Hello, It was fine in IOS8.3, though. Although, and this is just my opinion, I don't think its the synth itself.
----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, October 12, 2015 1:24 pm Subject: Re: A somewhat comical bug that Sooo! needs to be fixed in I O S 9.0.2. > > > that seems to be a Samantha problem. Alex, Female Siri and Siri Male don't > slur the pronunciation the way Samantha does. So, since not all the US > English voices have the issue there may be nothing Apple can do about it, the > maker of the synthesizer would need to do something. > Richard > > > > 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. > > 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. > > > > that seems to be a Samantha problem. Alex, Female Siri and Siri Male don't > slur the pronunciation the way Samantha does. So, since not all the US > English voices have the issue there may be nothing Apple can do about it, the > maker of the synthesizer would need to do something. > Richard > > > > 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. > > 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. 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