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How can I have Siri add a list of numbers from me no matter what I do I can’t get her to work

I have a long list of numbers that I would like Siri to Add for me I can’t figure out how to do it

iPhone 11, iOS 14

Posted on May 9, 2021 4:54 AM

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Posted on May 9, 2021 7:29 AM

I'm trying to figure out how to get siri to put a list of numbers check amounts that I dictate and write them down in a note and total them so I can see them I have tried all kinds of different ways and I just can't come up with the right words there's got to be a way do this I just can't figure it out.

Is there a way to have siri take a dictated List like from the checkbook to use that as an exampleAnd write them down and told them so you can have them for your records to look at I have not found a way to do it yet I come close but Siri just doesn't get it or I just can't explain how to do it I don't know I'm not having any fun though I think I'll just go to the calculator and do it by self instead of Trying have Siri do it LOL

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May 9, 2021 7:29 AM in response to Ahmad_borini

I'm trying to figure out how to get siri to put a list of numbers check amounts that I dictate and write them down in a note and total them so I can see them I have tried all kinds of different ways and I just can't come up with the right words there's got to be a way do this I just can't figure it out.

Is there a way to have siri take a dictated List like from the checkbook to use that as an exampleAnd write them down and told them so you can have them for your records to look at I have not found a way to do it yet I come close but Siri just doesn't get it or I just can't explain how to do it I don't know I'm not having any fun though I think I'll just go to the calculator and do it by self instead of Trying have Siri do it LOL

May 9, 2021 3:29 PM in response to Spdjnky

As you know Siri is not able to do new things so she can't create a new note, there's a way might help you.

first create a new note and name it "total" for example, then you can ask Siri to calculate something, for example say "what is the total of 1+1+3+5+1" Siri will reply: "11" the you will tell her to add "11" to a note she will ask you which note then you choose the one that you name it "total".

I hope this method will help you.

May 9, 2021 1:07 PM in response to Alancito

Thank You I didn't know but here is what Siri will show on my Mac as I read off the amounts to Siri. But Siri will stop pause after so many and if I make a mistake or I really don't know but what I do know is what you see there disappears and I can't find a history for Siri so if I don't right where I was down I have to start all over. What I thought would save me typing in the #'s in has not worked like I thought it would. That's why I thought that if I could have Siri do the Math in Notes I would not lose it.

And now it's to the point where I just want to see if Siri will do it. I didn't think it was that complicated. But I guess it is at least for me.

May 9, 2021 8:24 AM in response to kb1951

yes that was helpful thank you are you have that part Down but when it comes to the list siri only will take so many additions at one time before it pauses it does display them on my Mac where I can see them better than my iPhone but what I would like to do is do this in notes so when it stops I will have a record and can add to it easily I have not figured that part out yet.

adding 23.67+27.93+26.57+33.90 and so on works good but I can't get siri to do both. Meaning siri will put the numbers in notes but not add them up in notes. At least I can't find a way to do it. Meaning of this I can have Siri put 23.67+27.93+26.57+33.90 in the notes but I can't figure out how to have the numbers added it up like Siri will do if you have the text showing like this If

How can I have Siri add a list of numbers from me no matter what I do I can’t get her to work

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