RE: Contacts Entries Appearing Twice

[M. Taylor]

Hello Bill,

Interesting that you should post about this, today.

Earlier today, a friend called me with the same question.  

Until earlier today, I had not heard of this occurring.

She is using an 8 Plus with iOS 14.x.  

Again, an interesting coincidence, to be sure.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Bill 
Gallik
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 7:43 PM
To: viPhone 📩 
Subject: Contacts Entries Appearing Twice

Can anybody explain why the entries in my contacts are appearing twice?

And, more importantly, how can I get the list back to “normal?”



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Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI Robot, Mac Daily News

[Devin Prater]

AI still has the issues of normal speech synthesis. I was listening to the
sample of one, and it couldn't tell the difference between the present and
past tense of the word "read." They'll still have pronunciation issues, and
I would never want it to read a Brandon Sanderson book.

Just imagine:

“Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was
to kill a king"

Yeah no. Alex on the iPhone already has trouble reading some names in harry
Potter books and fanfics, like the French school members in the fourth
book, like someone who was iconic to the book as Fleur Delacour. And this
isn't just on Apple, every TTS voice is going to have problems and I hope
Apple lets all authors know that.
Devin Prater
r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com




On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 12:08 AM Dennis Long  wrote:

> I completely agree.
>
>
>
> Dennis Long
> Sent from my iPhone SE 3
>
> > On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:06 AM, Alan Lemly  wrote:
> >
> > While I certainly want any AI rendered audiobooks to be of the highest
> quality, this feels like the next phase of cost reduction by eliminating
> human voice actors. I can't ever imagine an AI narrated book to be of the
> same quality as a human narrated one and hope we'll continue to have a good
> supply of human narrated audio for many years to come.
> >
> > Alan Lemly
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
> M. Taylor
> > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 8:30 PM
> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an
> AI Robot, Mac Daily News
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I was Fascinated by this article so quickly went to Apple Books and
> explored the selection.
> >
> > I must say, I am amazed at the quality of the AI Rendering of the text.
> >
> > While there are several free AI voiced audio books from which to choose,
> I purchased a title called "WildWood" by Elinor Florence.
> >
> > I will be posting a second article on this in a little while.
> >
> > Enjoy,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > Apple quietly launches a selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot
> MacDailyNews - Friday, January 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM Apple quietly launches a
> selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot Apple has quietly launched a
> catalog of books narrated by an AI robot using artificial intelligence and
> voice synthesis technologies it developed.
> > By Leyland Cecco, for The Guardian:
> >
> > The popularity of the audiobook market has exploded in recent years,
> with technology companies scrambling to gain a foothold. Sales last year
> jumped 25%, bringing in more than $1.5bn. Industry insiders believe the
> global market could be worth more than $35bn by 2030.
> > On the company's Books app, searching for "AI narration" reveals the
> catalogue of works included in the scheme, which are described as being
> "narrated by digital voice based on a human narrator".
> >
> > Apple's development of AI to narrate books could represent a significant
> shift in how major technology companies see the future of audiobooks.
> > Publishers, authors and literary agents who spoke to the Guardian said
> the strategy, if successful, could have significant implications for the
> market.
> >
> > MacDailyNews Take: At first listen, it doesn't sound awful. A preview
> can be heard via Apple Books here.
> >
> > Original Article at:
> >
> https://macdailynews.com/2023/01/06/apple-quietly-launches-a-selection-of-au
> > diobooks-voiced-by-an-ai-robot/
> >
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RE: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI Robot, Mac Daily News

[Alan Lemly]

I will welcome AI narrated books especially in the nonfiction arena where voice 
acting isn't relevant. And I expect I'd prefer a well done AI narrated 
fictional work as opposed to a poorly done human narrated one. Like so much in 
a system where profits determine the allocation of resources, I hope a good 
balance can be reached so funds remain available to compensate those making 
their living doing voice narration. Because you're never going to convince me 
that AI will ever be able to replicate well done human voice acting.

Alan Lemly

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Evan 
Reese
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 3:32 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI 
Robot, Mac Daily News

I don't know, it wasn't all that long ago that we couldn't have imagined AI 
narrated books at all.

Things are moving fast, so I wouldn't be too quick to conclude that AI narrated 
books could never be of the same quality as human narrated ones.

And I don't see why we couldn't have both AI and human narrated books.

It seems very likely that there are a lot more books out there than there are 
human narrators to narrate them. So AI narrated books may well be a big boost 
to making more books accessible than otherwise would be the case.

Evan


On 1/14/2023 1:08 AM, Dennis Long wrote:
> I completely agree.
>
>
>
> Dennis Long
> Sent from my iPhone SE 3
>
>> On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:06 AM, Alan Lemly  wrote:
>>
>> While I certainly want any AI rendered audiobooks to be of the highest 
>> quality, this feels like the next phase of cost reduction by eliminating 
>> human voice actors. I can't ever imagine an AI narrated book to be of the 
>> same quality as a human narrated one and hope we'll continue to have a good 
>> supply of human narrated audio for many years to come.
>>
>> Alan Lemly
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf 
>> Of M. Taylor
>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 8:30 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by 
>> an AI Robot, Mac Daily News
>>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I was Fascinated by this article so quickly went to Apple Books and explored 
>> the selection.
>>
>> I must say, I am amazed at the quality of the AI Rendering of the text.
>>
>> While there are several free AI voiced audio books from which to choose, I 
>> purchased a title called "WildWood" by Elinor Florence.
>>
>> I will be posting a second article on this in a little while.
>>
>> Enjoy,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Apple quietly launches a selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot 
>> MacDailyNews - Friday, January 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM Apple quietly launches a 
>> selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot Apple has quietly launched a 
>> catalog of books narrated by an AI robot using artificial intelligence and 
>> voice synthesis technologies it developed.
>> By Leyland Cecco, for The Guardian:
>>
>> The popularity of the audiobook market has exploded in recent years, with 
>> technology companies scrambling to gain a foothold. Sales last year jumped 
>> 25%, bringing in more than $1.5bn. Industry insiders believe the global 
>> market could be worth more than $35bn by 2030.
>> On the company's Books app, searching for "AI narration" reveals the 
>> catalogue of works included in the scheme, which are described as being 
>> "narrated by digital voice based on a human narrator".
>>
>> Apple's development of AI to narrate books could represent a significant 
>> shift in how major technology companies see the future of audiobooks.
>> Publishers, authors and literary agents who spoke to the Guardian said the 
>> strategy, if successful, could have significant implications for the market.
>>
>> MacDailyNews Take: At first listen, it doesn't sound awful. A preview can be 
>> heard via Apple Books here.
>>
>> Original Article at:
>> https://macdailynews.com/2023/01/06/apple-quietly-launches-a-selectio
>> n-of-au
>> diobooks-voiced-by-an-ai-robot/
>>
>>
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Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini

[Mary Otten]

Thank you. I knew it would be somewhere, but I hadn’t found it yet. Turned it 
off. Yay!


Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 14, 2023, at 6:56 PM, Feliciano Godoy  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> There is a setting by the name of auto punctuation for dictation. You can 
> disable it by going to your iPhone settings, general, and keyboard.
> 
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>> On Jan 14, 2023, at 6:13 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
>> 
>> My problems have not been as serious as yours, Janet. And Siri seems to be 
>> doing so much better on the iPad than on my phone. Although I just now asked 
>> it to launch music, and instead of doing that, it started playing the book I 
>> was reading last night with voice dream reader. I understand how the double 
>> magic tap thing can get confused and play the wrong thing sometimes. But why 
>> Siri thought I wanted to hear a book when I told it to launch the music app 
>> is quite beyond me. Quality control not.  The other annoying thing is the 
>> unwanted an inappropriate insertion of punctuation when you’re dictating. 
>> For instance, in this message, it decided to insert a comma between voice 
>> and dream for voice dream reader. I did not pause. It had no reason to do 
>> that. There must be a setting somewhere that I need to find to shut that 
>> stupid thing off. maybe this will help some people, but I’ve been doing 
>> dictation for a long time, and I know how to pause. So, I hope there’s a 
>> toggle that I just need to find.
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
 On Jan 14, 2023, at 5:40 PM, janet gross  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Mary, 
>>> I've never had this problem with either of my phones, until I upgraded to 
>>> this 16.2.  I regret ever upgrading to 16.2!  I've never had so many 
>>> problems with either of my phones until I upgraded to 16.2.  I have a very 
>>> serious problem with my Apple Play lists as well, I disconnected all my 
>>> Bluetooth devices from the phone, and had to reconnect them again.  I can't 
>>> even get Siri to set my alarm clock.  This is nuts!  I upgraded to 16.2, 
>>> and I had to erase my entire phone, I had to rename the phone, I lost all 
>>> my phone calls in my recent folder in the phone app.  I don't know what 
>>> else to do.  I was seriously considering buying the new iPhone 14, but I 
>>> quickly changed my mine.  I can't raise or lower the volume on the phone, 
>>> so when I am talking on the phone, people keep saying they can't hear me, 
>>> and there isn't anything I can do about that either!  
>>> 
>>> Janet 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
>>> Otten
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 7:18 PM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my 
>>> iPad mini
>>> 
>>> Hi Janet,
>>> It’s very interesting about that tone. It seems to me that because I can 
>>> hear it sometimes and not other times, there might be something going on 
>>> with audio ducking. It seems to me like voice over having been speaking, 
>>> just as I pressed the side button to invoke Siri is somehow responsible for 
>>> not hearing the tone. Therefore, I am wondering about that audio ducking. 
>>> The problem does not ever occur with iOS 15 on my old phone and did not 
>>> occur on iOS 15 with this 10 R phone. 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
> On Jan 14, 2023, at 4:29 PM, janet gross  
> wrote:
 
 Hello Sieghard, 
 I have excellent hearing, and this Siri I can not hear the musical tone 
 like I did before I upgraded to 16.2!  I don't know when to ask her a 
 question or not.  As far as I am concerned Siri was broke with 16.2!  
 Janet 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
 Sieghard Weitzel
 Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 2:18 PM
 To: viphone@googlegroups.com
 Subject: RE: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my 
 iPad mini
 
 I find the main cause right now when Siri misunderstands me is when I 
 speak to quickly. I know the current Siri tone is harder to hear for 
 people with hearing loss so hopefully Apple will hear these people and 
 change it again or even introduce haptic feedback like when you press and 
 hold the digital crown on the Apple watch, but it definitely works much 
 better if you give it that 1 1000 count after the tone.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
 Mary Otten
 Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 9:41 AM
 To: viphone@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my 
 iPad mini
 
 Hi Mark,
 Well, I have been trying to do that, wai

Contacts Entries Appearing Twice

[Bill Gallik]

Can anybody explain why the entries in my contacts are appearing twice?

