I mentioned that this was an iPhone dictation issue in my first post. Sent from my iPhone
> On 25 Oct 2013, at 6:07 am, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > > There does seem to be some confusion here. I used my Mac to do the little > demonstration I did yesterday morning. You seem to be using your Iphone. I > suspect that, for clarification, we might want to get that point across > because some might think some of us are using Macs some our Iphones. Not, > mind you, that it should make any difference, but, it might. > > > Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in! > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! > >> On Oct 25, 2013, at 4:10 AM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I am truly confused! And here I thought I was helping somebody else avoid >> some major confusion and headache! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 24 Oct 2013, at 10:23 am, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I was using my Mac, and therefore, straight dictation. >>> >>> >>> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>> built-in! >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >>> >>>> On Oct 24, 2013, at 8:52 AM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Are you using Siri or straight dictation? If straight dictation, why on >>>> earth is this happening only to me — at least, I haven’t seen posts from >>>> anyone else having this issue. >>>>> On Oct 24, 2013, at 5:11 AM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Well, I am going to say. In the sentence. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Now, let me take a look and see what happened. >>>>> >>>>> Well, you sort for yourselves. Whenever I said the word period , the >>>>> dictation actually put the punctuation in instead of putting the word >>>>> period in. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>>>> built-in! >>>>> >>>>> Sincerely, >>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 23, 2013, at 10:13 PM, Nicholas Parsons >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> HI Christine and all, >>>>>> I'm Australian and until recently used Siri in Australian English with >>>>>> VoiceOver's default language also being Australian English. Ever since >>>>>> Siri could understand punctuation, I think sometime back in iOS 5, I >>>>>> used the word "full stop" and Siri understood this fine. After upgrading >>>>>> to iOS 7 I switched Siri's language to US English as I wanted the >>>>>> awesome new voices. To my surprise, Siri still knew what I meant when I >>>>>> said full stop. I thought I might need to start saying "period" or using >>>>>> other American words or phrases but Siri seems to react perfectly fine >>>>>> to my Australian English. >>>>>> Although this is great for me, it does seem difficult for Americans if >>>>>> Siri can't understand what period means in context. I'm wondering, does >>>>>> it depend on your phone's language setting rather than Siri' language >>>>>> setting? Also, even when it was working, how would it react when you >>>>>> used the word "period" in other contexts? For instance, "The great >>>>>> depression was a difficult period for many people," or "What class do >>>>>> you have next period?" >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Nic >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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