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This is the second and final part of our article about Siri for the Apple iPhone 4S and we will continue to offer some tips that you should consider in order to make better use of what Siri has to offer. It is highly recommended that you give the full command in one shot. Siri is fully capable of understanding run-on sentences so you should try to give full details about a command at once.

Another valuable tip that we can give you is to speak full names clearly. If Siri is not capable of understanding a proper name the first time you tell it, usually it will show you some options grabbed from your Contacts. Needless to say, you will now have to select the right person, and Siri (supposedly) is going to learn from your input. The more you say the same name for several times and the more you choose the corresponding option; Siri will learn how you are pronouncing the names that are in your phone's Contacts list so it won't make these mistakes as often in the future.

You also might want to consider adding relationships words such as "daughter", "son", "dad" and "wife". If you say "call my dad" Siri is going to ask you who your dad is and once you select it from the Contacts list Siri is going to know the next time who your dad is.

If you have used Siri before you probably have realized that it is imperfect. If you are unable to look at the screen of your iPhone 4S, you have the possibility to instruct Siri to read back your transcribed message before it will send it in order to prevent confusing, embarrassing and awkward errors. When Siri is going to ask you whether to save or send the message, you should say "read it to me" first, and now Siri is going to tell you the message that you are about to send. If you hear any mistakes, you can tell Siri what needs to be changed.

Once you tap on the mis-transcribed text, this will become editable. Fix what's wrong with a word and then Siri will reprocess the corrected instruction, which means that it will understand what you wanted to say in the first place. Another way to go would be that when the on-screen keyboard appears for editing the message, you have the possibility to use the microphone button to activate the 4S to start taking dictation.

The only method that you have to obtain Siri at the moment is by purchasing an Apple iPhone 4S. However, if you don't have the money for this smartphone but you are still curios to find out how it works, on the App Store you will find two similar (free) applications: Vlingo and Dragon Go! for iPhone. These will work regardless of the version of the iPhone that you have, but keep in mind that these do not have some of the features that Siri comes with.

In addition, if you don't have an iPhone, chances are that you own an Android device (since Windows Phone 7 is not very popular at the moment) which is why you might want to have a look at a similar application developed for Google's operating system which is called Speaktoit, a software that will offer you a taste of what Siri is capable of doing for you.

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