And, more importantly, how can I get the list back to “normal?”



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Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini

[Feliciano Godoy]

Hi,
There is a setting by the name of auto punctuation for dictation. You can 
disable it by going to your iPhone settings, general, and keyboard.

Feliciano
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> On Jan 14, 2023, at 6:13 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> My problems have not been as serious as yours, Janet. And Siri seems to be 
> doing so much better on the iPad than on my phone. Although I just now asked 
> it to launch music, and instead of doing that, it started playing the book I 
> was reading last night with voice dream reader. I understand how the double 
> magic tap thing can get confused and play the wrong thing sometimes. But why 
> Siri thought I wanted to hear a book when I told it to launch the music app 
> is quite beyond me. Quality control not.  The other annoying thing is the 
> unwanted an inappropriate insertion of punctuation when you’re dictating. For 
> instance, in this message, it decided to insert a comma between voice and 
> dream for voice dream reader. I did not pause. It had no reason to do that. 
> There must be a setting somewhere that I need to find to shut that stupid 
> thing off. maybe this will help some people, but I’ve been doing dictation 
> for a long time, and I know how to pause. So, I hope there’s a toggle that I 
> just need to find.
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 14, 2023, at 5:40 PM, janet gross  wrote:
>> 
>> Mary, 
>> I've never had this problem with either of my phones, until I upgraded to 
>> this 16.2.  I regret ever upgrading to 16.2!  I've never had so many 
>> problems with either of my phones until I upgraded to 16.2.  I have a very 
>> serious problem with my Apple Play lists as well, I disconnected all my 
>> Bluetooth devices from the phone, and had to reconnect them again.  I can't 
>> even get Siri to set my alarm clock.  This is nuts!  I upgraded to 16.2, and 
>> I had to erase my entire phone, I had to rename the phone, I lost all my 
>> phone calls in my recent folder in the phone app.  I don't know what else to 
>> do.  I was seriously considering buying the new iPhone 14, but I quickly 
>> changed my mine.  I can't raise or lower the volume on the phone, so when I 
>> am talking on the phone, people keep saying they can't hear me, and there 
>> isn't anything I can do about that either!  
>> 
>> Janet 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
>> Otten
>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 7:18 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my 
>> iPad mini
>> 
>> Hi Janet,
>> It’s very interesting about that tone. It seems to me that because I can 
>> hear it sometimes and not other times, there might be something going on 
>> with audio ducking. It seems to me like voice over having been speaking, 
>> just as I pressed the side button to invoke Siri is somehow responsible for 
>> not hearing the tone. Therefore, I am wondering about that audio ducking. 
>> The problem does not ever occur with iOS 15 on my old phone and did not 
>> occur on iOS 15 with this 10 R phone. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
 On Jan 14, 2023, at 4:29 PM, janet gross  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Sieghard, 
>>> I have excellent hearing, and this Siri I can not hear the musical tone 
>>> like I did before I upgraded to 16.2!  I don't know when to ask her a 
>>> question or not.  As far as I am concerned Siri was broke with 16.2!  
>>> Janet 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
>>> Sieghard Weitzel
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 2:18 PM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: RE: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my 
>>> iPad mini
>>> 
>>> I find the main cause right now when Siri misunderstands me is when I speak 
>>> to quickly. I know the current Siri tone is harder to hear for people with 
>>> hearing loss so hopefully Apple will hear these people and change it again 
>>> or even introduce haptic feedback like when you press and hold the digital 
>>> crown on the Apple watch, but it definitely works much better if you give 
>>> it that 1 1000 count after the tone.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
>>> Otten
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 9:41 AM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my 
>>> iPad mini
>>> 
>>> Hi Mark,
>>> Well, I have been trying to do that, wait and wait some more and then make 
>>> my request. Sometimes it seems to help. Other times it’s crazy. Siri is 
>>> just not very reliable. In terms of launching apps. It will tell me that I 
>>> don’t have a certain nap, maybe twice in a row before finally launching the 
>>> app. I don’t know

Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini

[Mary Otten]

My problems have not been as serious as yours, Janet. And Siri seems to be 
doing so much better on the iPad than on my phone. Although I just now asked it 
to launch music, and instead of doing that, it started playing the book I was 
reading last night with voice dream reader. I understand how the double magic 
tap thing can get confused and play the wrong thing sometimes. But why Siri 
thought I wanted to hear a book when I told it to launch the music app is quite 
beyond me. Quality control not.  The other annoying thing is the unwanted an 
inappropriate insertion of punctuation when you’re dictating. For instance, in 
this message, it decided to insert a comma between voice and dream for voice 
dream reader. I did not pause. It had no reason to do that. There must be a 
setting somewhere that I need to find to shut that stupid thing off. maybe this 
will help some people, but I’ve been doing dictation for a long time, and I 
know how to pause. So, I hope there’s a toggle that I just need to find.


Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 14, 2023, at 5:40 PM, janet gross  wrote:
> 
> Mary, 
> I've never had this problem with either of my phones, until I upgraded to 
> this 16.2.  I regret ever upgrading to 16.2!  I've never had so many problems 
> with either of my phones until I upgraded to 16.2.  I have a very serious 
> problem with my Apple Play lists as well, I disconnected all my Bluetooth 
> devices from the phone, and had to reconnect them again.  I can't even get 
> Siri to set my alarm clock.  This is nuts!  I upgraded to 16.2, and I had to 
> erase my entire phone, I had to rename the phone, I lost all my phone calls 
> in my recent folder in the phone app.  I don't know what else to do.  I was 
> seriously considering buying the new iPhone 14, but I quickly changed my 
> mine.  I can't raise or lower the volume on the phone, so when I am talking 
> on the phone, people keep saying they can't hear me, and there isn't anything 
> I can do about that either!  
> 
> Janet 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
> Otten
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 7:18 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad 
> mini
> 
> Hi Janet,
> It’s very interesting about that tone. It seems to me that because I can hear 
> it sometimes and not other times, there might be something going on with 
> audio ducking. It seems to me like voice over having been speaking, just as I 
> pressed the side button to invoke Siri is somehow responsible for not hearing 
> the tone. Therefore, I am wondering about that audio ducking. The problem 
> does not ever occur with iOS 15 on my old phone and did not occur on iOS 15 
> with this 10 R phone. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 14, 2023, at 4:29 PM, janet gross  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Sieghard, 
>> I have excellent hearing, and this Siri I can not hear the musical tone like 
>> I did before I upgraded to 16.2!  I don't know when to ask her a question or 
>> not.  As far as I am concerned Siri was broke with 16.2!  
>> Janet 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
>> Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 2:18 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my 
>> iPad mini
>> 
>> I find the main cause right now when Siri misunderstands me is when I speak 
>> to quickly. I know the current Siri tone is harder to hear for people with 
>> hearing loss so hopefully Apple will hear these people and change it again 
>> or even introduce haptic feedback like when you press and hold the digital 
>> crown on the Apple watch, but it definitely works much better if you give it 
>> that 1 1000 count after the tone.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
>> Otten
>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 9:41 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my 
>> iPad mini
>> 
>> Hi Mark,
>> Well, I have been trying to do that, wait and wait some more and then make 
>> my request. Sometimes it seems to help. Other times it’s crazy. Siri is just 
>> not very reliable. In terms of launching apps. It will tell me that I don’t 
>> have a certain nap, maybe twice in a row before finally launching the app. I 
>> don’t know what they’ve done. Maybe it’s processing the request on the 
>> device instead of in the cloud. That would certainly make up for some thing 
>> maybe, because this phone is a 10 R, which is not exactly new. Whatever it 
>> is, it’s annoying.
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
 On Jan 13, 2023, at 10:15 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Mary,
>>> 
>>> As I do not have an Apple Music subscription, I cannot assist you in 
>>> resolving your Play List problem.
>>> 
>>> However, as far as Siri's seemingly random responses to your spoken 
>>> requests

Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini

[Mary Otten]

