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Tell Avery with Siri

Say a to-do out loud on your iPhone and Avery puts the card on your deck. No shortcut to build, and you don't have to open the app.

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The follow-up you think of in the car is the one that gets lost. With the AveryIQ app on your iPhone, you can say it to Siri and Avery makes the card, the same card you'd get from tapping + and Voice note.

There's nothing to set up. Open AveryIQ once after you install or update it, and stay signed in.

Step 1Say "Hey Siri, tell AveryIQ"

Siri asks, "What should I tell Avery?" Any of these start it:

  • "Tell AveryIQ"
  • "Tell Avery in AveryIQ"
  • "Remind me in AveryIQ"
  • "Add a to-do in AveryIQ"

It takes two breaths: the phrase first, then what you want to tell her. Apple doesn't let the two run together in one sentence.

Step 2Say it the way you'd say it to an assistant

Say who, what and when, in your own words:

  • "Remind me to follow up with Priya Raman tomorrow."
  • "Call Marcus Bell back at 3."
  • "Send the CMA to Dana Whitfield by Friday."

It doesn't have to be a to-do. Anything you'd tell Avery in the app works here, like a detail about a past client, and she saves it the same way.

Step 3Listen for what she heard

Siri answers one of three ways:

  • "Got it. Follow up with Priya Raman, tomorrow." Avery made the card, and Siri reads back who and when so you can catch a wrong guess.
  • "Got it. I told Avery." She has your words and is still working. This is the usual answer, because Siri only waits a few seconds. A notification from Avery follows with what she saved.
  • "Avery has a question for you in AveryIQ." She needs something from you, like which Sarah you meant. Open Inbox and answer in Avery's conversation.

A card for today is on your deck right away. One for a later day shows up on that day; until then it's in View all.

Like paper on your desk? Once the card is there, you can print it on a receipt printer.

If something's in the way

  • No signal. Siri says she saved it on your iPhone. It goes to Avery the next time you tell her something with Siri.
  • Signed out. Siri asks you to open AveryIQ and sign in. Say it again after you do.

Put it on the Action button

Tell Avery is also in the Shortcuts app, under AveryIQ. If your iPhone has an Action button, you can run it from there: open Settings, then Action Button, choose Shortcut and pick Tell Avery.