Siri is a great way to open Be My Eyes, describe your surroundings with Be My AI, initiate a new call to volunteers or a Service Directory company - no button-pressing required!
The default phrases that you can use now are:
- Call a volunteer with Be My Eyes
- Ask Be My Eyes
- Read with Be My Eyes
- Describe with Be My Eyes
- Describe quickly with Be My Eyes
- Describe fully with Be My Eyes
Siri Shortcuts
With the Be My Eyes 3.3 version or later, Siri Shortcuts lets you create personalized Siri phrases to Service Directory companies or rename the exiting phrases.
We suggest you make a Siri Shortcut right when you need it. If you make several calls to a specific Service Directory company, Be My Eyes might suggest adding it as Siri Shortcut. You can then add a custom phrase to call that specific Service Directory company. The “Add to Siri” suggestion will be shown as a prompt after the call.
Smart “Add to Siri” suggestions
Be My Eyes suggests Siri Shortcuts right when you need them. If you make several calls to a specific company from the Service Directory, Be My Eyes might suggest adding it as Siri Shortcut. You can then add a custom phrase to call that specific company from the Service Directory. The “Add to Siri” suggestion will be shown as a prompt after the call.
Adding shortcut from the Be My Eyes app settings
- In the Be My Eyes app, go to Settings > Siri Shortcuts.
- You’ll find a list of ‘Added Shortcuts’ and a list of ‘Suggested Shortcuts’.
- Tapping one of the ‘Suggested Shortcut’ will open the Shortcut composer page.
- In the Shortcut Composer page, you can write a personal phrase in the ‘When I say:’ text field. Try to write a simple phrase that you'll remember.
- Tap ‘Add To Siri’ button.
Run a shortcut with Siri
After you add a shortcut to Siri, you can run the shortcut by saying your personal phrase to Siri. Just say "Hey Siri," plus the personal phrase you created for the shortcut.
Technical note: Running Siri Shortcuts requires iOS 12 or later on iPhone, iPod Touch, HomePod, or Apple Watch Series 3 or later, and iOS 12 or iPadOS or later on iPad.
Delete a shortcut or change its phrase
- In the Be My Eyes app, go to Settings > Siri Shortcuts and navigate to ‘Added Shortcuts’ list.
- Tapping one of the ‘Added Shortcut’ will open the Edit Shortcut composer page.
- To change the phrase for the shortcut, edit ‘When I say:’ text field, then tap the ‘Save Shortcut’ button.
- To delete a shortcut, tap the ‘Delete Shortcut’ button.
Learn more
Want to learn more about Siri Shortcut? Check out the official Shortcuts User Guide by Apple or How to use Siri on your Apple devices Guide.