Wi-Fi is certainly on. Sync library was not on the iPad, it is on my phone. So 
I turned it on on the iPad. And I am using iCloud as a back up. So I’m not sure 
how long it should take for that playlist to sync. I checked my iPad mini after 
turning on sync library and so far it hasn’t done anything. Maybe it takes a 
while.Wi-Fi is certainly on. Sync library was not on the iPad, it is on my 
phone. So I turned it on on the iPad. And I am using iCloud as a back up. So 
I’m not sure how long it should take for that playlist to sink. I checked my 
iPad mini after turning on sync library and so far it hasn’t done anything. 
Maybe it takes a while.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 13, 2023, at 11:26 PM, Feliciano Godoy  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> On the device that doesn’t pickup the playlists make sure that wifi/ cellular 
> data is on. Then make sure icloud is on in youre settings and make sure Sync 
> Library is on via on via music in your settints.
> 
> 
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>> On Jan 13, 2023, at 9:01 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
>> 
>> The subject line pretty much says it all. I have recently created a couple 
>> of playlists on my iPhone XR. They show up there. They show up on my old 
>> iPhone 7 Plus. And they play just fine on my Amazon eight devices because 
>> they’re linked to Apple Music and I can say play my playlist, XYZ and it 
>> works. On my iPad mini six, these playlists are not there. Why the heck not? 
>> I just don’t understand what the heck is going on with Apple.
>> Between the totally erratic behavior of Siri, half of the time, claiming it 
>> doesn’t have an app I want to launch, which I actually have, and the fact 
>> that when I say something like launch music, it starts playing some thing I 
>> don’t want rather than launching the Music app, I really think iOS 16 is 
>> loaded with bugs that need to be stumped and I don’t get it. Come on Apple. 
>> We pay big bucks for these phones and iPads. Clean it up!
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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RE: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini

[janet gross]

Mary, 
I've never had this problem with either of my phones, until I upgraded to this 
16.2.  I regret ever upgrading to 16.2!  I've never had so many problems with 
either of my phones until I upgraded to 16.2.  I have a very serious problem 
with my Apple Play lists as well, I disconnected all my Bluetooth devices from 
the phone, and had to reconnect them again.  I can't even get Siri to set my 
alarm clock.  This is nuts!  I upgraded to 16.2, and I had to erase my entire 
phone, I had to rename the phone, I lost all my phone calls in my recent folder 
in the phone app.  I don't know what else to do.  I was seriously considering 
buying the new iPhone 14, but I quickly changed my mine.  I can't raise or 
lower the volume on the phone, so when I am talking on the phone, people keep 
saying they can't hear me, and there isn't anything I can do about that either! 
 

Janet 
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 7:18 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad 
mini

Hi Janet,
It’s very interesting about that tone. It seems to me that because I can hear 
it sometimes and not other times, there might be something going on with audio 
ducking. It seems to me like voice over having been speaking, just as I pressed 
the side button to invoke Siri is somehow responsible for not hearing the tone. 
Therefore, I am wondering about that audio ducking. The problem does not ever 
occur with iOS 15 on my old phone and did not occur on iOS 15 with this 10 R 
phone. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 14, 2023, at 4:29 PM, janet gross  wrote:
> 
> Hello Sieghard, 
> I have excellent hearing, and this Siri I can not hear the musical tone like 
> I did before I upgraded to 16.2!  I don't know when to ask her a question or 
> not.  As far as I am concerned Siri was broke with 16.2!  
> Janet 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 2:18 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad 
> mini
> 
> I find the main cause right now when Siri misunderstands me is when I speak 
> to quickly. I know the current Siri tone is harder to hear for people with 
> hearing loss so hopefully Apple will hear these people and change it again or 
> even introduce haptic feedback like when you press and hold the digital crown 
> on the Apple watch, but it definitely works much better if you give it that 1 
> 1000 count after the tone.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
> Otten
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 9:41 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad 
> mini
> 
> Hi Mark,
> Well, I have been trying to do that, wait and wait some more and then make my 
> request. Sometimes it seems to help. Other times it’s crazy. Siri is just not 
> very reliable. In terms of launching apps. It will tell me that I don’t have 
> a certain nap, maybe twice in a row before finally launching the app. I don’t 
> know what they’ve done. Maybe it’s processing the request on the device 
> instead of in the cloud. That would certainly make up for some thing maybe, 
> because this phone is a 10 R, which is not exactly new. Whatever it is, it’s 
> annoying.
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 13, 2023, at 10:15 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Mary,
>> 
>> As I do not have an Apple Music subscription, I cannot assist you in 
>> resolving your Play List problem.
>> 
>> However, as far as Siri's seemingly random responses to your spoken 
>> requests, I suggest that, after pressing the Siri button on your device, you 
>> wait a full second after you hear the audio prompt, before speaking.  If you 
>> can get in the habit of doing this, I think you will find that Siri is as 
>> consistent as it was in previous versions of the OS.
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
>> Otten
>> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 9:02 PM
>> To: via VIPhone 
>> Subject: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad 
>> mini
>> 
>> The subject line pretty much says it all. I have recently created a couple 
>> of playlists on my iPhone XR. They show up there. They show up on my old 
>> iPhone 7 Plus. And they play just fine on my Amazon eight devices because 
>> they’re linked to Apple Music and I can say play my playlist, XYZ and it 
>> works. On my iPad mini six, these playlists are not there. Why the heck not? 
>> I just don’t understand what the heck is going on with Apple.
>> Between the totally erratic behavior of Siri, half of the time, claiming it 
>> doesn’t have an app I want to launch, which I actually have, and the fact 
>> that when I say something like launch music, it start

Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI Robot, Mac Daily News

[Evan Reese]

Well, there's probably also nothing like a human voice reading a book badly.

Now I'm not dissing Learning Ally. I have used them quite a bit and 
learned a lot from the books I've gotten from them over many years. 
However, those of you who have used them very much at all will know that 
while some of their narrations are very good, and some are passable, 
some are downright terrible.


I would take AI narration over bad human narration any time.

Evan


On 1/14/2023 8:17 PM, Esther Levegnale wrote:
I totally agree with you. There is nothing like a human voice reading 
a book. Esther


Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 13 Pro Max!

On Jan 14, 2023, at 10:57 AM, Barbara Stahl 
 wrote:


I listened to the preview link in the article and the narration is 
surprisingly good.  But I completely agree, nothing could ever be 
better than human narration for me.  And its totally wrong for 
companies to try to replace people with robots just for profet.  Its 
disgusting.



On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:08 AM, Dennis Long  wrote:

I completely agree.



Dennis Long
Sent from my iPhone SE 3


On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:06 AM, Alan Lemly  wrote:

While I certainly want any AI rendered audiobooks to be of the 
highest quality, this feels like the next phase of cost reduction 
by eliminating human voice actors. I can't ever imagine an AI 
narrated book to be of the same quality as a human narrated one and 
hope we'll continue to have a good supply of human narrated audio 
for many years to come.


Alan Lemly

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf 
Of M. Taylor

Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 8:30 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by 
an AI Robot, Mac Daily News


Hello Everyone,

I was Fascinated by this article so quickly went to Apple Books and 
explored the selection.


I must say, I am amazed at the quality of the AI Rendering of the text.

While there are several free AI voiced audio books from which to 
choose, I purchased a title called "WildWood" by Elinor Florence.


I will be posting a second article on this in a little while.

Enjoy,

Mark

Apple quietly launches a selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI 
robot MacDailyNews - Friday, January 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM Apple 
quietly launches a selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot 
Apple has quietly launched a catalog of books narrated by an AI 
robot using artificial intelligence and voice synthesis 
technologies it developed.

By Leyland Cecco, for The Guardian:

The popularity of the audiobook market has exploded in recent 
years, with technology companies scrambling to gain a foothold. 
Sales last year jumped 25%, bringing in more than $1.5bn. Industry 
insiders believe the global market could be worth more than $35bn 
by 2030.
On the company's Books app, searching for "AI narration" reveals 
the catalogue of works included in the scheme, which are described 
as being "narrated by digital voice based on a human narrator".


Apple's development of AI to narrate books could represent a 
significant shift in how major technology companies see the future 
of audiobooks.
Publishers, authors and literary agents who spoke to the Guardian 
said the strategy, if successful, could have significant 
implications for the market.


MacDailyNews Take: At first listen, it doesn't sound awful. A 
preview can be heard via Apple Books here.


Original Article at:
https://macdailynews.com/2023/01/06/apple-quietly-launches-a-selection-of-au
diobooks-voiced-by-an-ai-robot/


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Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini

[Mary Otten]

Hi Janet,
It’s very interesting about that tone. It seems to me that because I can hear 
it sometimes and not other times, there might be something going on with audio 
ducking. It seems to me like voice over having been speaking, just as I pressed 
the side button to invoke Siri is somehow responsible for not hearing the tone. 
Therefore, I am wondering about that audio ducking. The problem does not ever 
occur with iOS 15 on my old phone and did not occur on iOS 15 with this 10 R 
phone. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 14, 2023, at 4:29 PM, janet gross  wrote:
> 
> Hello Sieghard, 
> I have excellent hearing, and this Siri I can not hear the musical tone like 
> I did before I upgraded to 16.2!  I don't know when to ask her a question or 
> not.  As far as I am concerned Siri was broke with 16.2!  
> Janet 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 2:18 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad 
> mini
> 
> I find the main cause right now when Siri misunderstands me is when I speak 
> to quickly. I know the current Siri tone is harder to hear for people with 
> hearing loss so hopefully Apple will hear these people and change it again or 
> even introduce haptic feedback like when you press and hold the digital crown 
> on the Apple watch, but it definitely works much better if you give it that 1 
> 1000 count after the tone.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
> Otten
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 9:41 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad 
> mini
> 
> Hi Mark,
> Well, I have been trying to do that, wait and wait some more and then make my 
> request. Sometimes it seems to help. Other times it’s crazy. Siri is just not 
> very reliable. In terms of launching apps. It will tell me that I don’t have 
> a certain nap, maybe twice in a row before finally launching the app. I don’t 
> know what they’ve done. Maybe it’s processing the request on the device 
> instead of in the cloud. That would certainly make up for some thing maybe, 
> because this phone is a 10 R, which is not exactly new. Whatever it is, it’s 
> annoying.
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 13, 2023, at 10:15 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Mary,
>> 
>> As I do not have an Apple Music subscription, I cannot assist you in 
>> resolving your Play List problem.
>> 
>> However, as far as Siri's seemingly random responses to your spoken 
>> requests, I suggest that, after pressing the Siri button on your device, you 
>> wait a full second after you hear the audio prompt, before speaking.  If you 
>> can get in the habit of doing this, I think you will find that Siri is as 
>> consistent as it was in previous versions of the OS.
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
>> Otten
>> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 9:02 PM
>> To: via VIPhone 
>> Subject: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad 
>> mini
>> 
>> The subject line pretty much says it all. I have recently created a couple 
>> of playlists on my iPhone XR. They show up there. They show up on my old 
>> iPhone 7 Plus. And they play just fine on my Amazon eight devices because 
>> they’re linked to Apple Music and I can say play my playlist, XYZ and it 
>> works. On my iPad mini six, these playlists are not there. Why the heck not? 
>> I just don’t understand what the heck is going on with Apple.
>> Between the totally erratic behavior of Siri, half of the time, claiming it 
>> doesn’t have an app I want to launch, which I actually have, and the fact 
>> that when I say something like launch music, it starts playing some thing I 
>> don’t want rather than launching the Music app, I really think iOS 16 is 
>> loaded with bugs that need to be stumped and I don’t get it. Come on Apple. 
>> We pay big bucks for these phones and iPads. Clean it up!
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI Robot, Mac Daily News

