Apple didn't buy Nuance, they just partnered with them.

Shawn
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> On Oct 23, 2015, at 7:30 AM, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Apple bought Nuance, really?  When did this happen?  I almost worked for them 
> a year ago out of the Boston area and they made no mention of Apple.  Lots of 
> medical stuff and healthcare applications but no mention of Apple ownership.
> 
>> On Oct 23, 2015, at 7:28 AM, Anders Holmberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi!
>> Well apple has bought nuance from what i know.
>> So they can be blamed.
>> /A
>>> 22 okt. 2015 kl. 23:43 skrev Devin Prater <[email protected]>:
>>> 
>>> Well, about Samantha, Apple can't be blamed. It is a Neuance problem.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 22, 2015, at 4:30 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>> 
>>>> Well, last night, I finally installed iOS 9.1 on my 6 Plus.
>>>> 
>>>> For me, there are no proverbial show-stoppers.  
>>>> 
>>>> 1.
>>>> However, given that I have been in an ongoing dialog with Apple engineers, 
>>>> I
>>>> am a little disappointed that the camera app zoom VoiceOver bug still
>>>> persist.  However, on a positive note, at least, enabling VoiceOver, after
>>>> zooming in on an image, no longer cancels the zoom.  Baby steps, eh?
>>>> (smile).  
>>>> 
>>>> 2.
>>>> I am surprised at how much I miss having the time announced when waking the
>>>> phone.
>>>> 
>>>> 3.
>>>> Perhaps it's just me but I swear the quality of Samantha has been greatly
>>>> degraded in this version.  I just don't understand why, with every major
>>>> release since iOS 6.x, the quality of Samantha has been steadily declining.
>>>> Of course, this is just my opinion.  What I do find interesting is that
>>>> Samantha's pronunciation of words that were absolutely correct in iOS 8, 
>>>> has
>>>> been changed and are now incorrect in iOS 9.1.
>>>> 
>>>> In iOS 8.x, I found the high quality version of the Samantha voice somewhat
>>>> pleasant, in iOS 9.x, I find it unsettling, to say the least.  I cannot
>>>> imagine having the current Samantha voice reading long stretches of texts,
>>>> whereas in the previous iOS, this would not have even been at issue.  Is
>>>> Apple trying to force everyone to Alex?  (Yes, a conspiracy theory).
>>>> (Smile).   
>>>> 
>>>> 4.
>>>> Also, the SMS Reply To dictation feedback problem is very, very annoying.  
>>>> 
>>>> For those who disagree, let me say that I respect your opinion.  Also, the
>>>> feedback is not much of a problem if one dictates using either a Bluetooth
>>>> or wired headset.  I suppose it is not much of an issue if one only 
>>>> dictates
>>>> 1 or 2 words.  However, if one attempts to dictate a full sentence, then 
>>>> the
>>>> feedback becomes problematic as a kind of feedback loop ensues causing a
>>>> great deal of random text to be inserted as Siri, hearing VoiceOver, begins
>>>> to dictate to itself.
>>>> 
>>>> 5.
>>>> I know this comes up every time a new OS is released but it seems to me as
>>>> though my battery drains faster since updating from 8.x to 9.1.  I just
>>>> turned off a lot of items that were active in the background app refresh
>>>> area so I'll see how it goes.  However, I can tell you that I updated a
>>>> total of three 6 plus phones, yesterday, two from iOS 9.0.2.  Now, even
>>>> though both of those two phones that were already running 9.x, were plugged
>>>> into an outlet at the time of the update, via OTA, both had less charge
>>>> after updating than they did, before the update began.  I've never seen 
>>>> such
>>>> a thing before.
>>>> 
>>>> 6.
>>>> As always, I have sent my findings to Apple.
>>>> 
>>>> 7.
>>>> Finally, and I want to be clear on this:  Updating the OS OTA 
>>>> (over-the-air)
>>>> is in no way the same as installing it from iTunes via a USB cable.  For
>>>> whatever reason, there does seem to be a pattern of more problems when 
>>>> going
>>>> from iOS 8.x to 9.x via OTA.
>>>> 
>>>> What is the difference between the OTA method and the iTunes method?  In
>>>> short, updating OTA does not rewrite the file allocation table and file
>>>> structures, just for starters.  When you update via iTunes, it is as if you
>>>> are doing a fresh install as all of the file tables and data clusters are
>>>> actually rewritten to the disk..
>>>> 
>>>> Want proof of this?  No problem, here's how to verify the difference.  When
>>>> you use the OTA method, you will notice that any custom keyboard shortcuts
>>>> you may have added remain, after the update.  However, when you update via
>>>> iTunes, you will discover that only default keyboard shortcuts exist,
>>>> meaning you will have to rewrite your custom keyboard shortcuts.  
>>>> 
>>>> I wish I could lay claim to having learned about the difference between the
>>>> two methods, independently but I was told of the difference by a senior
>>>> Apple iOS design engineer.  
>>>> 
>>>> I'll be honest, I have not used the iTunes method since the OTA option
>>>> became available but now that I have had several of my recent syncing
>>>> problems resolved after having used the iTunes method, I'll probably use it
>>>> from now on, when possible.
>>>> 
>>>> Mark
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