Yes, as long as you just change the format region, siri still knows where you are.
-- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Sep 27, 2012, at 8:48 AM, "Suzanne Wilson" <suzannemwil...@comcast.net> wrote: > Does changing the international settings then mean you can't use location > features in your own country? In other words, will SIRI still know where I > live and be able to give me directions or will that be lost? I live in the > US and happen to like the Australian voice much better than the American one, > but I would still like to be able to use SIRI. Thanks. > > Suzanne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cheryl Homiak > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:37 AM > Subject: Re: Using the Australian voice as default > > Have you also changed to Australian in Settings > General > International > > format region? You have to do this. If you hear no difference either they > don't sound different to you or the hq voice is not yet downloaded. I don't > think there's anything that confirms to you that the hq voice is downloaded > except the difference in sound. > > -- > Cheryl > > May the words of my mouth > and the meditation of my heart > be acceptable to You, Lord, > my rock and my Redeemer. > (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) > > > > On Sep 27, 2012, at 8:31 AM, Suzanne Wilson <suzannemwil...@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have the Australian voice selected in my language rotor and hear no >> difference when I toggle the compact voice onn and off. How do I know if I >> have actually downloaded the premium voice? >> >> Suzanne >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Cheryl Homiak >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 8:56 AM >> Subject: Re: Using the Australian voice as default >> >> You can get the Australian voice immediately by changing the voice in >> settings > General > International > format region, but the voice will be >> the compact one so turning compact voice off and on will show no change in >> the voice you hear though it will now be Australian. So Australian will be >> your default at that point but you will only be able to access the compact >> voice until the hq voice downloads. Also, even if Australian is default, if >> you set another voice in the language rotor, you will of course hear that >> voice but it won't become the default. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> >> May the words of my mouth >> and the meditation of my heart >> be acceptable to You, Lord, >> my rock and my Redeemer. >> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >> >> >> >> On Sep 27, 2012, at 7:48 AM, "reggie.alvar...@gmail.com" >> <reggie.alvar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Cheryl,, how do you get default voice immediately? Don't you have to wait >>> for the Australian Karen to download? >>> >>> Reggie and Brooks >>> >>> >>> On Sep 27, 2012, at 12:07 AM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Because just choosing the Australian voice in the rotor only gives the >>> compact voice which, at lleast to my ears, has a hissing or white noise >>> sound as she starts or stops speaking. The only way to get the hq voice is >>> to make it the default so that the Australian hq voice replaces the hq >>> voice for your former default. >>> -- >>> Cheryl >>> >>> May the words of my mouth >>> and the meditation of my heart >>> be acceptable to You, Lord, >>> my rock and my Redeemer. >>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 26, 2012, at 9:29 PM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I just read the last 2 messages in this thread, so pardon me if I >>>> cover something already mentioned. If people like karen so much, why >>>> not just add her to the Language Rodar in VO settings, and then switch >>>> to her whenever you like? Why go through the bother of changing the >>>> international settings and having to download the HQ version of karen, >>>> and then perhaps having to get the HQ version of the US voice again? I >>>> suppose to each their own, but it seems easier to me to add Karen to >>>> the language rodar and then I can have a choice of when I want to use >>>> her. Before iOS 5, I used karen for my main voice in VO. Since iOS 5 >>>> though, the US voice has gotten a lot better, IMO. Karen is still an >>>> option on my language rodar settings, should I want her at any point, >>>> but I'm back to the good old US of A voice. Incidentally, I also like >>>> the Irish English voice, and she also holds a place on my language >>>> rodar, grin. >>>> >>>> Jmt, >>>> Wayne >>>> >>>> On 9/26/12, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Yes, you can use Karen. But you have to go into settings > general > >>>>> international > rformat region and choose Australia there. Then if you >>>>> want >>>>> the hq voice rather than the compact voice, you will have to be patient >>>>> because it doesn't download the hq voice right away apparently. I ended up >>>>> resetting my phone but it sounds like if you just give it time and maybe >>>>> even lock the screen and put it on your charger for a while, the hq voice >>>>> should eventually download. I haven't had any issues with having Australia >>>>> chosen in Format Region except that siri has given me a couple of pieces >>>>> of >>>>> data in kilometers. But somebody said weather was in Celcius; that hasn't >>>>> happened to me however. Just keep in mind that if you switch back the hq >>>>> Samantha has tao download again so you have to wait for that to happen. >>>>> Personally I plan to stick with Karen unless I uncover a major problem >>>>> caused by using her. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Cheryl >>>>> >>>>> May the words of my mouth >>>>> and the meditation of my heart >>>>> be acceptable to You, Lord, >>>>> my rock and my Redeemer. >>>>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 26, 2012, at 6:40 PM, "Joe" <jsoro...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Just to be sure, I can't use Karen in the United States, right? The HQ >>>>>> Australian chick? Samantha's okay, but Karen's smoother on the ears, not >>>>>> unlike her grumpier sister. Thanks foor the info.--Joe >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>>>>> Behalf >>>>>> Of David Chittenden >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:10 AM >>>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: Re: Using the Australian voice as default >>>>>> >>>>>> The problem is that each HQ voice is a couple hundred MB. If a person is >>>>>> running an 8 GB iOS device, the memory would fill up with just the HQ >>>>>> voices >>>>>> very quickly. >>>>>> >>>>>> It would be nice if Apple would allow us to select multiple voices, but >>>>>> this >>>>>> is not the case currently. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>>>>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>>>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On 26/09/2012, at 15:54, Victor Marques <victormarques0...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> I am using an ipod 4g so Siri differences in the region settings are >>>>>>> not important to me. 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