[Esther Levegnale]

I totally agree with you. There is nothing like a human voice reading a book. 
Esther

Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 13 Pro Max!

> On Jan 14, 2023, at 10:57 AM, Barbara Stahl  
> wrote:
> 
> I listened to the preview link in the article and the narration is 
> surprisingly good.  But I completely agree, nothing could ever be better than 
> human narration for me.  And its totally wrong for companies to try to 
> replace people with robots just for profet.  Its disgusting.  
> 
>> On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:08 AM, Dennis Long  wrote:
>> 
>> I completely agree.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Dennis Long
>> Sent from my iPhone SE 3
>> 
 On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:06 AM, Alan Lemly  wrote:
>>> 
>>> While I certainly want any AI rendered audiobooks to be of the highest 
>>> quality, this feels like the next phase of cost reduction by eliminating 
>>> human voice actors. I can't ever imagine an AI narrated book to be of the 
>>> same quality as a human narrated one and hope we'll continue to have a good 
>>> supply of human narrated audio for many years to come.
>>> 
>>> Alan Lemly
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of M. 
>>> Taylor
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 8:30 PM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI 
>>> Robot, Mac Daily News
>>> 
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>> 
>>> I was Fascinated by this article so quickly went to Apple Books and 
>>> explored the selection.
>>> 
>>> I must say, I am amazed at the quality of the AI Rendering of the text.
>>> 
>>> While there are several free AI voiced audio books from which to choose, I 
>>> purchased a title called "WildWood" by Elinor Florence.
>>> 
>>> I will be posting a second article on this in a little while.
>>> 
>>> Enjoy,
>>> 
>>> Mark
>>> 
>>> Apple quietly launches a selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot 
>>> MacDailyNews - Friday, January 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM Apple quietly launches a 
>>> selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot Apple has quietly launched a 
>>> catalog of books narrated by an AI robot using artificial intelligence and 
>>> voice synthesis technologies it developed.
>>> By Leyland Cecco, for The Guardian:
>>> 
>>> The popularity of the audiobook market has exploded in recent years, with 
>>> technology companies scrambling to gain a foothold. Sales last year jumped 
>>> 25%, bringing in more than $1.5bn. Industry insiders believe the global 
>>> market could be worth more than $35bn by 2030.
>>> On the company's Books app, searching for "AI narration" reveals the 
>>> catalogue of works included in the scheme, which are described as being 
>>> "narrated by digital voice based on a human narrator".
>>> 
>>> Apple's development of AI to narrate books could represent a significant 
>>> shift in how major technology companies see the future of audiobooks.
>>> Publishers, authors and literary agents who spoke to the Guardian said the 
>>> strategy, if successful, could have significant implications for the market.
>>> 
>>> MacDailyNews Take: At first listen, it doesn't sound awful. A preview can 
>>> be heard via Apple Books here.
>>> 
>>> Original Article at:
>>> https://macdailynews.com/2023/01/06/apple-quietly-launches-a-selection-of-au
>>> diobooks-voiced-by-an-ai-robot/
>>> 
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RE: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini

[janet gross]

Hi Mary, 
Amen to that!  I also have an iPhone XR, and I am experiencing the exact same 
problems you are too.  

Janet 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 11:41 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad 
mini

Hi Mark,
Well, I have been trying to do that, wait and wait some more and then make my 
request. Sometimes it seems to help. Other times it’s crazy. Siri is just not 
very reliable. In terms of launching apps. It will tell me that I don’t have a 
certain nap, maybe twice in a row before finally launching the app. I don’t 
know what they’ve done. Maybe it’s processing the request on the device instead 
of in the cloud. That would certainly make up for some thing maybe, because 
this phone is a 10 R, which is not exactly new. Whatever it is, it’s annoying.


Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 13, 2023, at 10:15 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
> 
> Hello Mary,
> 
> As I do not have an Apple Music subscription, I cannot assist you in 
> resolving your Play List problem.
> 
> However, as far as Siri's seemingly random responses to your spoken requests, 
> I suggest that, after pressing the Siri button on your device, you wait a 
> full second after you hear the audio prompt, before speaking.  If you can get 
> in the habit of doing this, I think you will find that Siri is as consistent 
> as it was in previous versions of the OS.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
> Otten
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 9:02 PM
> To: via VIPhone 
> Subject: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini
> 
> The subject line pretty much says it all. I have recently created a couple of 
> playlists on my iPhone XR. They show up there. They show up on my old iPhone 
> 7 Plus. And they play just fine on my Amazon eight devices because they’re 
> linked to Apple Music and I can say play my playlist, XYZ and it works. On my 
> iPad mini six, these playlists are not there. Why the heck not? I just don’t 
> understand what the heck is going on with Apple.
> Between the totally erratic behavior of Siri, half of the time, claiming it 
> doesn’t have an app I want to launch, which I actually have, and the fact 
> that when I say something like launch music, it starts playing some thing I 
> don’t want rather than launching the Music app, I really think iOS 16 is 
> loaded with bugs that need to be stumped and I don’t get it. Come on Apple. 
> We pay big bucks for these phones and iPads. Clean it up!
> 
> 
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RE: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini

[janet gross]

Hello Sieghard, 
I have excellent hearing, and this Siri I can not hear the musical tone like I 
did before I upgraded to 16.2!  I don't know when to ask her a question or not. 
 As far as I am concerned Siri was broke with 16.2!  
Janet 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 2:18 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad 
mini

I find the main cause right now when Siri misunderstands me is when I speak to 
quickly. I know the current Siri tone is harder to hear for people with hearing 
loss so hopefully Apple will hear these people and change it again or even 
introduce haptic feedback like when you press and hold the digital crown on the 
Apple watch, but it definitely works much better if you give it that 1 1000 
count after the tone.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 9:41 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad 
mini

Hi Mark,
Well, I have been trying to do that, wait and wait some more and then make my 
request. Sometimes it seems to help. Other times it’s crazy. Siri is just not 
very reliable. In terms of launching apps. It will tell me that I don’t have a 
certain nap, maybe twice in a row before finally launching the app. I don’t 
know what they’ve done. Maybe it’s processing the request on the device instead 
of in the cloud. That would certainly make up for some thing maybe, because 
this phone is a 10 R, which is not exactly new. Whatever it is, it’s annoying.


Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 13, 2023, at 10:15 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
> 
> Hello Mary,
> 
> As I do not have an Apple Music subscription, I cannot assist you in 
> resolving your Play List problem.
> 
> However, as far as Siri's seemingly random responses to your spoken requests, 
> I suggest that, after pressing the Siri button on your device, you wait a 
> full second after you hear the audio prompt, before speaking.  If you can get 
> in the habit of doing this, I think you will find that Siri is as consistent 
> as it was in previous versions of the OS.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
> Otten
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 9:02 PM
> To: via VIPhone 
> Subject: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini
> 
> The subject line pretty much says it all. I have recently created a couple of 
> playlists on my iPhone XR. They show up there. They show up on my old iPhone 
> 7 Plus. And they play just fine on my Amazon eight devices because they’re 
> linked to Apple Music and I can say play my playlist, XYZ and it works. On my 
> iPad mini six, these playlists are not there. Why the heck not? I just don’t 
> understand what the heck is going on with Apple.
> Between the totally erratic behavior of Siri, half of the time, claiming it 
> doesn’t have an app I want to launch, which I actually have, and the fact 
> that when I say something like launch music, it starts playing some thing I 
> don’t want rather than launching the Music app, I really think iOS 16 is 
> loaded with bugs that need to be stumped and I don’t get it. Come on Apple. 
> We pay big bucks for these phones and iPads. Clean it up!
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

[Daniel MacDonald]

this quiry is a direct violatuion of Appile’s non-discloure agreement so it should not be jajnswered. apple can sue.Sent from my iPhoneOn Jan 13, 2023, at 5:35 AM, tony k5twz.com  wrote:







Shutdown works on my 13 pro with 16.2.
 
Tony
 
 


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 1:20 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone


 
Hi,
 
Could people who have iOS 16.2 or earlier check if they can still successfully ask Siri to restart or shut down their device?
I am on iOS 16.3 public beta and this seems to have stopped working which is too bad because it was a handy command.
 
