I'm pretty used to everyone pronouncing my name wrong, so I didn't really expect Siri to get it right. However, I really don't want to have to always hear the mispronunciation whenever I use Siri. I haven't had much time to play with it or anything, so it might be obvious, but I was just wondering if there is a way to teach her to pronounce it and how to do so. Thanks!
iOS 5, iPhone 4S
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I actually figured it out - under contacts, there's a field for "phonetic first/last name." Just spell it how it sounds and Siri will get it.
That seems like it should do it. Thanks!
I've added the phonetic spelling under the specific contacts, but Siri doesn't seem to want to use that. Is there a way to force it? Do you have to restart something? Anyone else having this issue?
Yeah, I add phonetic spellings too to my Contacts. But Siri is just ignoring them.
Do you have to write the phonetic spellings in a particular way?
Update: Siri is now using my phonetic spellings. I don't know what I did that fixed it (perhaps restarting my iPhone or syncing with iTunes) but it now works correctly.
Restarting is probably what did it.
Restarting, both hard and soft, didn't do the trick for me. Siri recognizes ONLY the phonetic spelling I entered on MY OWN contact info, but no one else's. Help please.
The masses seem to be saying that this feature works on ALL contacts that Siri mis-pronounces. I, and others, cannot get that to happen. The Troubleshooting link provides the following, which is genuinely ambiguous as to whether it applies to all contacts, or just "yours." Notice, it is under the main heading of "Providing Siri With User Information." It also contains a typo that says "If Siri is pronouncing a name correctly[sic] you can...." when the instructions are to help with INcorrectly prounounced names. Still waiting for an answer.
Providing Siri with User Information
Siri uses relational data from your Contact to learn about the people close to you. Information on what you can let Siri know is available in the iPhone User Guide.
To set your contact tap Settings > General > Siri > My Info and select your contact.
If Siri is pronouncing a name correctly you can add phonetic first and last names to your contact entries:
Remember, Siri is still beta and likely has bugs. You can report them to Apple:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
My question is why you need correct pronunciations of other contacts since Siri is speaking only to you, not them, and you should know who it's referring to?
I would just like it to repeat my son's name with the correct pronunciation when I ask it to send him a text. There is some confusion I think as to whether some of us are discussing Siri UNDERSTSANDING what WE say, versus Siri beinbg able to pronounce names it says correctly. Form what is said all over the webm Siri should be able to do BOTH based on the phonetic name field entries.
"My question is why you need correct pronunciations of other contacts since Siri is speaking only to you, not them, and you should know who it's referring to?"
Really? You can't imagine that I'd like the Siri to understand what I'm saying versus it correcting me about how to say my own friend's names?
Huh? Siri doesn't "correct" you or anything, That's completely in your mind.
Actually, it does work. Thank you so much for the help. I felt so annoyed when Siri pronounced MY name wrong. 🙂
No matter how many times I have tried, Siri will still not say my last name correctly! I have tried the phoenetic name idea and typed in my last name a bunch of different ways, but it just ignores it! How is this possible!? Does anyone have any other suggestions.
How can I teach Siri to pronounce my name correctly?
