As for voices, same here. I find Alex rather comfortable to hear on all my supported apple devices, that's everything except Apple Watch. He's brilliant for people like me who has a difficult time with volume and frequencies. In my case, the left ear is more profoundly worse than the right. > On 22 Nov 2016, at 22:46, Donald Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > Our hearing impairments do require different voices. I find the male Alex > voice for ALL phone functions to be much more understandable than the default > voices. I have bigger issues with the high frequencies so that makes sense. > When different ranges are effected different voices are more helpful. Thank > Goodness there are so many choices. I'm also grateful that Linda from Albany > and others spoke of the Com Pilot. That isn't bad either!! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mr. Ed > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 5:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: iOS10 High-Quality voices and hearing-impairments experiences? > > Hi > I am severe hard of hearing and I find the compact voices way better than the > High Quality voices. To me I can understand the words better and they are > pronounce more correctly. > Mr. Ed > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Gerardo Corripio > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 4:25 PM > To: viphone Email List > Subject: iOS10 High-Quality voices and hearing-impairments experiences? > > For Jonathan and other hearing-impaired folks on here, who might be able to > shed some light on what I'm about to write: This morning I took the plunge > and tried the Tom and Juan High-Quality voice and upon voice samples,, > (thy're way too short to really get a grasp of the voice) didn't like the > kind of robotic-sounding Compact voice, so I put the High-Quality ones. They > worked great, but after several hours of using them, I found I wasn't able to > understand some words, thinking that maybe my ears were having problems, or > maybe the hearing aid battery getting low, but no. So frustrated was I > getting that I was about to throw the towel and return to the legacy Samantha > and Paulina voices. I thought I'll give the Compact voices a try, overall > after a friend on Whatsapp, told me of a comment he'd heard that several > hearing-impaired folks were also having frustrations with the iOS10's > High-Quality voices; so I decided why not give them a chance before throwing > the towl? And wow what a change! I'm able to clearly understand what the > iPhone is saying! So now I have to stay, on my 5S, Tom English US, and Juan > Mexican Spanish Compact voices. So I just wonder am I the only one who had > these frustrations with the High-Quality iOS10 voices? With the earpods they > worked great, but when having the phone normally at a distance without > earpods, is when the fristrations started, but as I said before, with the > Compact voices, a different world entirely! > Looking forward to experiences. > > -- > Enviado desde mi lap > Gerardo J Corripio Flores Psicólogo, Terapéuta Reiki Saludos desde Tampico, > Tamaulipas México > > -- > 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.
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