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Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI Robot, Mac Daily News

[Evan Reese]

I get the feeling that some people here are comparing AI narrated books 
to those professionally narrated by the best in the business, as from 
Audible.


But that is the wrong comparison.

Firstly, for those reading nonfiction, you don't need a professional 
dramatic performance of a book.


Also, there are tons of magazines out there that could be AI narrated 
but that aren't because there are not enough human narrators, or the 
funds, to do the job.


If it comes down to material being accessible via AI narration, or not 
accessible at all, I think many people will overcome their prejudices 
and listen to them.


Also, AI narration is a fast moving technology. As I said, it would be 
unwise to claim that it could never be as good as the best human 
narration. But even if it never does get that good, there are still a 
lot of areas where it would be very useful in filling an accessibility void.


Evan


On 1/14/2023 3:04 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:


There are many examples where robots or robotic processes can do things much 
faster and  more accurately than humans and in principle there is nothing wrong 
with utilizing technology we developed to improve the manufacturing process or 
even health care.
In the context of audio books I am also a huge fan of human narration and I for 
one wouldn't listen to an e-Book read by a synthesized voice if you paid me.
As for books read by AI I can't say, guess in a way it's still a synthesized 
voice, but if it is really that good I might listen to it although my guess is 
that I would still prefer a good human narrator. Of course sometimes you also 
get not very good narrators especially with books from the public domain, so 
here a really good AI maybe will do a better job.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Barbara 
Stahl
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 7:58 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI 
Robot, Mac Daily News

I listened to the preview link in the article and the narration is surprisingly 
good.  But I completely agree, nothing could ever be better than human 
narration for me.  And its totally wrong for companies to try to replace people 
with robots just for profet.  Its disgusting.


On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:08 AM, Dennis Long  wrote:

I completely agree.



Dennis Long
Sent from my iPhone SE 3


On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:06 AM, Alan Lemly  wrote:

While I certainly want any AI rendered audiobooks to be of the highest 
quality, this feels like the next phase of cost reduction by eliminating human 
voice actors. I can't ever imagine an AI narrated book to be of the same 
quality as a human narrated one and hope we'll continue to have a good supply 
of human narrated audio for many years to come.

Alan Lemly

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of M. Taylor
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 8:30 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI 
Robot, Mac Daily News

Hello Everyone,

I was Fascinated by this article so quickly went to Apple Books and explored 
the selection.

I must say, I am amazed at the quality of the AI Rendering of the text.

While there are several free AI voiced audio books from which to choose, I purchased a 
title called "WildWood" by Elinor Florence.

I will be posting a second article on this in a little while.

Enjoy,

Mark

Apple quietly launches a selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot 
MacDailyNews - Friday, January 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM Apple quietly launches a 
selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot Apple has quietly launched a 
catalog of books narrated by an AI robot using artificial intelligence and 
voice synthesis technologies it developed.
By Leyland Cecco, for The Guardian:

The popularity of the audiobook market has exploded in recent years, with 
technology companies scrambling to gain a foothold. Sales last year jumped 25%, 
bringing in more than $1.5bn. Industry insiders believe the global market could 
be worth more than $35bn by 2030.
On the company's Books app, searching for "AI narration" reveals the catalogue of works 
included in the scheme, which are described as being "narrated by digital voice based on a 
human narrator".

Apple's development of AI to narrate books could represent a significant shift 
in how major technology companies see the future of audiobooks.
Publishers, authors and literary agents who spoke to the Guardian said the 
strategy, if successful, could have significant implications for the market.

MacDailyNews Take: At first listen, it doesn't sound awful. A preview can be 
heard via Apple Books here.

Original Article at:
https://macdailynews.com/2023/01/06/apple-quietly-launches-a-selection-of-au
diobooks-voiced-by-an-ai-robot/


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Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI Robot, Mac Daily News

[Evan Reese]

I don't know, it wasn't all that long ago that we couldn't have imagined 
AI narrated books at all.


Things are moving fast, so I wouldn't be too quick to conclude that AI 
narrated books could never be of the same quality as human narrated ones.


And I don't see why we couldn't have both AI and human narrated books.

It seems very likely that there are a lot more books out there than 
there are human narrators to narrate them. So AI narrated books may well 
be a big boost to making more books accessible than otherwise would be 
the case.


Evan


On 1/14/2023 1:08 AM, Dennis Long wrote:

I completely agree.



Dennis Long
Sent from my iPhone SE 3


On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:06 AM, Alan Lemly  wrote:

While I certainly want any AI rendered audiobooks to be of the highest 
quality, this feels like the next phase of cost reduction by eliminating human 
voice actors. I can't ever imagine an AI narrated book to be of the same 
quality as a human narrated one and hope we'll continue to have a good supply 
of human narrated audio for many years to come.

Alan Lemly

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of M. Taylor
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 8:30 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI 
Robot, Mac Daily News

Hello Everyone,

I was Fascinated by this article so quickly went to Apple Books and explored 
the selection.

I must say, I am amazed at the quality of the AI Rendering of the text.

While there are several free AI voiced audio books from which to choose, I purchased a 
title called "WildWood" by Elinor Florence.

I will be posting a second article on this in a little while.

Enjoy,

Mark

Apple quietly launches a selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot 
MacDailyNews - Friday, January 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM Apple quietly launches a 
selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot Apple has quietly launched a 
catalog of books narrated by an AI robot using artificial intelligence and 
voice synthesis technologies it developed.
By Leyland Cecco, for The Guardian:

The popularity of the audiobook market has exploded in recent years, with 
technology companies scrambling to gain a foothold. Sales last year jumped 25%, 
bringing in more than $1.5bn. Industry insiders believe the global market could 
be worth more than $35bn by 2030.
On the company's Books app, searching for "AI narration" reveals the catalogue of works 
included in the scheme, which are described as being "narrated by digital voice based on a 
human narrator".

Apple's development of AI to narrate books could represent a significant shift 
in how major technology companies see the future of audiobooks.
Publishers, authors and literary agents who spoke to the Guardian said the 
strategy, if successful, could have significant implications for the market.

MacDailyNews Take: At first listen, it doesn't sound awful. A preview can be 
heard via Apple Books here.

Original Article at:
https://macdailynews.com/2023/01/06/apple-quietly-launches-a-selection-of-au
diobooks-voiced-by-an-ai-robot/


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RE: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

[Sieghard Weitzel]

I'm impressed Ed remembers my age, he must have one of his good days when 
things are slightly less fuzzy for him; but hey, I still admire you, Ed, you 
are still active on the list and at twice my age that is not so bad.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mr. Ed
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 9:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

Hi All,
Just remember Sieghard is an old goat now at 55 and has a hard time remembering 
how to have Siri restart his iPhone. You know it’s just operator error.
 🤣
Mr. Ed

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 10:41 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

Exactly, obviously if the phone is completely powered off you can't use Siri. 
Instead press the side button for about 4 or so seconds.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Kevin 
Minor
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 8:16 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

Hi.

I think what is meant by restarting the iPhone is it’s done while the phone is 
still on. I think it’s known as a soft reboot.

If anyone knows something different, chime in.

Kevin and Jilly

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
kheve...@fuse.net
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 11:13 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

How do you get Siri to restart your phone after it has been turned off or 
powered off?

From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of tony 
k5twz.com
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 4:35 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

Shutdown works on my 13 pro with 16.2.

Tony


From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 1:20 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

Hi,

Could people who have iOS 16.2 or earlier check if they can still successfully 
ask Siri to restart or shut down their device?
I am on iOS 16.3 public beta and this seems to have stopped working which is 
too bad because it was a handy command.

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RE: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini

[Sieghard Weitzel]

I hope you send this too Apple as well since I doubt Apple is monitoring the 
Viphone list to see what they have to fix.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 9:02 PM
To: via VIPhone 
Subject: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini

The subject line pretty much says it all. I have recently created a couple of 
playlists on my iPhone XR. They show up there. They show up on my old iPhone 7 
Plus. And they play just fine on my Amazon eight devices because they’re linked 
to Apple Music and I can say play my playlist, XYZ and it works. On my iPad 
mini six, these playlists are not there. Why the heck not? I just don’t 
understand what the heck is going on with Apple.
Between the totally erratic behavior of Siri, half of the time, claiming it 
doesn’t have an app I want to launch, which I actually have, and the fact that 
when I say something like launch music, it starts playing some thing I don’t 
want rather than launching the Music app, I really think iOS 16 is loaded with 
bugs that need to be stumped and I don’t get it. Come on Apple. We pay big 
bucks for these phones and iPads. Clean it up!


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RE: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini

[Sieghard Weitzel]

I find the main cause right now when Siri misunderstands me is when I speak to 
quickly. I know the current Siri tone is harder to hear for people with hearing 
loss so hopefully Apple will hear these people and change it again or even 
introduce haptic feedback like when you press and hold the digital crown on the 
Apple watch, but it definitely works much better if you give it that 1 1000 
count after the tone.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 9:41 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad 
mini

Hi Mark,
Well, I have been trying to do that, wait and wait some more and then make my 
request. Sometimes it seems to help. Other times it’s crazy. Siri is just not 
very reliable. In terms of launching apps. It will tell me that I don’t have a 
certain nap, maybe twice in a row before finally launching the app. I don’t 
know what they’ve done. Maybe it’s processing the request on the device instead 
of in the cloud. That would certainly make up for some thing maybe, because 
this phone is a 10 R, which is not exactly new. Whatever it is, it’s annoying.


Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 13, 2023, at 10:15 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
> 
> Hello Mary,
> 
> As I do not have an Apple Music subscription, I cannot assist you in 
> resolving your Play List problem.
> 
> However, as far as Siri's seemingly random responses to your spoken requests, 
> I suggest that, after pressing the Siri button on your device, you wait a 
> full second after you hear the audio prompt, before speaking.  If you can get 
> in the habit of doing this, I think you will find that Siri is as consistent 
> as it was in previous versions of the OS.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
> Otten
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 9:02 PM
> To: via VIPhone 
> Subject: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini
> 
> The subject line pretty much says it all. I have recently created a couple of 
> playlists on my iPhone XR. They show up there. They show up on my old iPhone 
> 7 Plus. And they play just fine on my Amazon eight devices because they’re 
> linked to Apple Music and I can say play my playlist, XYZ and it works. On my 
> iPad mini six, these playlists are not there. Why the heck not? I just don’t 
> understand what the heck is going on with Apple.
> Between the totally erratic behavior of Siri, half of the time, claiming it 
> doesn’t have an app I want to launch, which I actually have, and the fact 
> that when I say something like launch music, it starts playing some thing I 
> don’t want rather than launching the Music app, I really think iOS 16 is 
> loaded with bugs that need to be stumped and I don’t get it. Come on Apple. 
> We pay big bucks for these phones and iPads. Clean it up!
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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RE: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI Robot, Mac Daily News

[Sieghard Weitzel]

I am afraid it may come down to supply and demand, if people are willing to pay 
the extra cost it shouldn't be a problem, but look at the clothing industry, 
you get all this super cheap "fast fashion" which is incredible harmful for the 
planet yet people buy it by the truck load, it goes in the closet and with any 
luck the stuff may get worn once or twice before it gets tossed in the garbage. 
The problem of course is that even expensive clothing is made in the same 
countries and while of course better materials are being used, one still 
wonders how much you pay for the fact it has a certain name or logo on it. 
Couldn't clothing of the same quality and fit be made in the US or Canada and 
be sold for the same price? I am quite sure it could, but then somebody would 
have to pay $150 for a pair of jeans which doesn't say Hugo Boss or Lewis or 
whatever on it and then we have a problem.


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Alan 
Lemly
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 10:07 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI 
Robot, Mac Daily News

While I certainly want any AI rendered audiobooks to be of the highest quality, 
this feels like the next phase of cost reduction by eliminating human voice 
actors. I can't ever imagine an AI narrated book to be of the same quality as a 
human narrated one and hope we'll continue to have a good supply of human 
narrated audio for many years to come.

Alan Lemly

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of M. Taylor
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 8:30 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI 
Robot, Mac Daily News

Hello Everyone,

I was Fascinated by this article so quickly went to Apple Books and explored 
the selection.

I must say, I am amazed at the quality of the AI Rendering of the text.

While there are several free AI voiced audio books from which to choose, I 
purchased a title called "WildWood" by Elinor Florence.

I will be posting a second article on this in a little while.

Enjoy,

Mark

Apple quietly launches a selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot 
MacDailyNews - Friday, January 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM Apple quietly launches a 
selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot Apple has quietly launched a 
catalog of books narrated by an AI robot using artificial intelligence and 
voice synthesis technologies it developed.
By Leyland Cecco, for The Guardian:

The popularity of the audiobook market has exploded in recent years, with 
technology companies scrambling to gain a foothold. Sales last year jumped 25%, 
bringing in more than $1.5bn. Industry insiders believe the global market could 
be worth more than $35bn by 2030.
On the company's Books app, searching for "AI narration" reveals the catalogue 
of works included in the scheme, which are described as being "narrated by 
digital voice based on a human narrator".

Apple's development of AI to narrate books could represent a significant shift 
in how major technology companies see the future of audiobooks.
Publishers, authors and literary agents who spoke to the Guardian said the 
strategy, if successful, could have significant implications for the market.

MacDailyNews Take: At first listen, it doesn't sound awful. A preview can be 
heard via Apple Books here.

Original Article at:
https://macdailynews.com/2023/01/06/apple-quietly-launches-a-selection-of-au
diobooks-voiced-by-an-ai-robot/


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RE: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI Robot, Mac Daily News

[Sieghard Weitzel]

There are many examples where robots or robotic processes can do things much 
faster and  more accurately than humans and in principle there is nothing wrong 
with utilizing technology we developed to improve the manufacturing process or 
even health care.
In the context of audio books I am also a huge fan of human narration and I for 
one wouldn't listen to an e-Book read by a synthesized voice if you paid me.
As for books read by AI I can't say, guess in a way it's still a synthesized 
voice, but if it is really that good I might listen to it although my guess is 
that I would still prefer a good human narrator. Of course sometimes you also 
get not very good narrators especially with books from the public domain, so 
here a really good AI maybe will do a better job.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Barbara 
Stahl
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 7:58 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI 
Robot, Mac Daily News

I listened to the preview link in the article and the narration is surprisingly 
good.  But I completely agree, nothing could ever be better than human 
narration for me.  And its totally wrong for companies to try to replace people 
with robots just for profet.  Its disgusting.  

> On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:08 AM, Dennis Long  wrote:
> 
> I completely agree.
> 
> 
> 
> Dennis Long
> Sent from my iPhone SE 3
> 
>> On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:06 AM, Alan Lemly  wrote:
>> 
>> While I certainly want any AI rendered audiobooks to be of the highest 
>> quality, this feels like the next phase of cost reduction by eliminating 
>> human voice actors. I can't ever imagine an AI narrated book to be of the 
>> same quality as a human narrated one and hope we'll continue to have a good 
>> supply of human narrated audio for many years to come.
>> 
>> Alan Lemly
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of M. 
>> Taylor
>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 8:30 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI 
>> Robot, Mac Daily News
>> 
>> Hello Everyone,
>> 
>> I was Fascinated by this article so quickly went to Apple Books and explored 
>> the selection.
>> 
>> I must say, I am amazed at the quality of the AI Rendering of the text.
>> 
>> While there are several free AI voiced audio books from which to choose, I 
>> purchased a title called "WildWood" by Elinor Florence.
>> 
>> I will be posting a second article on this in a little while.
>> 
>> Enjoy,
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> Apple quietly launches a selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot 
>> MacDailyNews - Friday, January 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM Apple quietly launches a 
>> selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot Apple has quietly launched a 
>> catalog of books narrated by an AI robot using artificial intelligence and 
>> voice synthesis technologies it developed.
>> By Leyland Cecco, for The Guardian:
>> 
>> The popularity of the audiobook market has exploded in recent years, with 
>> technology companies scrambling to gain a foothold. Sales last year jumped 
>> 25%, bringing in more than $1.5bn. Industry insiders believe the global 
>> market could be worth more than $35bn by 2030.
>> On the company's Books app, searching for "AI narration" reveals the 
>> catalogue of works included in the scheme, which are described as being 
>> "narrated by digital voice based on a human narrator".
>> 
>> Apple's development of AI to narrate books could represent a significant 
>> shift in how major technology companies see the future of audiobooks.
>> Publishers, authors and literary agents who spoke to the Guardian said the 
>> strategy, if successful, could have significant implications for the market.
>> 
>> MacDailyNews Take: At first listen, it doesn't sound awful. A preview can be 
>> heard via Apple Books here.
>> 
>> Original Article at:
>> https://macdailynews.com/2023/01/06/apple-quietly-launches-a-selection-of-au
>> diobooks-voiced-by-an-ai-robot/
>> 
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Re: iPhone Battery Capacities Compared: all iPhones Battery Life in mAH and WH, Macworld

[Andy Baracco]

I agree wholeheartedly.
I recently upgraded to the SE 3rd generation from the iPhone 8, and the 
exterior is identicle and i was able to continue to use my Apple smart 
charging case.


Andy

- Original Message - 
From: "Mike Arrigo" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: iPhone Battery Capacities Compared: all iPhones Battery Life in 
mAH and WH, Macworld



Interestingly, the article did not mention the battery on the iPhone SE 
second and third generation. I recently upgraded from the iPhone 10R to the 
Iphone SE third generation. It has the same processor as the Iphone 13, I 
definitely think this phone fits better in the pocket, it looks exactly like 
the Iphone 8, one common thing that is mentioned in reviews of this phone is 
the shorter battery life and I agree with that, the battery definitely goes 
faster than it did in my 10R. Fortunately there is a great solution for 
that, Mophie still makes a juice pack battery case for this phone and it 
doubles the battery life so I have the best of both worlds, a nice pocket 
form factor and great battery life, for anyone looking to upgrade their 
Iphone, I would give the Iphone SE some consideration, I love mine.



On Jan 12, 2023, at 9:59 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:

Macworld
Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 10:45 PM

iPhone battery capacities compared: all iPhones battery life in mAh and Wh

Here we list and explain the battery capacities of every iPhone from 2007’s
original iPhone to the very latest iPhone 14 series.
Measuring iPhone battery life in straight hours of real-world usage (as
Apple likes to do) is not an accurate metric for comparison purposes as so
many use and environmental factors play a part.
We can, however, rely on straight technical specifications to tell us the
battery capacities of each iPhone.

Apple is notoriously secretive about these battery specifications, mainly
because smartphones from rivals such as Samsung boast much larger battery
capacities.
These are measured in either Milliamp Hours (mAh) or Watt Hours (Wh).
Milliamp hours are a measure of electrical charge, while a watt-hour is
equal to one watt of energy consumed for one hour of time. And it is 
energy

consumed that matters when we’re measuring actual battery life.

Wh is a more accurate and consistent way to compare the total amount of
energy that similar types of batteries can store.
And it’s all about the battery voltage, which mAh ignores, which 
determines

the wattage (power) of a battery.

