I wrote Apple Accessibility about this earlier today. I'd suggest everyone who would like VoiceOver to stop guessing at abbreviations would write them as well and ask them to either stop it completely or provide an exception dictionary that we can use to fix pronunciations. Write to: [email protected] \ Looking at baseball, AL for American League, gets pronounced Alabama. Cal as a first name gets pronounced California and so on.
Richard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2015 2:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: I wish VoiceOver didn't try to pronounce what it thinks abbriviations mean, but it can be humorous. Hello Kevin, This happens to me, also. The other day, I was trying to locate a friend of mine in my contacts, whose name is Al Jones. I couldn’t find him until I realized that VoiceOver was pronouncing his name as Alabama Jones. I felt so stupid and then got a little miffed at VoiceOver for trying to do too much. I wonder if there is a workaround for this? (smile) Mark From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Minor Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2015 1:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: I wish VoiceOver didn't try to pronounce what it thinks abbriviations mean, but it can be humorous. Hi. I was in the NFL Mobile app on my iPhone 5C running the latest iOs. I wanted to hear the game between Arizona and Green Bay. I got there, and was selecting the feed I wanted. The app gives you updates about who has the ball, and where it is on the field. They use abbreviations for the teams. GB was used for Green Bay. I was navigating through the info on the screen, and was surprised to hear the ball was on the gigabytes 25. I know whoever is programming VoiceOver to give information means well, but I wish they’d just let abbreviations say their letters. VoiceOver isn’t the only one who does this. I never knew, for example about Hartford, Court, or my Physician was Drive Johnson. Oh well, it is humorous in a way, but there is sometimes too much of a good thing. Just thought I’d share this observation. Have a good day, and don’t work too hard. Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your 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 https://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 V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your 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 https://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 V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your 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 https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
