This is the first time I have attempted to dictate a blog entry via Siri. So far it seems to be working. I am only doing this because I cut my right thumb at work today and that makes it very difficult to type on my iPod touch. Hopefully my thumb will be better tomorrow as the cut on my thumb begins to close up. It is very tedious to try to write on an iPod touch screen with only one hand.
I am writing this blog entry at home and it is not yet 10 PM. We were allowed to leave at 9:30 as a gesture for the long holiday weekend. it's nice to be able to leave work early of oh I confess that I would rather be able to have the extra hour but I can get paid for. This pay period is already going to be short as it is as I do not get holiday pay.
I think I'm finally getting the hang of dictating to my iPod via Siri. I think I may start doing this from now on. Although now that I think about it, it may not be the best idea as I typically do my blog riding while I'm on break or at lunch at work. I'm still getting the hang of having to say COMMA or P ER I O D in order to get the right punctuation mark. With a little bit of practice, I think I could get used to the idea of dictation. However, it is odd that I could say all these things out loud and have it appear on the screen. I've gotten so used to typing, it seems odd to verbalize this blog. It's kind of like reading it while it's being written.
In looking back over what I've dictated, I realize that I need to enunciate my words more clearly. Sometimes Siri puts the wrong word because it's just trying to guess what I am saying and it ends up being incorrect. I have also noticed that sometimes it leaves words out if it does not seem to hear them correctly. All in all, it's a different way of doing things.
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I was going to write about how tomorrow is Independence Day, and how we are planning to barbecue, but I have suddenly become very self-conscious about dictating this blog. It is occurred to me that people probably can hear me, as I have to enunciate very clearly and rather loudly in order for Siri to hear me clearly. It is strange; I find that having to dictate this blog has actually made me rather reluctant in having anything to say. Perhaps it is because in typing it out I tend to think more about when I'm going to say. I am not talkative by nature, so it seems very odd me for me to be saying this to anyone or anything, be it another person or Siri.
I also find that because I am dictating, and because Siri does not seem to understand my voice very well, I am having to do a good deal more editing. Typically it seems to be that Siri has misheard what I have said and has inserted the improper word or has left out a word.
I guess we will just have to chalk this one up to an experiment. I'm not terribly happy with the results, and even though my thumb needs to be bandaged, I am more inclined to try typing again than to continue with dictation. Besides, I have other things to do right now. I have to go start getting the grill ready for tomorrow and it's going to take some time, we need to let the actual grill soak so that we can scrub it in the morning. Also, I got to go dig out all the ashes so we can have good hot-hurting coals when we cook.
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