I don't think so but it would be nice if you could. I have no plans to get a watch right now. > On 16 Jun 2015, at 22:53, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I don't have an Apple Watch, nor have actually seen one in person, so forgive > me, but can you use Alex on the watch, like you can on I O S? > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kawal Gucukoglu" <[email protected]> > To: "Macvisionaries" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 5:45 PM > Subject: Re: Apple watch voices > > > So how does one change the voice as when I set up my watch up, I had to have > the horrible Daniel. > > Thanks. > > Kawal. > On 15 Jun 2015, at 22:16, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't have a watch but I wonder if the frequency range of the voices > matter? I know it takes more power/bigger speakers to reproduce bass notes so > it could be that a male Daniel voice pushes the limits more that a higher > pitched Samantha. > > CB > > On 6/15/15 5:09 PM, Jenine Stanley wrote: >> Yes, Samantha is less noticeable. The other sounds on the Watch sound great >> with no distortion. It almost sounds like the other voices are at the lower >> quality but I have nothing to say this is true. They just don’t sound good >> on my particular Watch and Samantha sounds OK. >> >> I agree that they did a nice job with the small audio on the Watch. >> Jenine Stanley >> [email protected] >> >> >> >>> On Jun 15, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jenine and Graham, >>> >>> Just by way of a counterpoint, I barely notice the distortion. I'm using >>> Samantha, so it may just be that it's less pronounced, but honestly, if >>> Jenine hadn't written her message, I wouldn't have even thought about it. >>> I'm betting that the distortion has more to do with the tiny speaker than >>> with a problem with the voice. I actually think Apple's done a good job of >>> pumping the sound out, and some distortion, IMO is inevitable under the >>> circumstances. The other thing I'd mention is that you're listening to the >>> voice for much shorter bits of language than you would on a Mac or an >>> iPhone, so something that might really grate on your nerves if you're say >>> reading a book, is less offensive if you are just checking the time or >>> something like that, at least for me. >>> >>> Just my $.02. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>>> On Jun 15, 2015, at 3:30 PM, Jenine Stanley <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Graham, Donna is corrrect. The one thing to keep in mind that I’ve found >>>> is that all of the voices tend to distort at the highest volume, even >>>> Samantha. The Karen and especially Daniel voices distort at around 75% >>>> volume versus the 95% at which Samantha starts to distort. >>>> >>>> The voices need work. Don’t blame you for hating the Daniel voice. Give me >>>> Oliver from the Mac. >>>> Jenine Stanley >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jun 15, 2015, at 4:03 PM, 'Graham' via MacVisionaries >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know if it is possible to change the voice on the apple >>>>> watch? In the uk we get that horrible daniel voice which i dispise. If it >>>>> could be changed to the karen voice i'd likely invest. >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards >>>>> >>>>> Graham >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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