Hi, I think the regional setting might be causing the issue. Did you try changing that to U.S.?
Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Oct 25, 2013, at 8:17 AM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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