Yeah... I don't get how it could be device related, but, OK. I suppose.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Singing Sparrow" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: Enhanced Siri Voices, was: Re: Ipod touch latest and Alex
I have heard that they are working on getting the voices back in an update
they had told me that it was device specific and that they should have
always been there.
On 11/1/2016 1:25 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
What I! wanna know, is why on earth I cannot get the Siri Enhanced voices
back?
Accessibility is being completely beat around the bush with me regarding
it. Some reps tell me they did away with the enhanced American english
male and female voices, while others say, no, they should be there, while
thirdly, others say, they're not there and were taken out, but they're
going to be coming back soon.
I just want the truth in what on earth happened. I frankly don't like
Alex, but that's just me. I've grown to tollerate him, but that's about
it. I find most of the other Nuance voices to be the same, given my
hearing loss.
The male Siri enhanced voice is about the only one I can do with ease.
The compact isn't terrible, but it's way to downsampled and fuzzy for my
liking. Plus, some of the way it pronounces things is utter crap!
Before anyone says anything, I've definitely done what was suggested by
Applevis by plugging in my phone to the actual wall, not the mac before
restoring an iCloud backup with the voices included from a device which
still has access to them. That did no good.
I've also restored and set up as a new device both from the phone itself
as well as from ITunes directly on the mac. No good.
BTW, no, this is not a public nor private beta. Neither ones have ever
touched this device.
Even stranger, a friend of mine just got an iPhone 6S+, and he had the
voices right from the get go. Both enhanced were there. So, why the hell
can't I seem to get them.
It's the weirdest thing. I did an iOS update about 3 or 4 builds back,
and ever since, they've just totally vannished.
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Christopher Gilland
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Lamanche" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 11:55 AM
Subject: Ipod touch latest and Alex
Hi,
Lucky me! I have got an iPod touch for my birthday. The trouble is for
the life of me I can't work out how to download and enable Alex as my
voice. I've been through accessibility, and voices, accessibility,
Voiceover and speech, but I still cannot work it out. I can't stand
Daniel, and Samantha is tolerable but my favourite is Alex. I have
managed to enable him on my iphone SE but ipod touch? No go. Please
help! Ipod touch is supposed to have the A8 chip so it should be
possible. Or maybe not?
Andrew
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