Most interesting seasoning to the thread gentlemen.
I am curious what an extra slider for the purpose of nuance would have to
do with battery life? after all you can adjust for speed.
Additionally, given such presence can improve the use and attractiveness
of the product over all, it seems a beneficial exchange.
While David's take is understandable, my own discussions with Apple staff,
certainly not developers of course, simply indicated they did not realize
anyone would want this.
I am sure though that they are not speaking for apple proper.
thanks,
On Fri, 17 Jul 2015, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote:
I would modify this to say that recent model iOS devices probably have the
CPU to do the job but there is a cost to battery life when CPU load goes up.
I'm sure somebody at Apple made the call to say that this capability was not
worth the impact to battery life. Without knowing what that impact was it's
hard to say if they made a reasonable tradeoff. It might also be something
that will get revisited as the oldest devices roll off the supported list.
CB
On 7/17/15 12:32 AM, David Chittenden wrote:
It has to do with the amount of processing required for human-sounding
speech. This is quite processor intensive, and iOS devices, though
powerful, are still pocket devices.
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> On 17 Jul 2015, at 12:24, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Caitlin not Jenner lol!
> Seriously, this is something I do not understand.
> why can you not nuance ios voices the way you can mac ones?
> The ability to adjust tone and pitch is fundamental to using speech.
> It actually was a deal breaker for my getting an ios device. That
> handsome Brit was close but to use him regularly in settings I wanted to
> refine him a bit...and was stunned that this was impossible save for
> speed.
> I can only imagine how frustrating this must be for those new to
> understanding synthesized speech, especially if others around you are
> telling you its fine but you do not think as much.
> Any explanation for why apple does not build something so simple into
> the ios platform?
> Kare
>
>
> > On Thu, 16 Jul 2015, Caitlyn Furness wrote:
> >
> > Karen,
> > You can have a male Siri if you like, it’s in the choices under Siri
> > in settings. I have a nice Brit gentleman, for instance, instead of
> > the snotty American version! lol
> > hth,
> > Caitlyn(not Genner, btw! another lol)
> >
> > > On Jul 15, 2015, at 11:46 PM, Karen Lewellen
> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi folks,
> > > as to the first question, I understand she? had no idea she is a
> > > girl, has an amusing answer to questions like... what's zero
> > > divided by zero?"
> > > if no one has tried it, I will not spoil the fun.
> > > I understand too that she will correct anyone seeking physical
> > > information about Bruce Jenner.
> > > The other half of my question has to do with nuance.
> > > I recently visited an apple store to learn if the ios voices could
> > > be nuanced the way mac voices can. I was dismayed that while you
> > > can speed the voice up and slow it down, you cannot improve the
> > > over all quality..but I did not try Siri at all.
> > > I was working with an ipad, not a phone.
> > > so can she be improved?
> > > I may need to check her out, I tend to prefer a guy's voice talking
> > > in my ear even on my computer lol.
> > > Still it might be the difference between ever using an ios device
> > > as is the case now, and considering an iphone for non phone tasks.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Karen
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