I have Siri set to US English, because I prefer the male voice, but the default 
language set to Australian for VoiceOver, but not sure about the global 
language for the iPhone; I have regional set to Australian, I think. Is there 
another language setting I am missing somewhere?

On Oct 25, 2013, at 12:57 AM, Nicholas Parsons <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> Does it have something to do with your language setting? The VoiceOver 
> language, the global iPhone language or the Siri language? Do you have all 
> three set to US English?
> 
> On 25/10/2013, at 5:23 AM, Jamie Pauls <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> That is exactly what I am doing. Very strange.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 24, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I’m not using Siri, just straight dictation.
>>> On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Jamie Pauls <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I am using voice dictation to reply to this message and using the word 
>>> period at the end of my sentences with no problem.  I did have to edit 
>>> manually to insert that word in the middle of the sentence, however.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> 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
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