Talk:Siri

Localisation

‘Siri’ would be pronounced the same as 尻 shiri (‘buttocks’) or 私利 shiri (‘personal profit’) in Japanese. It will be interesting to see what name Apple pick for this product when they eventually localise it for the Japanese market.

Actually, that raises the question of how it’s supposed to be pronounced in English. Is it supposed to be from ‘yes, sir-ee!’? Or would you pronounce it more like an Italian or Spanish word of that spelling? This should have some bearing on the decision for a good localisation. — Chameleon 05:59, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

On the other hand, in Japanese it could also be shiri 知り "knowing" as in monoshiri 物知り "someone knowledgeable." --Hakanai (talk) 01:00, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

So far I have heard it called "siri" with approximate Italian/Spanish pronunciationion the US far more than with the pronunciation indicated in the article, which weakens the tonic vowel to schwa. 198.228.197.158 (talk) 14:06, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

questions

Does the name mean anythig? Is it an acronym? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.62.162.224 (talk) 02:47, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

• I think this is a reference to the Hyperion Cantos. 195.169.141.54 (talk) 10:28, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Without a reference, that is pure speculation. And anyway, i dont remember there being anything about the character that could possibly relate to speech recognition. But, since you are not the only person to ask, i did place her name in the disambig page for Siri, as a notable fictional character.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:40, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Do we know the influences that let to the creation of Siri? Do they include Microsoft's Ms_Dewey? 184.9.14.6 (talk) 00:30, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

History and whereabouts of Founder and ex-CEO

So what does Dag Kittlaus do these days? Is he involved with Apple? Wouldn't that be interesting information, too?

I've added an interesting link (at least to my take) with him and his VP Engineering (prior to Apple acquisition) but don't have free resources right now to do further research, unfortunatly. http://twitter.com/#!/dagk/ doesn't seem suitable for a start, either 84.174.75.195 (talk) 11:23, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Update: In an October 3, 2011 interview Co-Founder of Siri, Norman Winarsky claims "At the time of Apple purchase, theders still work at Apple with much of the rest of the original team." Source: http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/03/co-founder-of-siri-assistant-is-a-world-changing-event-interview

This needs to be verified. I've added the link to the article. 84.174.75.195 (talk) 11:31, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

S.I.R.I. = Steve is resting inside lol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.139.158.156 (talk) 18:45, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:02, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Siri (software) → Siri — There is a disambiguation page for other iterations of Siri, and this is the most well known version of the name. Richiekim (talk) 18:19, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Survey

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• Oppose. No evidence shows that the software is the primary meaning of Siri. Please notice that Giuseppe Siri has already 14-other-language Wikipedia versions while Siri (software) has only five. --Pengyanan (talk) 19:15, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Comment: Not sure if many people will be searching the Giuseppe Siri by only his last name. And without a crystal ball, I imagine that eventually the Siri (software) page will surpass 14 other languages (iPhone has 50+)--Travis Thurston+ 21:03, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Comment: But Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, and please avoid recentism. --Pengyanan (talk) 00:48, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

• Support - Looking at the dab page for Siri, I don't see a problem with the proposed move. --Travis Thurston+ 18:25, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
• Support With hatlink to Giuseppe Siri (as well as to dab page) so people searching for him with "Siri" are still only one click away, just as they would if the dab page was at Siri. --Born2cycle (talk) 21:34, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose This feels like too much recentism to me. There items at the dab are compelling enough that this subject shouldn't get the unadorned title. ErikHaugen (talk | contribs) 06:04, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose, Possible recentism, unclear if the main usage of Siri is the one regarding software. But I think this could be discussed later, when things are more "settled down". --SF007 (talk) 07:41, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Discussion

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POV

This article is half written like an advertisement (cf. "It supposedly makes phone life a whole lot easier!"). Should be cleaned up and revised critically. Cerberus™ (talk) 15:30, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

The non-neutral section you were referring to has been removed. I scanned the article and found no advert-like language.--Travis Thurston+ 19:22, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Section Needed, Siri keywords

Two friends have the iPhone 4S and already they are having issues trying to find exactly what to say to get the answer they are looking for. I heard on talk radio that one keyword is 'mileage', as in 'What is the mileage from Bakersfield California to Portland Oregon", returns a screen full of information (interesting, but mostly useless). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.110.157.222 (talk) 18:38, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

• This is a good idea, but of course it needs to be done with proper citation to reliable sources. In other words, you can't just figure out what works and document that here ... that would be original research. --Born2cycle (talk) 21:36, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

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Daisy Bell

Citation? I tried "sing a song" and got a stream of misunderstandings. 124.179.5.51 (talk) 00:41, 23 October 2011 (UTC)