The old SIRI prior to iOS 13 was based on snippets of human speech, the new
SIRI voice is synthetic and much better.
Of course if Apple ever offered Eloquence on the iPhone I'd be a happy man.
When it come sto the computer I couldn't care less about human sounding voices,
I need a synthetic
Remember that voiceover and talkback / jaws are screen readers,
They are not voices
The jaws synth is eloquence by default,
Talkback uses I think googles synth voice,
And it depends on where in the world you are now days as to which voice synth
voiceover uses on apples different devices.
Ok, so this is a known issue with the usA siri voice?
Good to know,
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Saturday, 27 June 2020 3:20 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Siri not talking
Did they say it was just with the american Siri?
I've always used the
Yeah I'll have to give it another go.
I need to go see my provider about an account issue in their app,
But I'll do that when it's not raining.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn
Sent: Saturday, 27 June 2020 2:20 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Susan Bennett is the voice of Siri, and she started her work as Siri with
Scansoft, which was acquired by Apple.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Bennett
I'm not sure what you mean by synthetic voices, since their all synthetic, but
I'm assuming your thinking of formant synthesis when
Marie, Thanks very much, God knows what I was doing in that other location, but
this took care of it, shifted from English US to English UK female and all is
well, once again SMILE.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Marie
Try going to settings/Siri and search/
Then go down to siri voice and double click on it. There you can select the
language and gender.
Marie
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From: 'Yates, Danney' via VIPhone
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 6:44 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Siri
Talk Back is a screen reader, not a voice. It uses the Google Voice by
default.
Marie
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From: Carolyn
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 5:43 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Siri problem
Talkback is the most common Android one; Voice Assist is one for
Hi everyone,
Well, I've tried switching voices to Alex, then gone to English UK and tried
Daniel, Kate and Serena. Nothing!
The path I took was Settings/Accessibility/Spoken Content/Voices. Is this the
correct path to make this adjustment?
Never knew how much I used Siri until this junk
Talkback is the most common Android one; Voice Assist is one for Samsung. I
haven't heard it. I can take JAWS way better than the Ivona voices.
I like Siri and Samantha, so haven't tried any of the other ones for my iPhone.
I've heard Douglas Walker's male voices on his phone on the Hadley
I never heard the android voice, but I detested the jaws voice. Esther
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> On Jun 26, 2020, at 7:23 PM, Carolyn <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote:
>
> Siri is a voice from someone, I think named Susan something, that Apple got
> her to record
hi, Joshua, I don't like the Alex voice either. It's very creepy when he
breeds! I have Samantha because I like her the best. To each his own I guess
right? Take care. Esther
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> On Jun 26, 2020, at 6:00 PM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote:
>
> Some
Siri is a voice from someone, I think named Susan something, that Apple got her
to record stuff and stuff and more stuff, and all kind of stuff for them to
program.
I do not know if the other voices are synthetic, but I think they are. If so,
they are very good, as is TalkBack - better than
You can use the VoiceOver rotor to easily move by word, character and line.
Touch on the page to get near where you want to be and then turn the rotor
to the unit of movement. Then, simply flick up and down to move backward
and forward through the page. I wrote all about that in my guide. There
I must be missing something, but I can use the roter and VoiceOver to navigate
around a page by character, word and line.
David Andrews has a question mark at the end of the statement, so I don't know
if he stating that Kindle has never been good at navigation or if he's asking a
question
Some people like the Alex voice. If he wouldn't do that stupid
breathing crap which sounds like he's trying to be Darth Vader or
something, he might be okay. I don't like that voice.
On 6/26/20, doug parisian wrote:
> I strongly agree with David Andrews assessment of the IOS Kindle App.
>
Carolyn, I see what you're saying now. Siri female to me sounds like she's
talking through her nose.
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> On Jun 26, 2020, at 3:47 PM, Carolyn <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote:
>
> Samantha is different from the Siri female voice.
>
> -Original Message-
> From:
It may be different but it's in the same place where the other voices are.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 26, 2020, at 3:47 PM, Carolyn <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote:
>
> Samantha is different from the Siri female voice.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com
I strongly agree with David Andrews assessment of the IOS Kindle App.
Unlike my windows version, there seems no way to move through smaller
units than a page, like lines, words, and characters. It is therefore
impossible using the IOS version to look up specific words, check the
spelling of
Samantha is different from the Siri female voice.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Shirley Baker
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 2:04 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Siri problem
Is this the problem with Samatha
Changing voices did the trick.
From: rhs via VIPhone
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 11:11 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Siri not talking
I heard the button sound get louder as I pressed the up volume but Siri still
did not speak.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com
I changed from Samantha to Siri male and like it so much better. Mine was
working but just decided to try a new voice.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 26, 2020, at 1:41 PM, Greg Wocher wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> Switching to another Siri voice did the trick. I switched to the Irish
> English
Hello all,
Switching to another Siri voice did the trick. I switched to the Irish English
female voice and Siri started working again right away. Thanks for the tip.
