Voice Assistant
How can I add items to my shopping list with Siri?
With Siri, you can conveniently add items to your shopping lists in pon using voice commands – whether on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or HomePod.
This is how it works:
Just say one of the following commands:
🗣️ “Add two packs of milk to my shopping list in pon.”
🗣️ “Add three cans of green beans to my party list in pon.”
🗣️ “Add milk in pon.”
What can Siri recognize?
✅ Quantities (e.g., “two packs,” “three cans”)
✅ Packaging units (e.g., “liters,” “kilograms”)
✅ Additional descriptions (e.g., “lactose-free,” “organic,” “extra spicy”)
✅ List names (e.g., “party list,” “farmers’ market”)
If you don’t specify a list name, pon will add the item to the list where you last used it.
How does pon recognize the correct item?
pon matches what Siri transmits with your saved items and automatically searches for the most suitable entry. This allows you to add even complex or custom-named items.
pon also applies all your product settings, including:
✔ Shopping locations
✔ Images
✔ Quantities
✔ Notes
This way, your shopping list stays just as organized as you’re used to – effortlessly with voice commands.
How can I add items to my shopping list with Alexa?
With the pon skill for Amazon Alexa, there are two ways to add items to your shopping list using voice commands:
1️⃣ Recommended method: Open the pon skill actively
This method is more reliable and reduces errors in speech recognition.
👉 Just say:
🗣️ “Alexa, open pon shopping list.”
Alexa then starts the pon skill and guides you through the process.
➡ Alexa asks: “What would you like to add to the list?”
➡ You respond, for example: “Add two packs of sugar.”
This approach improves the recognition of product names because Alexa actively asks for items.
💡 Tip: Always end your sentence with “add”, e.g., “Add milk” or “Add three packs of sugar”. This helps Alexa recognize the product name more accurately.
2️⃣ Direct commands without explicitly opening the skill
With this method, you can add items directly without first starting the skill.
👉 Examples:
🗣️ “Alexa, open pon shopping list and add two packs of milk.”
🗣️ “Alexa, open pon shopping list and add three cans of green beans to my list.”
⚠ Note: This method is more error-prone because Alexa has to process the entire command in one go. As a result, product names may be misrecognized more often.
How does pon recognize the correct item?
Since product names are often very specific, pon performs a similarity check with your saved items.
💡 Example:
You say: “Add 2 packs of Bèleme ham”
➡ Alexa instead understands “Betlehem ham” ❌
➡ pon compares the term with your product database and selects the correct item ✅
This ensures that pon adds items with the correct settings, quantities, images, and shopping locations to your list – even if Alexa doesn’t recognize the product name perfectly.
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