Many thanks for the replies and pointing out that the punctuation setting affects the pronunciation. I guess my punctuation got inadvertently set to all although I'm still puzzled why this would affect the pronunciation of a hyphenated word. Live and learn and I'm glad to get it set and pronouncing correctly again.
Alan Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 12, 2017, at 3:41 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Actually, you are correct in that the punctuatio level makes all the > difference. However, the correct setting to pronounce Wi-Fi as “WiFi” is to > have it set to “Some”. > I just tested it and if you set it to “All” it will say “Wi hyphen Fi” and if > you set it to “None” it does in fact pronounce it the way Alan said as > “Weefee”. > I find the “All” punctuation setting useless because then it will also speak > the colon when it announces the time, e.g. 1 colon 37 and setting it to None > is equally useless at least for me because then it will make a lot of these > pronounciation errors. Therefore “Some” is the most useful. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Kay Malmquist > Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2017 12:44 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Are Others Getting a Different Pronunciation of Wi-Fi? > > Yes, crazy as it sounds, it is your punctuation. change it to none and she > will go back to pronouncing it the correct way. My husband had the same > problem and that is what worked for him. Somehow it had gotten changed. > Hope this helps. > > Kay Malmquist > kay.malmqu...@gmail.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Lemly > To: VIPhone Email List > Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2017 12:20 PM > Subject: Are Others Getting a Different Pronunciation of Wi-Fi? > > Hi List, > > I know in the scheme of things, this is a very minor issue. 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