I have never had a problem with Samantha like her a lot more than Alex. The new siri voice will have to try it with voice over. I just need to remember how to setup that voice with vo.
On 9/21/17, Rick Alfaro <rick.alf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. Totally agree with you regarding the new Siri female voice. It isn’t the > most responsive by a long shot but the most human sounding I’ve ever heard > on an iPhone. Hopefully, responsiveness will improve. Despite the small lag, > I still am keeping her as my default voice because she’s so pleasant to > listen to. As you mentioned she’s the best at normal human speed. > > > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:11 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Siri Issue > > > > That shows how subjective TTS voices sound to us. I always preferred > Samantha for Voiceover, to me she sounds just fine and if you truly have > downloaded the new female american SIRI voice then I really don’t understand > where you get the witch thing because I think she is one of the best TTS > voices I have ever heard. I don’t have an Amazon Echo, but from Podcasts I > heard I thought Alexa also sounds extremely good, but this new SIRI voice is > probably the most human sounding voice I have ever heard. I must add that > she only sounds good at regular human speaking volume, if you download her > for Voiceover and cranc up the volume it’s a different story, her kind of > voice is not meant to speak fast. > > Unfortunately the next update won’t change things since I’m sure after the > amount of money and effort Apple has gone through to come up with that voice > they won’t go back to what she sounded like before. > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 8:23 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Siri Issue > > > > > > I know people that never liked Samantha because they thought she always > sounded angry. I usually use a male voice for Siri. > > I tried the new female Siri voice which I had to download and I thought she > sounded a great deal better than Samantha. > > So, I have no idea what the issue is for you. > > Richard > > > > > On Sep 20, 2017, at 7:59 PM, Carla <cd5...@comcast.net > <mailto:cd5...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > Since doing the update I'm having a problem with Siri sounding kind of like > a witch! I have Samantha and her voice got higher and she sounds like a > mean cacklly witch. Have any of you experienced this sort of thing? If so > can I fix it or just wait for the next upgrade. > > > > Carla > > > > -- > 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. 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