Yeah. I also like Alex. Sometimes I'll use the Siri voices or Daniel, but I start leaning back towards Alex. I don't get what's so "Creepy" about him. Is it the fact that he takes breaths? I wish more voices would do that. I've said for years that I think it would be cool if Apple made a female version of Alex. Maybe they could make her sound better than how Alex sounds now. Who knows what'll happen in the future though. By the way, I know this ain't the Mac list, but I find myself going back to Alex on there too.
Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > On Oct 24, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Rose Combs <roseco...@q.com> wrote: > > I tried newer voices on 9.0 and decided that I like Alex still the best. He > is the only man in my life, reads me to sleep often, keeps me informed and at > a rate I can tolerate. My old iPad Mini is stuck with Samantha, I have > tolerated her for years on a phone, on other devices, have never liked her, > probably never will, but if I have to use her I use the higher quality voice > always. > > > Rose Combs > roseco...@q.com > A picture may be worth a thousand words but it takes up three times the > memory! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Lois Butterfield > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 3:42 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Mark on iOS 9.1, So Far > > Try the compact Samantha. I have always used that, and I think it has > improved. You might like it now. > > Take care, > Lois > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christina C. > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 6:37 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Mark on iOS 9.1, So Far > > Oh man, I just upgraded to iOS 9.1 yesterday from iOS 8. I absolutely cannot > deal with this Samantha. I want to jump out of my chair. I tried the male > Siri and he sounds absolutely awful. If I slow him way down, it sounds > better but I can’t listen to news articles and such that slowly. I am soo > frustrated. I have never had this problem before where I could not find a > comfortable voice. Alex is way to scratchy for me. :( I’m stuck and wish I > could get some of the voices from voice Dream reader on my phone. > > I also want to comment on something strange. I have had my keyboard > shortcuts show up on a brand new iPhone that was not started from a backup. > All I did was enter my apple ID and password and my keyboard shortcuts were > in tact. This was on iOS 7. I remember very clearly being shocked that I did > not need to re-create my keyboard shortcuts. I have not experimented with > this strange thing on iOS 8 or 9 though. > > Christina >> On Oct 22, 2015, at 1:20 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> Well, last night, I finally installed iOS 9.1 on my 6 Plus. >> >> For me, there are no proverbial show-stoppers. >> >> 1. >> However, given that I have been in an ongoing dialog with Apple engineers, >> I >> am a little disappointed that the camera app zoom VoiceOver bug still >> persist. However, on a positive note, at least, enabling VoiceOver, after >> zooming in on an image, no longer cancels the zoom. Baby steps, eh? >> (smile). >> >> 2. >> I am surprised at how much I miss having the time announced when waking >> the >> phone. >> >> 3. >> Perhaps it's just me but I swear the quality of Samantha has been greatly >> degraded in this version. I just don't understand why, with every major >> release since iOS 6.x, the quality of Samantha has been steadily >> declining. >> Of course, this is just my opinion. What I do find interesting is that >> Samantha's pronunciation of words that were absolutely correct in iOS 8, >> has >> been changed and are now incorrect in iOS 9.1. >> >> In iOS 8.x, I found the high quality version of the Samantha voice >> somewhat >> pleasant, in iOS 9.x, I find it unsettling, to say the least. I cannot >> imagine having the current Samantha voice reading long stretches of texts, >> whereas in the previous iOS, this would not have even been at issue. Is >> Apple trying to force everyone to Alex? (Yes, a conspiracy theory). >> (Smile). >> >> 4. >> Also, the SMS Reply To dictation feedback problem is very, very annoying. >> >> For those who disagree, let me say that I respect your opinion. Also, the >> feedback is not much of a problem if one dictates using either a Bluetooth >> or wired headset. I suppose it is not much of an issue if one only >> dictates >> 1 or 2 words. However, if one attempts to dictate a full sentence, then >> the >> feedback becomes problematic as a kind of feedback loop ensues causing a >> great deal of random text to be inserted as Siri, hearing VoiceOver, >> begins >> to dictate to itself. >> >> 5. >> I know this comes up every time a new OS is released but it seems to me as >> though my battery drains faster since updating from 8.x to 9.1. I just >> turned off a lot of items that were active in the background app refresh >> area so I'll see how it goes. However, I can tell you that I updated a >> total of three 6 plus phones, yesterday, two from iOS 9.0.2. Now, even >> though both of those two phones that were already running 9.x, were >> plugged >> into an outlet at the time of the update, via OTA, both had less charge >> after updating than they did, before the update began. I've never seen >> such >> a thing before. >> >> 6. >> As always, I have sent my findings to Apple. >> >> 7. >> Finally, and I want to be clear on this: Updating the OS OTA >> (over-the-air) >> is in no way the same as installing it from iTunes via a USB cable. For >> whatever reason, there does seem to be a pattern of more problems when >> going >> from iOS 8.x to 9.x via OTA. >> >> What is the difference between the OTA method and the iTunes method? In >> short, updating OTA does not rewrite the file allocation table and file >> structures, just for starters. When you update via iTunes, it is as if >> you >> are doing a fresh install as all of the file tables and data clusters are >> actually rewritten to the disk.. >> >> Want proof of this? No problem, here's how to verify the difference. >> When >> you use the OTA method, you will notice that any custom keyboard shortcuts >> you may have added remain, after the update. However, when you update via >> iTunes, you will discover that only default keyboard shortcuts exist, >> meaning you will have to rewrite your custom keyboard shortcuts. >> >> I wish I could lay claim to having learned about the difference between >> the >> two methods, independently but I was told of the difference by a senior >> Apple iOS design engineer. >> >> I'll be honest, I have not used the iTunes method since the OTA option >> became available but now that I have had several of my recent syncing >> problems resolved after having used the iTunes method, I'll probably use >> it >> from now on, when possible. >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone >> list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. 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