Sorry, can’t help you with that as I don’t find it a bother at all. In fact I think it was rather thoughtful of Ramy to translate his name into English for our benefit.
> On 6/05/2020, at 11:54, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > OK, now how about iOS? I’ve been hearing Remi’s name read out in English and > Arabic for a month and I must say it is bothering me. I’ve tried going it to > VoiceOver settings and turning off automatic language detection and it did no > good. How can this be done on iOS? That’s all I use I never use OS X anymore. > > Sent from my IPhone > > >> On May 5, 2020, at 4:57 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries >> <Macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Petrus, >> >> Asking Simon not to make a smart comment is like asking yourself not to >> breathe. Good luck with that :). >> >> Later… >> >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Jamf Certified Tech >> Apple Teacher >> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >>> On May 5, 2020, at 2:54 PM, Petrus Tuerlings <petrus.t...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:petrus.t...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Ramy, >>> Cool, thanks for that. I know what the Arabic characters are saying now, >>> at least on my iPhone. My Mac ignores them all together, I wouldn’t have >>> known that you wrote your name in two alphabets if my iPhone hadn’t have >>> read it. So I must have my Mac set to ignore other languages as the voice >>> didn’t change with Tims French either. >>> The one thing about this list that might potentially embarrass me is the >>> fact that it is a multi national list with many different countries and >>> sometimes I don’t know if I’m replying to a male or female, so I avoid >>> making any gender references. >>> I’ve had a few people in New Zealand that think I’m female even though >>> Petrus is a male name. Although I don’t see any reason why there can’t be >>> female Rocks as well. >>> Oh, and no smart comments on my gender by Simon if he’s reading this. >>> >>>> On 6/05/2020, at 00:28, Ramy Moustafa Saber رامي مصطفى صابر >>>> <ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com <mailto:ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Pete and all: >>>> Yes, I wrote my Name with Arabic and english Caractors, and i think if >>>> you use Automaticaly select by language in the Voice over men, it will >>>> stop, or BTW if you use any Voice other than ALex, He or she will not be >>>> able to read the Arabic Caractors, >>>> Hope it did not disturb you and others >>>> >>>> >>>>> On May 4, 2020, at 5:04 PM, Pete De Vasto <pdevasto0...@gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:pdevasto0...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello all, >>>>> >>>>> I have been debating for a long time whether or not to bring this up, and >>>>> I so strongly hope that I do not offend anyone by what I’m about to say. >>>>> Whenever I see an e-mail from Ramy, VO reads a rather long string of what >>>>> it calls Arabic characters, and it takes a bit longer to read through >>>>> those messages. I am sure there is very good reason for having these >>>>> characters there, and by no means would I want you to eliminate them. >>>>> However, I was wondering if others on the list have noticed this >>>>> behavior, and if there’s a way I can tell VO to ignore these characters. >>>>> My VO punctuation preference is set to “some”, so I guess that means it’s >>>>> not considering these to be punctuation. Any thoughts on this? >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks, and again I am just very curious and can work around the >>>>> characters if needed. >>>>> >>>>> Pete De Vasto >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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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