# Siri on iOS

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/siri-on-ios/23709>\
**Category:** Tips\
**Created:** [March 19, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/siri-on-ios/23709 "2018-03-19T20:23:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ehwilder](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/bbce88/32.png) [@ehwilder](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/ehwilder)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/siri-on-ios/23709/1 "2018-03-19T20:23:19Z")

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What is the phrase that signals Siri to take a DTTG note?

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/siri-on-ios/23709/2 "2018-03-19T21:10:13Z")

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“Hey, Siri - take a note in DEVONthink."

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**Author:** ![TonyLim](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@TonyLim](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/TonyLim)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/siri-on-ios/23709/3 "2021-07-28T09:05:14Z")

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It creates a **Plain Text** note. How can I get it to create a **Markdown** note?

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**Author:** ![Blanc](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/blanc/32/8008_2.png) [@Blanc](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Blanc)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/siri-on-ios/23709/4 "2021-07-28T10:32:38Z")

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I can’t test this (different language, and I’m not sure I want to give Siri access to DT), but have you tried “Hey, Siri - take a markdown note in DEVONthink”? (I presume you have and that it doesn’t work; just kinda hoping you havn’t had the same idea and now think I’m totally brilliant for solving it 😏)

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/siri-on-ios/23709/5 "2021-07-28T13:14:26Z")

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That output of that command isn’t user-definable.  
If you create a Shortcut for creating a note, you should be able to use the name of the Shortcut as a Siri command.

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**Author:** ![TonyLim](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@TonyLim](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/TonyLim)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/siri-on-ios/23709/6 "2021-07-29T06:18:19Z")

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Tried that. It doesn’t work. It gave me a Plain Text note with Title Markdown. 😄

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**Author:** ![Solar-Glare](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/solar-glare/32/18874_2.png) [@Solar-Glare](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Solar-Glare)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/siri-on-ios/23709/7 "2021-07-29T15:05:36Z")

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Likely, the correct shortcut didn’t run in that case. You could try and use a completely different naming and phrasing to have Siri run it and even have the shortcut ask for dictation input to set the name.