Hi Bill. I'm using an identical configuration: 128-gig iPhone 6 with IOS 9.0.2, and default dialect set to U.S. English and using the Samantha default. I switched to Samantha Enhanced and the Siri female, then back to Samantha default, and everything sounded fine to me. Go figure. Not sure what to make of that.
Tom Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 12, 2015, at 5:05 AM, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@charter.net> wrote: > > One quite annoying mispronunciation I've encountered in iOS 9.0.2 is that > capitol "B" is not pronounced at all correctly. It sound to these ears as if > VoiceOver were saying "Cap Lee." > > This happens whether I'm in the CONTACTS and perusing each capitol letter, > checking the spelling of a word character by character or any other endeavor > where the "B" should be pronounced "Cap B." > > I will add, this also happens with the lower case "b" minus the "Cap" of > course. > > I'm using an iPhone 6, 128 GB, U.S. English. > > Has anybody else encountered this? > -------- > Holland's Boy, Bill > - "A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he > resents." > - German Aphorist, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799) > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> >> Date: October 10, 2015 at 5:56:49 PM CDT >> To: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com >> Subject: A somewhat comical bug that Sooo! needs to be fixed in I O S 9.02. >> Reply-To: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com >> OK, first off, this is not the public beta. I'm speaking of the official I >> O S build. that being said, this does happen as well on the beta. I tested >> it. Technically, I probably shouldn't be saying that, but anyway... >> >> Try this for yourself. >> >> 1. Switch your speech to the enhanced quality Symantha voice. It's the >> only one where I'm seeing this occur. >> >> 2. Type in the word "bit", b i t. bit. then, have it read back just the >> individual word. Notice that it reads it correctly. >> >> 3. Now however, do this. Type in a full sentence and use the word "bit" b >> i t, in the middle of the sentence. Make sure there's at least one word >> after it in the sentence. >> >> Now mark? Do not put me on moderator status here. We are all? adults here. >> OK? I'm not cussing like in my last thread. I'm quoting a bug here. I'm >> not trying to unprofessionally curse. So, let's be mature about this! I'm >> gonna be quite angry if you call me out on this publicly or not. But >> seriously, you'll notice, instead of saying bit, it instead says, bitch! b >> i t c h. Like a female dog. >> >> Example: I hope it explains things a bit differently, would actually come >> out as: I hope it explains things a bitch differently. >> >> If you read word by word though with your rotor, you'll notice that you did! >> spell things correctly, and that in all actuality, the word bit, b i t, is >> written, not the other word. >> >> Is that! not just totally! bizarre? If you don't believe me with this, and >> think I'm only writing this for attention, then, here's your proof: >> >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16962268/mispronunciation.mp3 >> >> Chris. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. 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