On Jul 29, 2014, at 5:09 PM, "Alan Paganelli"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks! Sorry for a short post. Am on my way out the door!
Regards,
Alan
Birthdays are good for you; the more you have, the longer you live.
Please click on:
HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/
There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played
on
the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on
my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 2:57 PM
Subject: RE: Teaching Siri to pronounce names - Solution
Alan,
The pronunciation of names by SIRI has nothing to do with Alex, the new
Voiceover voice (new on iDevices at least). Apple has not said anything
about new SIRI voices so I would say they stay the same.
Regards,
Sieghard
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Alan Paganelli
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 4:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Teaching Siri to pronounce names - Solution
I saved this and was going to try it out but I then decided to wait until
iOS 8 comes out and maybe I won't need to make any changes then. I'm
looking forward to hearing that new voice who adds breath sounds for more
realism. I'd rather have a better voice though but we'll see heh!
Regards,
Alan
Birthdays are good for you; the more you have, the longer you live.
Please click on:
HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/
There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played
on
the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on
my
website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph FreeTech" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 3:46 AM
Subject: Teaching Siri to pronounce names - Solution
Ok all, couldn't resist, so I experimented a bit more, and here is how I
used Siri to change how it pronounces odd names:
1. Ask Siri to "Contact x" (where X is the person with the oddly spoken
name).
2. Regardless of Siri's answer, press the Home button to essentially
cancel
the request.
3. Now, press the Home button once again and say the following to Siri:
That is not how you pronounce X.
Note: remember, X is the person's unusual name.
4. Siri will ask you: "Ok, how do you pronounce the name X?" Siri will
wait
for an answer, so go ahead and say out loud the person's name.
5. After saying the person's name, the next prompt you will get is Siri
asking: "Ok, thank you, which pronunciation should I use?"
6. At this point use a 4-finger single tap to go to the top of the screen
and swipe to the right to read the screen. When you reach "Play option 1"
you will double-tap to hear the new Siri pronunciation. You will probably
get three choices, so listen to them in the same way just described. when
you are ready to make a choice simply double-tap on the "Select button"
associated with the desired option.
7. You will be asked to choose a pronunciation for any remaining parts of
the person's name such as left middle and last name.
8. When the process has completed, you will hear one of two messages:
"Thanks for correcting me on that, I'll pronounce it as X from now on."
or
"Great, I'll pronounce it "X" from now on."
If you are not presented with these Siri replies, it is likely the changes
did not go through so try again.
9. If all went well, press the Home button to close any remaining Siri
screen.
10. Now test your pronunciation changes by asking Siri "Contact x." You
should hear Siri speak the new name.
If you can get this feature to work, it is very, very cool!
Joseph the free tech guy!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph FreeTech"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 2:59 AM
Subject: Teaching Siri to pronounce names
Hi all,
Came across the following instructions to teach Siri to pronounce foreign
and uncommon names more naturally. I could not get this to work. Hoping
someone will post better instructions. <Smile>. For now, its definitely
possible as this YouTube video demonstrates:
? Teach Siri to Pronounce Contact Names Correctly in iOS 7 - iPhone
[How-To] - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPcYB3bysFQ
Here are the written instructions:
Teaching Siri How to Say Complicated Names
If you want to teach her how to properly pronounce a name, just open up
Siri
and tell her, "That's not how you pronounce [name goes here]." From there,
she'll give you several options as to who's name you want her to learn, if
she doesn't already recognize it.
As an example, I used Marielle Escobar from my contacts. Siri pronounces
the
first name as Marielle, when it should be pronounced Mary-Lee, so I opened
up Siri and said "That's not how you pronounce Marielle."
Siri then asks me, "OK, how do you pronounce the name (Marielle)?"
I then pronounce the name the correct way (Mary-Lee) and Siri gives me
three
options to choose from, all slight variations of Mary-Lee, if not exact
replicas. If none of those sound correct, you can tell Siri again. If an
option works, press Select.
Once you select it, Siri will ask you about the last name. You can
pronounce
it as well, even if it's already correct. It will then do the same thing
again, giving you three options to choose from. Once you're done, Siri
will
say, "Great, I'll pronounce it "First Name, Last Name" and you'll be ready
to go.
No more Siri massacring our exotic names.
http://ios.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-siri-pronounce-contact-names-correctl
y-ios-7-0148665/
Joseph the free tech guy!
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