They do have a headphone jack of sorts. You get a set of headphones that have the lightening connector on it rather than the 3.5 mil jack.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen Sent: Monday, 23 March 2020 11:42 AM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> Subject: Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS? according to whom? I could not use a 7 it has no standard headphone jack. As expressed if the phone was end of life, you could not buy them new, and apple would have said as much...and they did not. On Sun, 22 Mar 2020, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: > With iOS 14 due this fall, iPhone 7 and newer will be supported. The 5 has > long ago reached its end of life. So you can scratch that. Another factor to > consider (I tale it the headphone idea is dead?) is the quality of newer > iPhones having better speakers. Again, if you can't get your mitts on a newer > phone for trial, you are spinning your wheels. Besides, whether a voice has > been upgraded is moot since your 5 cannot be updated anyway. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > [email protected] > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 3/22/2020 2:36 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> This phone came to me as a freebie from someone in my office who new I >> needed a test device before investing in anything. >> I have no idea which ios is running. still, some information must >> exist indicating the last time the enhanced voices were changed. >> I can certainly upgrade the IOS, apple support gave no indication that >> this phone was not supported any longer. >> Still, rather than doing more randomness leading nowhere, I wanted a >> direction for further testing in mind. >> Siri is going though if it can be removed. >> Kare >> >> >> >> On Mon, 23 Mar 2020, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: >> >> > That depends on what 5 it is? If it is just a 5 than I think the latest >> > OS is IOS 10 and the 5s is up to IOS 12. I think the SE can still be >> > updated too 13. I actually find the standard voices better then the >> > enhanced voices on all of the IOS versions and I think I entered the >> > iPhone family with IOS 7. >> > But like ET said, it might be time to upgrade your phone, but this >> > isn’t always affordable for some people. >> > >> > > On 22/03/2020, at 18:47, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > > and a side siri one as well? >> > > Will ask the siri one first..can it be removed once installed? >> > > The voiceover voice question has to do with sound quality. >> > > I finally found a discussion thread about this with others noting the >> > > same thing. Daniel who I believe is the UK English voice changed >> > > in its enhanced form a while back. I do not know if it has been >> > > improved, or better still when was the last upgrade to the >> > > Daniel voice? >> > > I have an iPhone in the 5 family. it is possible that >> > > upgrading IOS itself, or the voice, if I can, will improve things. >> > > for now though the quality clarity and pronunciation is rather >> > > dreadful. >> > > I did not want siri, but apple accessibility, who was talking with the >> > > person helping me use the phone suggested the download because >> > > voiceover itself was not working well according to them. >> > > Siri, which was male in this case, sounded worse than the Daniel voice >> > > itself. >> > > I believe? Nuance makes the apple voices. Is there any way to reach >> > > them directly? >> > > last of all, I understand there are other options for voices, with >> > > my wondering about direct contacts too, as I will have to walk someone >> > > else through reaching them. >> > > My situation is that since most software generated speech is in a >> > > frequency range that stimulates my brain's dizzy centres, >> > > experimenting can make me rather sick. That is what happened when >> > > trying to resolve the Daniel / male siri situation. >> > > meaning I really want to plan ahead before testing anything further. >> > > ideas? >> > > Karen >> > > >> > > >> > >> > Sent from Petrus' MacBook >> > >> > -- >> > The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> > Visionaries list. >> > >> > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >> > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >> > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> > >> > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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