  • pound sterling sign
  • pound sign
  • greater than sign
  • less than sign
  • forward slash
  • back slash
  • vertical bar
  • smiley (or smiley face, or smile face)
  • frowny (or frowny face, or frown face)
  • winky (or winky face, or wink face)

App Integration

Calendars

Adding Events
  • Set up a meeting at 9
  • Set up a meeting with Michael at 9
  • Meet with Lisa at noon
  • Set up a meeting about hiring tomorrow at 9am
  • New appointment with Susan Park Friday at 3
  • Schedule a planning meeting at 8:30 today in the boardroom
Changing events
  • Move my 3pm meeting to 4:30
  • Reschedule my appointment with Dr. Manning to next Monday at 9am
  • Add Lisa to my meeting with Jason
  • Cancel the budget review meeting
Asking about events
  • What does the rest of my day look like?
  • Whats on my calendar for Friday?
  • When is my next appointment?
  • When am I meeting with Michael?
  • Where is my next meeting?

Alarms

Setting Alarms
  • Wake me up tomorrow at 7am
  • Set an alarm for 6:30am
  • Wake me up in 8 hours
  • Change my 6:30 alarm to 6:45
  • Turn off my 6:30 alarm
  • Delete my 7:30 alarm
Checking the Clock
  • What time is it?
  • What time is it in Berlin?
  • What is todays date?
  • Whats the date this Saturday?
Using a Timer
  • Set the timer for ten minutes
  • Show the timer
  • Pause the timer
  • Resume
  • Reset the timer
  • Stop it

Email

Sending Messages
  • Email Lisa about the trip
  • Email Jennifer about the change in plans
  • New email to Susan Park
  • Mail Dad about the rent check
  • Email Dr. Manning and say I got the forms, thanks
  • Mail Lisa and Jason about the party and say I had a great time
Checking Messages
  • Check email
  • Any new email from Michael today?
  • Show new mail about the lease
  • Show the email from Lisa yesterday
Responding to Messages
  • Reply Dear Susan sorry about the late payment
  • Call him at work

Friends

Checking Up on Friends
  • Wheres Jason?
  • Where is my sister?
  • Is my wife at home?
  • Where are all my friends?
  • Who is here?
  • Who is near me?

Maps

Directions
  • How do I get home?
  • Show 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino California
  • Directions to my dads work
Local Businesses
  • Find coffee near me
  • Where is Starbucks?
  • Find some burger joints in Baltimore
  • Find a gas station within walking distance
  • Good Mexican restaurants around here

Messages

Sending Texts
  • Tell Susan Ill be right there
  • Send a message to Jason Russell
  • Send a message to Lisa saying how about tomorrow
  • Tell Jennifer the show was great
  • Send a message to Susan on her mobile saying Ill be late
  • Send a message to 408 555 1212
  • Text Jason and Lisa where are you?
Reading Texts
  • Read my new messages
  • Read it again
Replying to Texts
  • Reply thats great news
  • Tell him Ill be there in 10 minutes
  • Call her

Music

Playback
  • Play The Light of the Sun
  • Play Trouble
  • Play Taking Back Sunday shuffled
  • Play Alicia Keys
  • Play some blues
  • Play my party mix
  • Shuffle my roadtrip playlist
  • Play
  • Pause
  • Skip

Notes

Creating and finding notes
  • Note that I spent $12 on lunch
  • Note: check out that new Alicia Keys album
  • Find my restaurant note
  • Create a reading list note
  • Add Tom Sawyer to my reading list note

Phone

Phone calls
  • Call Jason
  • Call Jennifer Wright mobile
  • Call Susan on her work phone
  • Call 408 555 1212
  • Call home
  • FaceTime Lisa

Reminders

Requesting reminders
  • Remind me to call mom
  • Remind me to call my mom when I get home
  • Remember to take an umbrella
  • Remind me take my medicine at 6am tomorrow
  • Remind me to pick up flowers when I leave here
  • Remind me when I leave to call Jason
  • Remind me to finish the report by 6

Stocks

Checking Stocks
  • Whats Apples stock price?
  • What is Apples PE ratio?
  • What did Yahoo close at today?
  • How is the Nikkei doing?
  • How are the markets doing?
  • What is the Dow at?

Weather

Checking the Forecast
  • Whats the weather for today?
  • Whats the weather for tomorrow?
  • Will it rain in Cupertino this week?
  • Check next weeks forecast for Burlington
  • Whats the forecast for this evening?
  • Hows the weather in Tampa right now?
  • How hot will it be in Palm Springs this weekend?
  • Whats the high for Anchorage on Thursday?
  • Whats the temperature outside?
  • How windy is it out there?
  • When is sunrise in Paris?

Websearch

Looking up information
  • Search the web for Bora Bora
  • Search for vegetarian pasta recipes
  • Search the web for best cable plans
  • Google the war of 1812
  • Search Wikipedia for Abraham Lincoln
  • Search for news about the World Cup
  • Bing Alicia Keys
Using Wolfram Alpha
  • How many calories in a bagel?
  • What is an 18% tip on $86.74 for four people?
  • Whos buried in Grants tomb?
  • How long do dogs live?
  • What is the Gossamer Condor?
  • Whats the square root of 128?
  • How many dollars is 45?
  • What was the Best Picture of 1983?
  • How many days until Christmas?
  • How far away is the Sun?
  • When is the next solar eclipse?
  • Show me the Orion constellation
  • Whats the population of Jamaica?
  • How high is Mt. Everest?
  • How deep is the Atlantic ocean?
  • Whats the price of gasoline in Chicago?..

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