I try other voices briefly but always go back to compact Samantha! She's like an old friend now! Smile.
Ann Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 15, 2016, at 9:57 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, given the fact that there are apparently plenty of people on these > lists who don't think the voices are problem, maybe Apple isn't hearing a > lot from people who do think they are problem. And maybe they don't know. > After all, the number of people who use these voices, compared to the number > of overall customers, is exceedingly small. So raise your voice. I know I > have requested that they open up their system to the point where we can use > other voices that they don't provide. And that hasn't gotten me anywhere. > > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 15, 2016, at 7:38 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Sorry, I was just assuming Apple was paying some royalties to Nuance to use >> their voices, so just like any other customer, they'd have the right to >> raise the issue with their supplier. I also assume Nuance gets quite a bit >> of mileage out of having their voices on such a popular device, so again, >> I'd think that would give Apple some influence with Nuance. Apple could also >> go to another company if they didn't think Nuance was providing the quality >> they expect from their suppliers and want to include in their devices. If >> Apple includes substandard parts in their devices then yes I think they have >> some responsibility for that decision. >> >> You're right though, I can't prove anything, and I don't know the details of >> Apple's deal with Nuance, so I was wrong for bringing it up. >> >>> On 15/09/16 21:22, Mary Otten wrote: >>> Unless you know that Apple has input into this whole deal, or you can prove >>> that the exact same voices are used elsewhere and don't have this problem, >>> I don't think you can blame Apple for the crappy voices. Where Apple could >>> improve would be either to insist that nuance up their game, which would be >>> nice. And they could, spoken from a non-programming point of you of course, >>> open it up, so that we can use voice is obtained through other sources, >>> such as voice dream reader. >>> Mary >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Sep 15, 2016, at 6:43 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> You're right, but Apple chooses to use and upgrade these voices, and I'm >>>> sure they also have some influence with Nuance, so I think it's fair to >>>> let Apple share some of the responsibility. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 15/09/16 14:22, Devin Prater wrote: >>>>> Apple gets these voices from Neuance. When an update comes out, Apple >>>>> updates the voices, so it isn't really Apple's fault. I do know what you >>>>> mean about Samantha. I use Alex, or Fred. >>>>> >>>>> Devin Pratersent from Gmail. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Chantal Oakes <chantaloa...@shaw.ca >>>>> <mailto:chantaloa...@shaw.ca>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello Dan, I echo what you are saying. The quality of voices are >>>>> very poor with this new update. One often wonders why they touch >>>>> what isn't broken. The voices were not bad before they should just >>>>> have left it alone. Just my opinion. >>>>> >>>>> Chantal Oakes >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 15, 2016, at 7:29 AM, Dan <dbeaver...@gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:dbeaver...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I am wondering if this is really the case or if it is just my phone. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I am using a Iphone 6. I am running the new IOS 10. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Even back in IOS 9 on an Iphone 5 I noticed that even high quality >>>>>> voices had a sort of hissy or fuzzy quality to them. 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