[username4]

How do you pronounce Ixoth?

[alastairpat]

"Tell Ixoth to see the top story on Hacker News. It's pronounced "Icks-auth", and Siri picks up easily once our SMS number is added as a contact."

It's probably best if you read the article before asking a question that's answered within it.

[eitland]

>>How do you pronounce Ixoth?

  From the referenced page: It's pronounced "Icks-auth"

[rottencupcakes]

Truthfully, it's a really bad name for a piece of software you're supposed to reference verbally.

Luckily, you can name it anything you want in your address book.

"Watson, please order me the usual from Grub Hub"

[Raphomet]

Presumably this was a design choice: "Ixoth" doesn't really sound like anything else, which means Siri is unlikely to confuse it with another name or command.

[qrush]

Yep, this exactly. I purchased the domain originally because I was going to write a roguelike game, but then I got an iPhone 4S :)

The name comes from a monster in Nethack, for the curious: http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Ixoth