For some time Siri has become much more precise when it comes to pronouncing the names and surnames of people in our contacts. Whether it’s ourselves or anyone on our schedule, our favorite helper should read us the name exactly.
And even there are complex surnames or first names which lead to the most particular pronunciations, especially when it comes to certain foreign languages. Luckily, we can help Siri with more information so she can pronounce any name the way we want.
A little audit for Siri
When we save a contact in the Contacts app on our iPhone, iPad or Mac, we usually fill in the information of name, company, phone, email, etc. There is, but, much more information we can store from a contact
Note, before doing so, that the system offers us two fields related to this variable: phonetics and pronunciation. While the first allows us to write the special characters typical of phonetics, the exact representation of the sound, it is in the pronunciation that we will act. Because? Besides why Siri will use this information to pronounce the name and surname of our contacts, because there we write as it soundswithout having to know phonetic symbols.
Just like adding custom pronunciations for read text, let’s see how to get siri to pronounce any name correctly
- We open the application contacts on our iPhone or iPad.
- We open the contact that interests us.
- We press the button Edit.
- subsection Ratings click on add the field.
- we select Name (pronunciation) oh Last name (pronunciation) as we need.
- We write the surname and/or first name exactly as it is pronounced.
- we press OKAY.
That’s all. Now we can go to Siri to, for example, ask it to call a contact by phone and we will see that the person’s name is pronounced correctly. Also, if we have activated the incoming call announcement, we will appreciate the difference in the way of reading the name
A minor detail, which many of us may not pay attention to, but which, depending on the name we use, will make the difference. Sometimes, out of ignorance of these options, we can try to get used to how Siri pronounces certain names, but the truth is that it should be just the opposite. And that with the pronunciation of first and last names, we can make Siri act exactly as we expect.
In Applesphere | Thus, we can improve the quality of the voice notes that we record with our iPhone, iPad or Mac