If the mAh is the same, the higher the voltage, the greater the actual
stored power.
Volts (V) are a measure of electric pressure. Amps (A) are a measure of
current. Multiply V x A and you get Watts (W) that are a measure of power.
So V × A = W.
You can convert watt hours (Wh) to milliamp hours (mAh) using this 
formula:

(Wh x 1,000) divided by V = mAh.

The lithium batteries that power most portable electronics have a voltage 
of

about 3.6V, but some external battery packs (such as Apple’s 7.62V MagSafe
Battery Pack) boast a higher voltage, which means they actually carry more
power than their mAh implies.

Here we list the battery capacity of every iPhone ever released in both 
mAh

and Wh.
iPhone battery capacities
iPhone:   1400mAh 
5.18Wh

iPhone 3G: 1150mAh4.25Wh
iPhone 3GS:   1200mAh4.44Wh
iPhone 4:1420mAh5.3Wh
iPhone 4s1432mAh5.3Wh
iPhone 5:1440mAh5.45Wh
iPhone 5c   1510mAh5.73Wh
iPhone 5s:   1560mAh5.92Wh
iPhone 6:1810mAh   6.9Wh
iPhone 6s:   1715mAh   6.91Wh
iPhone 6s Plus:  2750mAh10.45Wh
iPhone SE:  1624mAh   6.21Wh
iPhone 7:1960mAh   7.45Wh
iPhone 7 Plus:2900mAh11.1Wh
iPhone 8:1821mAh6.96Wh
iPhone 8 Plus:2961mAh10.28Wh
iPhone X:   2716mAh10.35Wh
iPhone XR:2942mAh11.16Wh
iPhone XS: 2658mAh10.13Wh
iPhone XS Max:3174mAh12.08Wh
iPhone 11:   3110mAh 
11.91Wh

iPhone 11 Pro:   3046mAh11.67Wh
iPhone 11 Pro Max:  3969mAh15.04Wh
iPhone 12 mini: 2227mAh8.57Wh
iPhone 12:  2815m

Re: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini

[Mary Otten]

Hi Mark,
Well, I have been trying to do that, wait and wait some more and then make my 
request. Sometimes it seems to help. Other times it’s crazy. Siri is just not 
very reliable. In terms of launching apps. It will tell me that I don’t have a 
certain nap, maybe twice in a row before finally launching the app. I don’t 
know what they’ve done. Maybe it’s processing the request on the device instead 
of in the cloud. That would certainly make up for some thing maybe, because 
this phone is a 10 R, which is not exactly new. Whatever it is, it’s annoying.


Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 13, 2023, at 10:15 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
> 
> Hello Mary,
> 
> As I do not have an Apple Music subscription, I cannot assist you in 
> resolving your Play List problem.
> 
> However, as far as Siri's seemingly random responses to your spoken requests, 
> I suggest that, after pressing the Siri button on your device, you wait a 
> full second after you hear the audio prompt, before speaking.  If you can get 
> in the habit of doing this, I think you will find that Siri is as consistent 
> as it was in previous versions of the OS.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
> Otten
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 9:02 PM
> To: via VIPhone 
> Subject: Recently created Apple Music play lists don’t show up on my iPad mini
> 
> The subject line pretty much says it all. I have recently created a couple of 
> playlists on my iPhone XR. They show up there. They show up on my old iPhone 
> 7 Plus. And they play just fine on my Amazon eight devices because they’re 
> linked to Apple Music and I can say play my playlist, XYZ and it works. On my 
> iPad mini six, these playlists are not there. Why the heck not? I just don’t 
> understand what the heck is going on with Apple.
> Between the totally erratic behavior of Siri, half of the time, claiming it 
> doesn’t have an app I want to launch, which I actually have, and the fact 
> that when I say something like launch music, it starts playing some thing I 
> don’t want rather than launching the Music app, I really think iOS 16 is 
> loaded with bugs that need to be stumped and I don’t get it. Come on Apple. 
> We pay big bucks for these phones and iPads. Clean it up!
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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RE: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

[Mr. Ed]

Hi All,

Just remember Sieghard is an old goat now at 55 and has a hard time remembering 
how to have Siri restart his iPhone. You know it’s just operator error.  

 🤣

Mr. Ed

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 10:41 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

 

Exactly, obviously if the phone is completely powered off you can't use Siri. 
Instead press the side button for about 4 or so seconds.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
Kevin Minor
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 8:16 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: RE: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

 

Hi.

 

I think what is meant by restarting the iPhone is it’s done while the phone is 
still on. I think it’s known as a soft reboot.

 

If anyone knows something different, chime in.

 

Kevin and Jilly

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
kheve...@fuse.net  
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 11:13 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: RE: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

 

How do you get Siri to restart your phone after it has been turned off or 
powered off?

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of tony 
k5twz.com
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 4:35 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: RE: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

 

Shutdown works on my 13 pro with 16.2.

 

Tony

 

 

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Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 1:20 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: Siri command to reboot or shut down iPhone

 

Hi,

 

Could people who have iOS 16.2 or earlier check if they can still successfully 
ask Siri to restart or shut down their device?

I am on iOS 16.3 public beta and this seems to have stopped working which is 
too bad because it was a handy command.

 

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RE: Have you Gone Wireless, Yet?

[Carolyn]

Thanks. 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 8:12 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Have you Gone Wireless, Yet?

No, it is not on BARD, which is why I didn't mention BARD as a resource.
If your local public library does digital audio books, you may be able to get 
it that way.




Richard, USA.
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On Jan 13, 2023, at 3:04 PM, Carolyn <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote:



Is that book on BARD? I tried to find it, but did not. 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On 
Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 2:21 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Have you Gone Wireless, Yet?

I just finished the book, You're Not Listening for our book club," and 
would recommend it to everyone who wants to be a better listener, but I'm 
passing on a quote that addresses the issue brought up on this list about being 
without your phone for a period of time.  This is only one tiny excerpt from 
the book.

From the book, "You're Not Listening: What You Are Missing and Why It 
Matters," by Kate Murphy. (Available from Bookshare, and Kindle as text; 
Libro.fm and Audible as an audio book.
Chapter 14. Addicted to Distraction, 57.5%: 
“health experts say device dependency has many of the same behavioral, 
psychological, and neurobiological components as substance abuse.
While our smartphones may not allow us to have a decent conversation 
(“Can you hear me now? How about now?”), they seem to offer us just about 
everything else—social media, games, news, maps, recipes, videos, music, 
movies, podcasts, shopping, and pornography, if you’re so inclined. In the end, 
none of it is as emotionally satisfying or as essential to our well-being as 
connecting with a live human being. And yet, like any addict, we keep tapping, 
scrolling, and swiping as if pulling a lever on a slot machine, hoping to 
eventually hit the jackpot.
This compulsion, driven by a fear of missing out, prevents sustained 
attention, making listening—or any task requiring thought—difficult. It’s hard 
to concentrate on what’s happening in the real world when you’re preoccupied 
with what could be happening in the virtual one. Experts have raised concerns 
that we are even losing our ability to daydream, as fantasizing, too, requires 
some level of attention. Many of the greatest advances in science and arts and 
letters have come by way of daydreaming. Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham 
Bell, Charles Darwin, Friedrich Nietzsche, T. S. Eliot, and Lewis Carroll all 
attributed their genius to long periods of uninterrupted musing. Could you put 
away your phone for an hour? A half hour? Five minutes?”


Richard, USA.
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it.”  --  Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2023 8:08 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Have you Gone Wireless, Yet?

James,
That had me laughing out loud.




Richard, USA.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
James Bentley
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2023 8:03 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Have you Gone Wireless, Yet?

Probably no need for expensive professional help.

There's probably an app for that.

James B  

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2023 9:55 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Have you Gone Wireless, Yet?

Time for professional help for sure, 😊




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Re: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI Robot, Mac Daily News

[Barbara Stahl]

I listened to the preview link in the article and the narration is surprisingly 
good.  But I completely agree, nothing could ever be better than human 
narration for me.  And its totally wrong for companies to try to replace people 
with robots just for profet.  Its disgusting.  

> On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:08 AM, Dennis Long  wrote:
> 
> I completely agree.
> 
> 
> 
> Dennis Long
> Sent from my iPhone SE 3
> 
>> On Jan 14, 2023, at 1:06 AM, Alan Lemly  wrote:
>> 
>> While I certainly want any AI rendered audiobooks to be of the highest 
>> quality, this feels like the next phase of cost reduction by eliminating 
>> human voice actors. I can't ever imagine an AI narrated book to be of the 
>> same quality as a human narrated one and hope we'll continue to have a good 
>> supply of human narrated audio for many years to come.
>> 
>> Alan Lemly
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of M. 
>> Taylor
>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 8:30 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Apple Quietly Launches a Selection of Audiobooks Voiced by an AI 
>> Robot, Mac Daily News
>> 
>> Hello Everyone,
>> 
>> I was Fascinated by this article so quickly went to Apple Books and explored 
>> the selection.
>> 
>> I must say, I am amazed at the quality of the AI Rendering of the text.
>> 
>> While there are several free AI voiced audio books from which to choose, I 
>> purchased a title called "WildWood" by Elinor Florence.
>> 
>> I will be posting a second article on this in a little while.
>> 
>> Enjoy,
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> Apple quietly launches a selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot 
>> MacDailyNews - Friday, January 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM Apple quietly launches a 
>> selection of audiobooks voiced by an AI robot Apple has quietly launched a 
>> catalog of books narrated by an AI robot using artificial intelligence and 
>> voice synthesis technologies it developed.
>> By Leyland Cecco, for The Guardian:
>> 
>> The popularity of the audiobook market has exploded in recent years, with 
>> technology companies scrambling to gain a foothold. Sales last year jumped 
>> 25%, bringing in more than $1.5bn. Industry insiders believe the global 
>> market could be worth more than $35bn by 2030.
>> On the company's Books app, searching for "AI narration" reveals the 
>> catalogue of works included in the scheme, which are described as being 
>> "narrated by digital voice based on a human narrator".
>> 
>> Apple's development of AI to narrate books could represent a significant 
>> shift in how major technology companies see the future of audiobooks.
>> Publishers, authors and literary agents who spoke to the Guardian said the 
>> strategy, if successful, could have significant implications for the market.
>> 
>> MacDailyNews Take: At first listen, it doesn't sound awful. A preview can be 
>> heard via Apple Books here.
>> 
>> Original Article at:
>> https://macdailynews.com/2023/01/06/apple-quietly-launches-a-selection-of-au
>> diobooks-voiced-by-an-ai-robot/
>> 
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Re: iPhone Battery Capacities Compared: all iPhones Battery Life in mAH and WH, Macworld

