Hello, I'm with you; Siri voices have too many quirks, Alex is creeping me out, I'm with you. But, try disabling pitch change? That's the Medicine my Samantha has gotten, and she works since.
----- Original Message ----- From: Christina C. <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Friday, October 23, 2015 11:37 pm 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > [email protected] > > > > The archives for this list can be searched at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > --- > > 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 [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > 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 > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. 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