Any one try this with the Irish voice? If so, which one should be selected: ireland or irish ireland? I want English.
Thanks, Richard "Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it." — Jane Wagner (Sent from an iPhone 4s) On Sep 27, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. In fact, having my settings in metric is what I >>>>>>>> prefer anyway. >>>>>>>> I hope this is something that can be fixed in a future update, >>>>>>>> allowing more choice of voices and even hopefully more than one choice >>>>>>>> per region. >>>>>>>> Victor >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>>>> Google Group. >>>>>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>>>> Google >>>>>>> Group. >>>>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>>>> 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