Hello, Not sure, but its pretty funny, when you abbreviate facetime as FT, and the siri voices (some, anyway) say feature, or featuring, can't remember which. While not the best, try experimenting with voices?
----- Original Message ----- From: M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, December 27, 2015 10:09 pm Subject: RE: I wish VoiceOver didn't try to pronounce what it thinks abbriviations mean, but it can be humorous. > > > Hello Kevin, > > This happens to me, also. > > The other day, I was trying to locate a friend of mine in my contacts, whose > name is Al Jones. I couldn't find him until I realized that VoiceOver was > pronouncing his name as Alabama Jones. I felt so stupid and then got a > little miffed at VoiceOver for trying to do too much. > > I wonder if there is a workaround for this? > > (smile) > > Mark > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Kevin Minor > Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2015 1:58 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: I wish VoiceOver didn't try to pronounce what it thinks > abbriviations mean, but it can be humorous. > > Hi. > > I was in the NFL Mobile app on my iPhone 5C running the latest iOs. I wanted > to hear the game between Arizona and Green Bay. I got there, and was > selecting the feed I wanted. The app gives you updates about who has the > ball, and where it is on the field. They use abbreviations for the teams. > GB was used for Green Bay. I was navigating through the info on the screen, > and was surprised to hear the ball was on the gigabytes 25. I know whoever > is programming VoiceOver to give information means well, but I wish they'd > just let abbreviations say their letters. VoiceOver isn't the only one who > does this. I never knew, for example about Hartford, Court, or my Physician > was Drive Johnson. Oh well, it is humorous in a way, but there is sometimes > too much of a good thing. > > Just thought I'd share this observation. > > Have a good day, and don't work too hard. > > Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your 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 https://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 V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your 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 https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Sent from a Braille Sense -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your 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 https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
