Sounds like something to report to Apple. I suggest sending an email to [email protected] reporting the problem.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 03/02/2013, at 23:13, Andrew Lamanche <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Listers, > > In iOS 6.0, one could not use the Greek voice as it would only spell the > Greek text rather than read it as normal. In iOS 6.1, this behaviour appeared > to be the same, much to my dispair. However, I've played with it a little > more and I discover that if I make the Greek voice my default voice in > "settings" / "international", then I can read Greek text as one should. The > problem is however, that having made Greek the default voice, all the icons > change to the Greek localisation as well. The Greek voice can read English > but with a degree of distortion which makes it very tiresome. Therefore, in > english applications, Greek voice will read the English icons and text but in > a ditroted somewhat distorted way. It is a solution for me but not very > satisfactory. > > I don't understand why it is that when I choose Greek using the rotor with > English being the default, then the Greek doesn't work properly, but when I > make it the default voice, then it does. > > Has anyone else noticed this with other languages? It seems to me that it is > a bug since no other voice behaves in this fashion. Even when you go to the > languages options and flick through the list of all available languages, all > languages are spoken by their full name, i.e., Francé, but when you land on > Greek it says, epsilon, lambda lambda iota, nika, rather then ellinika which > is a full name. So it spells part of the name and part pronounces it. > > Feel free to write of list, if you wish with your experiences, comments. It's > frustrating to be able to choose French let's say when I need it, or Russian, > and read a piece of text easily, and not to be able to switch through > language rotor option into Greek to let's say browse a website in Greek or > read an ej-mail from a Greek friend. > > Best wishes > > Andrew > > -- > 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/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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 Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