[CHELA Robles]

Now I'm definitely curious about Apple Watch batteries. I wonder if they will 
come out with an article comparing watch batteries from the first series to the 
Ultra. Thanks for sharing this article about phone batteries. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 14, 2023, at 6:50 AM, Mike Arrigo  wrote:
> 
> Interestingly, the article did not mention the battery on the iPhone SE 
> second and third generation. I recently upgraded from the iPhone 10R to the 
> Iphone SE third generation. It has the same processor as the Iphone 13, I 
> definitely think this phone fits better in the pocket, it looks exactly like 
> the Iphone 8, one common thing that is mentioned in reviews of this phone is 
> the shorter battery life and I agree with that, the battery definitely goes 
> faster than it did in my 10R. Fortunately there is a great solution for that, 
> Mophie still makes a juice pack battery case for this phone and it doubles 
> the battery life so I have the best of both worlds, a nice pocket form factor 
> and great battery life, for anyone looking to upgrade their Iphone, I would 
> give the Iphone SE some consideration, I love mine.
> 
>> On Jan 12, 2023, at 9:59 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
>> 
>> Macworld
>> Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 10:45 PM
>> 
>> iPhone battery capacities compared: all iPhones battery life in mAh and Wh
>> 
>> Here we list and explain the battery capacities of every iPhone from 2007’s
>> original iPhone to the very latest iPhone 14 series.
>> Measuring iPhone battery life in straight hours of real-world usage (as
>> Apple likes to do) is not an accurate metric for comparison purposes as so
>> many use and environmental factors play a part.
>> We can, however, rely on straight technical specifications to tell us the
>> battery capacities of each iPhone.
>> 
>> Apple is notoriously secretive about these battery specifications, mainly
>> because smartphones from rivals such as Samsung boast much larger battery
>> capacities.
>> These are measured in either Milliamp Hours (mAh) or Watt Hours (Wh).
>> Milliamp hours are a measure of electrical charge, while a watt-hour is
>> equal to one watt of energy consumed for one hour of time. And it is energy
>> consumed that matters when we’re measuring actual battery life.
>> 
>> Wh is a more accurate and consistent way to compare the total amount of
>> energy that similar types of batteries can store.
>> And it’s all about the battery voltage, which mAh ignores, which determines
>> the wattage (power) of a battery.
>> 
>> If the mAh is the same, the higher the voltage, the greater the actual
>> stored power.
>> Volts (V) are a measure of electric pressure. Amps (A) are a measure of
>> current. Multiply V x A and you get Watts (W) that are a measure of power.
>> So V × A = W.
>> You can convert watt hours (Wh) to milliamp hours (mAh) using this formula:
>> (Wh x 1,000) divided by V = mAh.
>> 
>> The lithium batteries that power most portable electronics have a voltage of
>> about 3.6V, but some external battery packs (such as Apple’s 7.62V MagSafe
>> Battery Pack) boast a higher voltage, which means they actually carry more
>> power than their mAh implies.
>> 
>> Here we list the battery capacity of every iPhone ever released in both mAh
>> and Wh.
>> iPhone battery capacities
>> iPhone:   1400mAh5.18Wh
>> iPhone 3G: 1150mAh4.25Wh
>> iPhone 3GS:   1200mAh4.44Wh
>> iPhone 4:1420mAh5.3Wh
>> iPhone 4s1432mAh5.3Wh
>> iPhone 5:1440mAh5.45Wh
>> iPhone 5c   1510mAh5.73Wh
>> iPhone 5s:   1560mAh5.92Wh
>> iPhone 6:1810mAh   6.9Wh
>> iPhone 6s:   1715mAh   6.91Wh
>> iPhone 6s Plus:  2750mAh10.45Wh
>> iPhone SE:  1624mAh   6.21Wh
>> iPhone 7:1960mAh   7.45Wh
>> iPhone 7 Plus:2900mAh11.1Wh
>> iPhone 8:1821mAh6.96Wh
>> iPhone 8 Plus:2961mAh10.28Wh
>> iPhone X:   2716mAh10.35Wh
>> iPhone XR:2942mAh11.16Wh
>> iPhone XS: 2658mAh10.13Wh
>> iPhone XS Max:3174mAh12.08Wh 
>> iPhone 11:   3110mAh11.91Wh
>> iPhone 11 Pro:   3046mAh11.67Wh
>> iPhone 11 Pro Max: 

Re: iPhone Battery Capacities Compared: all iPhones Battery Life in mAH and WH, Macworld

[Mike Arrigo]

Interestingly, the article did not mention the battery on the iPhone SE second 
and third generation. I recently upgraded from the iPhone 10R to the Iphone SE 
third generation. It has the same processor as the Iphone 13, I definitely 
think this phone fits better in the pocket, it looks exactly like the Iphone 8, 
one common thing that is mentioned in reviews of this phone is the shorter 
battery life and I agree with that, the battery definitely goes faster than it 
did in my 10R. Fortunately there is a great solution for that, Mophie still 
makes a juice pack battery case for this phone and it doubles the battery life 
so I have the best of both worlds, a nice pocket form factor and great battery 
life, for anyone looking to upgrade their Iphone, I would give the Iphone SE 
some consideration, I love mine.

> On Jan 12, 2023, at 9:59 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
> 
> Macworld
> Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 10:45 PM
> 
> iPhone battery capacities compared: all iPhones battery life in mAh and Wh
> 
> Here we list and explain the battery capacities of every iPhone from 2007’s
> original iPhone to the very latest iPhone 14 series.
> Measuring iPhone battery life in straight hours of real-world usage (as
> Apple likes to do) is not an accurate metric for comparison purposes as so
> many use and environmental factors play a part.
> We can, however, rely on straight technical specifications to tell us the
> battery capacities of each iPhone.
> 
> Apple is notoriously secretive about these battery specifications, mainly
> because smartphones from rivals such as Samsung boast much larger battery
> capacities.
> These are measured in either Milliamp Hours (mAh) or Watt Hours (Wh).
> Milliamp hours are a measure of electrical charge, while a watt-hour is
> equal to one watt of energy consumed for one hour of time. And it is energy
> consumed that matters when we’re measuring actual battery life.
> 
> Wh is a more accurate and consistent way to compare the total amount of
> energy that similar types of batteries can store.
> And it’s all about the battery voltage, which mAh ignores, which determines
> the wattage (power) of a battery.
> 
> If the mAh is the same, the higher the voltage, the greater the actual
> stored power.
> Volts (V) are a measure of electric pressure. Amps (A) are a measure of
> current. Multiply V x A and you get Watts (W) that are a measure of power.
> So V × A = W.
> You can convert watt hours (Wh) to milliamp hours (mAh) using this formula:
> (Wh x 1,000) divided by V = mAh.
> 
> The lithium batteries that power most portable electronics have a voltage of
> about 3.6V, but some external battery packs (such as Apple’s 7.62V MagSafe
> Battery Pack) boast a higher voltage, which means they actually carry more
> power than their mAh implies.
> 
> Here we list the battery capacity of every iPhone ever released in both mAh
> and Wh.
> iPhone battery capacities
> iPhone:   1400mAh5.18Wh
> iPhone 3G: 1150mAh4.25Wh
> iPhone 3GS:   1200mAh4.44Wh
> iPhone 4:1420mAh5.3Wh
> iPhone 4s1432mAh5.3Wh
> iPhone 5:1440mAh5.45Wh
> iPhone 5c   1510mAh5.73Wh
> iPhone 5s:   1560mAh5.92Wh
> iPhone 6:1810mAh   6.9Wh
> iPhone 6s:   1715mAh   6.91Wh
> iPhone 6s Plus:  2750mAh10.45Wh
> iPhone SE:  1624mAh   6.21Wh
> iPhone 7:1960mAh   7.45Wh
> iPhone 7 Plus:2900mAh11.1Wh
> iPhone 8:1821mAh6.96Wh
> iPhone 8 Plus:2961mAh10.28Wh
> iPhone X:   2716mAh10.35Wh
> iPhone XR:2942mAh11.16Wh
> iPhone XS: 2658mAh10.13Wh
> iPhone XS Max:3174mAh12.08Wh 
> iPhone 11:   3110mAh11.91Wh
> iPhone 11 Pro:   3046mAh11.67Wh
> iPhone 11 Pro Max:  3969mAh15.04Wh
> iPhone 12 mini: 2227mAh8.57Wh
> iPhone 12:  2815mAh10.78Wh
> iPhone 12 Pro:   2815mAh10.78Wh
> iPhone 12 Pro Max:  3687mAh14.13Wh
> iPhone 13 mini: 2438mAh