Hello Rick, I just hope that everyone who has noticed the degradation of the US English Enhanced Voice, (Samantha) will submit a feedback report to Apple.
Mark -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Alfaro Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 9:35 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Mark on iOS 9.1, So Far She does seem to have developed somewhat of a New York accent on many words. Talk now sounds like toowalk. (grin) Best regards, Rick Alfaro -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 3:20 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Mark on iOS 9.1, So Far Hello Everyone, Well, last night, I finally installed iOS 9.1 on my 6 Plus. For me, there are no proverbial show-stoppers. 1. However, given that I have been in an ongoing dialog with Apple engineers, I am a little disappointed that the camera app zoom VoiceOver bug still persist. However, on a positive note, at least, enabling VoiceOver, after zooming in on an image, no longer cancels the zoom. Baby steps, eh? (smile). 2. I am surprised at how much I miss having the time announced when waking the phone. 3. Perhaps it's just me but I swear the quality of Samantha has been greatly degraded in this version. I just don't understand why, with every major release since iOS 6.x, the quality of Samantha has been steadily declining. Of course, this is just my opinion. What I do find interesting is that Samantha's pronunciation of words that were absolutely correct in iOS 8, has been changed and are now incorrect in iOS 9.1. In iOS 8.x, I found the high quality version of the Samantha voice somewhat pleasant, in iOS 9.x, I find it unsettling, to say the least. I cannot imagine having the current Samantha voice reading long stretches of texts, whereas in the previous iOS, this would not have even been at issue. Is Apple trying to force everyone to Alex? (Yes, a conspiracy theory). (Smile). 4. Also, the SMS Reply To dictation feedback problem is very, very annoying. For those who disagree, let me say that I respect your opinion. Also, the feedback is not much of a problem if one dictates using either a Bluetooth or wired headset. I suppose it is not much of an issue if one only dictates 1 or 2 words. However, if one attempts to dictate a full sentence, then the feedback becomes problematic as a kind of feedback loop ensues causing a great deal of random text to be inserted as Siri, hearing VoiceOver, begins to dictate to itself. 5. I know this comes up every time a new OS is released but it seems to me as though my battery drains faster since updating from 8.x to 9.1. I just turned off a lot of items that were active in the background app refresh area so I'll see how it goes. However, I can tell you that I updated a total of three 6 plus phones, yesterday, two from iOS 9.0.2. Now, even though both of those two phones that were already running 9.x, were plugged into an outlet at the time of the update, via OTA, both had less charge after updating than they did, before the update began. I've never seen such a thing before. 6. As always, I have sent my findings to Apple. 7. Finally, and I want to be clear on this: Updating the OS OTA (over-the-air) is in no way the same as installing it from iTunes via a USB cable. For whatever reason, there does seem to be a pattern of more problems when going from iOS 8.x to 9.x via OTA. What is the difference between the OTA method and the iTunes method? In short, updating OTA does not rewrite the file allocation table and file structures, just for starters. When you update via iTunes, it is as if you are doing a fresh install as all of the file tables and data clusters are actually rewritten to the disk.. Want proof of this? No problem, here's how to verify the difference. When you use the OTA method, you will notice that any custom keyboard shortcuts you may have added remain, after the update. However, when you update via iTunes, you will discover that only default keyboard shortcuts exist, meaning you will have to rewrite your custom keyboard shortcuts. I wish I could lay claim to having learned about the difference between the two methods, independently but I was told of the difference by a senior Apple iOS design engineer. I'll be honest, I have not used the iTunes method since the OTA option became available but now that I have had several of my recent syncing problems resolved after having used the iTunes method, I'll probably use it from now on, when possible. Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. 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