Greg Wocher
> On Jun 26, 2020, at 2:05 PM, Shirley Baker wrote:
>
> Is this the problem with Samatha that you all are
Hi,
I’m not sure about JAWS since I no longer use a PC. Kindle will be easy with
practice. To continuously read, use a 2-finger swipe down.
what drives me nuts with Kindle is that your screen is always unlocked, so you
can’t have your phone in a pocket. You have to be careful not to touch it.
Is this the problem with Samatha that you all are talking or is Samatha a
different voice than Siri?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 26, 2020, at 1:01 PM, Diane Giannetti wrote:
>
> Someone else had the same problem and she called Apple. I also had the same
> problem. What we have to do is
Someone else had the same problem and she called Apple. I also had the same
problem. What we have to do is change her voice if you have the American
Female that seems to be the problem. It was with the last update that some of
us are having a problem with that. I changed it to the male
Hello all,
For some reason Siri has quit speaking. I have tried pressing the volume up
after asking her a question and all that seems to do is raise the volume of the
phone but not Siri. I have also tried rebooting my phone and that did not help.
What else can I try to get her speaking again? I
What about Kindle books
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 26, 2020, at 11:13 AM, David Andrews wrote:
>
> What format are they in? Kindle has never been very good at navigation?
>
> Dave
>
> At 10:34 AM 6/26/2020, portillo@gmail.com wrote:
>> Good morning,
>> I need some advice on the best
Just go into the Hangout's settings and under the Google Voice
###-###- heading, toggle the "Incoming phone calls" option to "On."
You should also go into the notification settings for the Google Voice
app and set the Incoming calls sound to "None." This way you won't
experience double
There is excellent navigation using the Kindle app for iPHONE or iPAD. You
can swipe with three fingers to move through pages. Alternatively, you can
double tap on the book and gain access to the menu. Go into the navigation
drawer and you'll find the table of contents which you can flick left and
I have always used the American female Siri voice, and I'm running the
latest update on my iPhone 11. Siri talks juust fine for me!
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Hi, Everyone,
Maybe I'm getting old, but I recently received new credit card info with a pin
and all. I've been able to make purchases at store locations, but I'm having
difficulty adding it to my ID information. The last time I did this was
The iPhone kindle app, is excellent. You can also, use an amazon smart
speaker too.
Dave.
-Original Message-
From: Don Moore
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 5:32 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Amazon Kindle books
For simple reading, I find the iPhone app to be pretty good
Somehow I couldn’t download Kindle for PC. Does any of you have the installer?
I would appreciate it if you send it to me.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 26, 2020, at 11:35 AM, Mich Verrier wrote:
Hi Jim you can try the kindle for pc on the computer as well as the kindle app
o the pc jaws will
Oh, interesting. OK. I didn’t know any of this. New stuff to learn.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Marcia
Yale
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 9:03 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Amazon Kindle books
What have you tried? The Kindle app on the iPhone is great,
Hi Dave,
I don't know how to answer your question because I'm not very familiar with
Kindle formats. I guess I thought Kindle was the format.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of David
Andrews
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 9:14 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com;
For simple reading, I find the iPhone app to be pretty good provided that you
use one of the quality voice that Apple offers. Pretty much the same with
Kindle PC. On my phone, I'm using the Alex voice and have the speed at 58
words a minute and it's almost as good as Audible.
Hope this
What format are they in? Kindle has never been very good at navigation?
Dave
At 10:34 AM 6/26/2020, portillo@gmail.com wrote:
Good morning,
I need some advice on the best and most effective way of reading
Amazon Kindle books. I need to read a particular book that is in
Kindle. I don't
I heard the button sound get louder as I pressed the up volume but Siri still
did not speak.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 9:43 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Siri not talking
Try asking Siri something with a long
What have you tried? The Kindle app on the iPhone is great, but not all books
are born accessible. If you are using a Kindle app and the book won’t read
properly it’s possibly because screen-reader access is not enabled. You should
check the website to determine if this is so.
From:
I am surely glad that someone else had the same problem. I was going
back-and-forth with a friend of mine and he was trying to tell me what to do
with the volume and nothing was working. Siri would not answer in the same
problem that you were having penny. So I did change the voice I had the
Hi Jim you can try the kindle for pc on the computer as well as the kindle app
o the pc jaws will read the book and in the kindle for pc it will be red by
text to speech. Hth. From Mich.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of
portillo@gmail.com
Sent: June 26, 2020 11:34 AM
To:
Good morning,
I need some advice on the best and most effective way of reading Amazon
Kindle books. I need to read a particular book that is in Kindle. I don't
know if it's best to try on the computer with JAWS or on the iPhone. If so,
what programs or apps work best? I've not tried it with
I didn't ask.
