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 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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.
