Strange that I'm not hearing it other places—I know articles I read contain em dashes. So does this email, in fact, and know "to the power of" there.
> On Nov 10, 2019, at 5:38 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Good fine Alan. > That means it is not a Voice Dream Reader issue. > I just checked and yes any superscript number is read as to the power of. > I suspect in books where that is used, or the m-dash, iOS 13 is pronouncing > them differently. > > > I switched to the British Siri Male voice on the language rotor and it did > not say to the power of on the memory numbers on the Apple Store. > Also, when I switch to the Irish Siri voice even though the language is US > English, no to the power of. > So, it is only with US voices. > I'm going to send this to Winston with Voice Dream as well. > > Richard > "Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it." > -- from The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, by Jane > Wagner > > >>> On Nov 10, 2019, at 1:46 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >> Kelby and Richard, >> >> I was just on the Apple Store app checking out prices and other specs on an >> iPhone XR and thought I had found another occurrence of the "to the power >> of" pronunciation. It was on the 64GB and 128GB capacities of the phone. >> However, when I placed the rotor in characters mode, I learned the >> capacities each had a superscript 1 next to them so I guess that >> pronunciation was appropriate. I would have preferred superscript 1 but to >> the power of 1 also works. >> >> Alan Lemly >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of kelby carlson >> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2019 2:53 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Another Weird Pronunciation Issue >> >> The "to the power of" issue happens in most books for me. Usually it is >> pronounced where there is an em dash (this symbol —) or certain types of >> quotation marks. I haven't encountered this in Safari or other apps, just in >> VoiceDream. I am noticing the other pronunciation issues described, however. >> >> >> On Nov 10, 2019, at 3:13 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> It could be, but since it has changed in iOS 13, and Apple never said if >> there was also an update to the Vocalizer voices they are using, then I >> think the place to start is with Apple. >> The current Vocalizer voices on a computer do not have the same issues, so >> who knows. >> >> >> >> Richard >> >> 🖖 Live long and prosper >> >> >> Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com >> >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Cris >> Ali >> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2019 11:56 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Another Weird Pronunciation Issue >> >> Isn’t the pronunciation of the iOS voices provided by the Vocalizer? So, I >> wonder if contacting the vocalizer company could help in fixing these >> problems in the future releases of iOS. >> Have anyone tried to contact the maker of vocalizer regarding such matters? >> Just curious. >> >> Regards, >> >> Cris >> >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Debby >> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2019 2:36 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Another Weird Pronunciation Issue >> >> I have also found some weird pronunciations. I do get gun as g u n when I am >> reading in safari, and I just put it in a note and got the g u n. >> >> For me in the Blindfold games the word re-sume is pronounced as resume—like >> what you do to find a job. It does it in notes, too. Also in the games the >> word exposed is pronounced as ex-posed with the emphasis on the “ex.” It >> wasn’t like this before 13.2. I am using Samantha the regular. >> >> Very strange! >> >> Debby >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Richard Turner >> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2019 2:28 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Another Weird Pronunciation Issue >> >> OK, good to know. >> Any particular book where that punctuation weirdness happens? >> >> I almost always use Amy from Ivona with Voice Dream, which is the British >> female voice, so maybe this too is an American English voice issue? >> >> >> >> Richard >> >> 🖖 Live long and prosper >> >> >> Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com >> >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of kelby >> carlson >> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2019 11:22 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Another Weird Pronunciation Issue >> >> Richard, >> >> Yes, that one is for Voiceover generally. The other one, where certain >> punctuation is pronounced "to the power of" appears to be exclusive to >> VoiceDream. I haven't tried a non-iOS voice to see what happens yet.. >> >> >> On Nov 10, 2019, at 2:11 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> For me, the issue with the word gun, is not isolated to Voice Dream Reader. >> It is anywhere using US English voices. >> I just tested it in the Notes app using Tom Enhanced and the word gun is >> pronounced g u n. >> >> This was on my Work phone running iOS 13.2.2. >> >> Richard >> >> 🖖 Live long and prosper >> >> >> Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com >> >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of kelby >> carlson >> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2019 11:03 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Another Weird Pronunciation Issue >> >> It does appear only to happen in VoiceDream and not other apps. Hopefully >> Winston can get to the bottom of it. >> >> >> On Nov 9, 2019, at 8:39 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Kelby, >> >> I got that to the power of when reading a Bookshare book with Voice Dream >> Reader using Samantha enhanced under iOS 13.2. I was never able to figure >> out what text was causing the "to the power of" words to be spoken since >> those words weren't present. When I switched to another voice in voice >> Dream, the problem seemed not nearly as bad although that might have been >> due to the absence of the offending punctuation in that section. >> >> Thanks for identifying the source of the strange pronunciation. >> >> Alan Lemly >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of kelby carlson >> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2019 10:51 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Another Weird Pronunciation Issue >> >> Thanks. Are you having the issue where Voiceover sometimes pronounces >> certain punctuation as "to the power of"? It seems to happen with certain >> types of quotation marks and hyphens. >> >> >> On Nov 8, 2019, at 10:02 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Yes. The fix until someone gets their act together, is to go into the >> VoiceOver Speech, pronunciations and add gun, the word, which US English >> voices say g u n, and enter the substitution gunn, which has two n's. >> I just did that and now gun is said correctly. >> This for sure started with iOS 13. >> >> >> >> >> Richard >> "Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it." >> -- from The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, by Jane >> Wagner >> >> >> >> On Nov 8, 2019, at 6:02 PM, kelby carlson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Is anyone else noticing VO pronouncing the word gun as g-u"N, three >> separate letters? 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