"Raise to Speak" not working on iPhone 4s

I've experimented with it and it seems as though you have hold the phone in a position to look at the screen. Then lift it to your ear and Siri will be activated. This seems to work from any screen that you are on.

Here's how to trigger Siri via Raise-to-Speak:

1) Turn the phone's screen on (you don't have to unlock it)

2) Holding the phone so the screen is facing you (any angle is fine as long as the screen is facing you) like you are reading from it

3) With a medium/quick motion, bring the phone up to your ear like you would do when you are taking a phone call

4) Wait for the Siri beep

5) Talk!

Hope this helps!

Raise to speak if a nice feature, just wish it didn't kick in when I listen to my voicemail.

Still Raise-to-Speak not working properly. Using my left hand it works a as expected but using it with my right hand (as normal) it seldomly works. 😊

Greetz

joe

Let's face it, the 'raise-to-speak' feature barely works. It requires overly precise movements to be reliable. I've spent hours practicing to find the perfect movement(s), gestures, speed, angles, with only mixed results. Apple, I beg you to work on fixing this feature, it's a nice idea but it's too difficult to use, which conflicts with the user-friendly philosophy that most of your products embody.

For me, I finally turned it off for saving power(I hope it will).

Who need a function that does not work everytime? Rise then put-down then rise...forget it, just hold the home button...

Gud Jason...Probably you might be right. I was also facing the same problems but it worked fine as per your suggestions.

Hey it really works...!!!

And i'm too agree with you and the point is that Apple might have designed inorder to not to activate the SIRI accidentally.

Psicom, yours is the best advice I've found. Short movements, swinging from in front of you right to the ear. Thank you so much! Even the Apple store people couldn't tell me how to work it... you're the best!

psicom is correct. Activating Siri this way is tricky, and not at all intuitive.

You have to start with the phone in front of you, held parallelto the floor (ie. held flat horizontally), then bring it up to your ear so it's vertical with a normal, smooth motion. Your hand must rotate from the horizontal to vertical position of the phone.

If you start with the phone vertically in front of your face, then move it over to your ear Siri will NOT activate.

They key is starting with the phone held horizontally. The motion from horizontal to vertical is necessary. It uses the motion sensor as well as the proximity sensor.

This is illustrated on page 39 of the iPhone User Manual. I recommend you download the manual and look at the illustration and it will be crystal clear:

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf

@aaron330i: Wow, thank you. Something as simple as holding the phone to my left ear worked right away, versus the right ear.

@wnicolle: Thanks. I notice using the right ear works every time, if I first pull my hair back out of the way -- I have very long hair.

@Jason Scott5: Thanks, using a very quick motion up to the ear works, rather than slow motion.

Thanks for everyones tips.

I find this 'feature' to be a complete waste of time, poorly implemented and barely functional. Until and if Apple sort it out I'll stick to 'Home' button pressing. Much better than walking along looking like an idiot, swinging the phone up and down 10 times to get this to work once.

2) Holding the phone so the screen is facing you (any angle is fine as long as the screen is facing you) like you are reading from it

I think, this is the most important starting position to use raise to speak.

Graefe