7. Talking to Your iPhone

Have you talked to your iPhone lately? If you’ve made any phone calls, you’ve spoken into it. But talking directly to your iPhone gives you access to a few powerful and timesaving features you ought to know about.

This chapter is all about talking to your iPhone. You’ll learn how to create voice memos for yourself, and, the most interesting thing of all, how to use your personal assistant, Siri, to do and find all kinds of things for you.

Creating Voice Memos

You can use your iPhone’s Voice Memos app to record audio and play it back later. It can be recorded using the built-in microphone (the same way that you talk to people during phone calls) or ...

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