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Fun Tip: Dictate Notes with Siri on iPhone 4S

Our Notes | By Andrew Sinkov
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Siri, the iPhone 4S digital assistant, does so many useful things; it helps you find the nearest pizza joint, reminds you to buy bread and even quotes 2001: A Space Odyssey. Did you know that you can also use Siri to dictate notes into your Evernote account? It’s true, and best of all, you probably already have it configured.

The set up is very straightforward. First, make Evernote a contact in your address book with your incoming Evernote email address. You can add the email by going into Evernote > Settings > Evernote email address.

Launch Siri and say “Send email to Evernote.” Next, dictate your email and send it off. The message will show up in your default notebook. Even cooler, you can say “Send email to Evernote. Make apple pie for family reunion,” and Siri will send that note into your account.

It’s the hands-free way to create notes. Perfect for when you’re driving, jogging or just not in the typing mood.

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  • Benton

    I think I have a solution. Enter “Evernote” as a nickname field. Don’t enter anything for the first last or company name. Then say “send email to evernote”. It worked for me!

  • http://arnellent.com Roger Burnell

    Great – these tips are working for us. Thanks to ALL!
    Did you know you can “SAY” punctuation marks? We are practicing. No success with “!”(“Punctuation Mark”) thus far!!

    • Kirby Krieger

      ! = “exclamation mark”.

      You can also say “endash” and “emdash”. They look especially good in the default Notes typeface.

  • http://www.therapylife.me Dan Polimeni

    Siri is great for me to do things like say “Play house music” and it will search through my play list and play music. Or if I want I could play a music podcast that’s downloaded in my iPhone.

  • http://billock.net Brent Billock

    For those who have tried making Evernote a person, using first and last names instead of the business field and other suggestions above without success, there is one more avenue to try.

    On your phone, edit the Evernote contact, select “Add Field” and select “Phonetic First Name.” Then tap the microphone on your keyboard and dictate “Evernote,” the way you’d like to say it. This helps Siri to connect the sound of your voice saying “evernote” to the contact named Evernote.

    My favorite workflow is to say “Email Evernote about A Great New Idea.” So Siri composes the Email with “A Great New Idea” in the subject field. This is what Evernote will interpret as the name of the note. Then she’ll ask me “what should it say?” And I’ll dictate the text for the description field.

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