I agree with Gordon. Unfortunately there's nothing Apple really can do, Nuance programs these voices. I'd bug them about it if it bothers you. On my end, I use Alex on my phone and he says things correctly. The only time he says gigabyte is if I put a number before it. For example, 2 gb.
Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: [email protected] > On Dec 27, 2015, at 4:47 PM, Paul Richard McGann <[email protected]> wrote: > > to all, > > as the people at apple store and few officials for apple headquarters, they > keep telling me that it is very important for al of you to notify apple > accessibility team as team would give note to the engineers and developers > who would follow your needs. > > I have given some suggestions for braille users, and also there are other > things. plese don't hold back to yourself. open up and speak out to apple > yourself. they need your help. > > it would be very helpful if yo share your views and your thoughts. it would > be easier. > > remember the quote: you can see me but I can't see you...I can see you but > you can't see me. > > same idea, apple officials don't know what you know and you don't know what > they know. so please be more helpful. > > respectfully, > rich > > > -----Original Message----- From: Richard Turner > Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2015 5:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: I wish VoiceOver didn't try to pronounce what it thinks > abbriviations mean, but it can be humorous. > > I wrote Apple Accessibility about this earlier today. I'd suggest everyone > who would like VoiceOver to stop guessing at abbreviations would write them > as well and ask them to either stop it completely or provide an exception > dictionary that we can use to fix pronunciations. > Write to: [email protected] > \ > Looking at baseball, AL for American League, gets pronounced Alabama. > Cal as a first name gets pronounced California and so on. > > Richard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > M. Taylor > Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2015 2:09 PM > To: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Kevin Minor > Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2015 1:58 PM > To: [email protected] > 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. 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