Penny
On 6/26/20, richr...@gmail.com wrote:
> I use the American Siri voice and it talks just fine! Just used it to make
> sure! voice, and it talks just fine!
>
>
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of
> Richard Turner
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 10:20 AM
> To:
I use the American Siri voice and it talks just fine! Just used it to make
sure! voice, and it talks just fine!
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Richard
Turner
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 10:20 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Siri not talking
Did they say it was
Did you try disabling both Siri and dictation then we enabling after turning
off and restarting the phone?
> On Jun 26, 2020, at 10:40 AM, rhs via VIPhone
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Siri has stopped talking. For example, when I ask Siri to spell a word I get
> silence. I can use finger
Did they say it was just with the american Siri?
I've always used the Irish male voice, well, at least for over a year, and had
no problems after the latest update.
Richard
On Jun 26, 2020, at 7:57 AM, Penny Reeder wrote:
I had the same experience, apparently right after i installed the
I had the same experience, apparently right after i installed the latest
update, but i didn’t notice until last night. I thought i must have
inadverently changed a setting, but after spending time in Settings, i couldn’t
solve the problem. I called Apple Accessibility support, and they told me
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Try asking Siri something with a long answer like what is the 10 day forecast,
and then start tapping the up volume button.
Siri normally remembers whatever volume it was left at.
I also turn off the change with buttons option in sounds so I don’t
accidentally silence VoiceOver or Siri.
Hi,
Siri has stopped talking. For example, when I ask Siri to spell a word I get
silence. I can use finger gestures to spell out the word, but until a couple
days ago Siri would automatically sell it out. Siri is just as silent when I
ask something else.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Hi Carolyn. Yes it's me, on the other lists.
Good to know you too.
Great to hear, you have it sorted out now.
Dave.
-Original Message-
From: Carolyn
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 3:16 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Phone does not vibrate on ring.
It's Phones for the
You could call your provider, explain the problem, and see if a customer
service representative could be of any help at all.
I guess you know that you flick to Hide from End call, double tap on it, then,
as Richard said, Add call, make your call from Contacts, get that person to
answer, then
It's Phones for the Blind.
I guess you were bombarded, Dave. In fact, I thought you were another Dave. So,
it's good to know you.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Dave
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 3:24 AM
To:
Oh my. I have separate boxes for mine, but all are so helpful. Hope your day is
a diamond!
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Dave
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 3:13 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Phone does not
Wouldn't it be better to transfer the folder of mp3's into voice dream
reader?
-Original Message-
From: Kelly Pierce
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020 4:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: putting audiobook from CD onto my phone
Better yet, rip it in iTunes. tghen transfer
Ok. His update documentation said “removed” not “rewritten”.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Chris
Chaffin
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 8:31 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New update to Voice Dream dropping drop box and bookshare?
The code has not been
The code has not been removed, but totally rewritten. Every thing will work as
before. You will just notice some small changes. For example, For those who use
Goodreads, it has now been integrated into the Bookshare part.
I would recommend reading the whats new file after updating. It will
I saw a disturbing bit of text in the description of the newest update to
voice dream reader. It said something to the effect that all code
referencing the accessing of external sources such as drop box and Bookshare
had been removed. What in the world does that mean? If, indeed, drop box and
What did this message mean?
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ren...@comcast.net
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To: viphone+nom...@googlegroups.com
Subject:
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Yeah one,
But I'm sure there are a few through out the country,
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn
Sent: Friday, 26 June 2020 12:35 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Adding a Call?
Do you know any other blind iPhone users, who use your
Hi Carolyn,
Glad it worked and yeah the turn it off / on can do amazing things.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Carolyn
Sent: Friday, 26 June 2020 12:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Phone won't vibrate on ring.
I was skeptical about the
Hi Terry,
Yes it's a type of plastic rubber substance that leaves a hole under neith for
the charging puck to touch the watch base.
It has a couple of little holes for the speaker and a little strip over the
outer end of the digtal crown, but leaves the edge of the crown free to be
wound if
Hi; you could ask siri To turn on and off VoiceOver;
Eli
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> On 26 Jun 2020, at 6:18 AM, Gordon wrote:
>
>
> There's a chance that you could have turned your
Not really fair Simon. You should have read the other posts from me first.
Also, as i said earlier. I was seeing Carolyn's questions and answers, on 3
phone lists.
Oh, and i did change the subject line.
Dave.
-Original Message-
From: Simon A Fogarty
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020
Hi Simon. Absolutely. I found i am on 3 other phone lists with Carolyn.
At first i thought it was 2. but besides this list, we are on only apple
talk, phones for the blind, or is that blind phones. It's way to early for
me to check here in the UK, lol.
That's why i was seeing loads of
Hi Carolyn. Excellent! really good to hear, you have it sorted out.
I also, found out, why i was seeing more posts on this subject, than some
other members.
We are on another list together, which is blind phones. and all my Phone
lists, are filtered, into the same inbox. smiles.
Dave.
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