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
- 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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