Siri, similar Google Assistant, tin can struggle with pronouncing your friends' names, especially if there are silent letters or odd combinations. But there'southward a mode to fix that.

It'due south especially bad for me; a lot of my friends accept Irish names like Sinéad (pronounced Shin-ade), Eabha (Ay-va), Siobhán (Shiv-awn), or Sadhbh (Sive). As you tin run across, Irish is pretty big on adding extra letters that are pronounced in a totally different way to any other language!

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The good thing is, it'due south very easy to add a "Phonetic Proper name" to your contacts on iOS. This fashion, Siri knows what way to pronounce things, and will empathise yous better when you try to make a call or text. Here'south how.

Open the Contacts app (or get to the Contacts screen in the Telephone app) and select the contact y'all desire to add a Phonetic Proper noun for. I'grand going to add 1 for my fictional friend Sadhbh MacLochlain.

Tap Edit in the top correct, curl downwardly to the bottom and so tap Add Field.

Select Phonetic First Name (or Phonetic Last Proper name) and the empty field will go added to the contact.

Enter a rough phonetic pronunciation for the name and and then tap Done.

Now Siri will really pronounce your friends' proper name correctly, and understand you when you say it.