Hi Shawn, I think Alex is a whole different story, as Alex is made by Apple, so Apple did whatever they wanted with pronunciation, and all that. Could well be wrong, though.
Sent from an iPad Air > On 4 Jun 2016, at 1:50 am, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hey Rajmund. I don't think Apple modified the Nuance voices. Each platform > has Nuance voices and each has them in different sizes. For example, on the > Mac and NVDA, they can range from 300 to 400 MB. So I don't think Apple has > anything to do with the size. > Sieghard, you may be right about the whole Nuance and Apple relationship, but > perhaps you can explain why Alex doesn't mispronounce a lot of abbreviations > and such like the Nuance voices do. > Devon, what exactly do you want Apple to do with Alex? Whatever it is, I hope > it doesn't involve getting rid of the whole taking breaths thing. That was > the big selling point for me when I got my Mac and later on the 5S. > > Shawn > Sent From My White MacBook > Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk > Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs > Skype username: bbstheblindrapper > Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > >> On Jun 3, 2016, at 3:31 PM, Rajmund <brajmund2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> Sorry, I messed it up. I" meant to say apple has them modified, already, as >> they are. Sorry about the extra message, and spelling. >> >> >> >> Sent from a Braille Sense >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Date: Friday, 3 June 2016 8:16 pm >> Subject: Re: The Top 10 Things I'd like in iOS 10 >> >>> >>> >>> Hey guys. I've just tested a sentence with an abbreviation. I put in 30 >>> cal.. shotgun and noticed something interesting. Out of all the voices I've >>> tested, which are Alex, Daniel, the US Siri voice and Karen, the only one >>> that didn't say calories for the abbreviation C Aa L is Alex. This leads me >>> to believe that it's an issue with the Nuance voices specifically because >>> Alex doesn't do that kind of thing. Granted, he still does abbreviations >>> for days of the week, but that's all. If this were to be fixed, Apple would >>> have to work with Nuance because those voices are from that developer. And >>> I kinda wonder if Apple would want to take that extra time to do just that. >>> That's why I think it would be cool to use other voices besides the Apple >>> or Nuance voices. >>> >>> Shawn >>> Sent From My White MacBook >>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk >>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs >>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper >>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com >>> >>>> On Jun 3, 2016, at 1:18 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >>>> >>>> The US Enhanced >>>> >>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]On Behalf >>>> Of rajmund >>>> Sent: Friday, June 3, 2016 8:17 AM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: The Top 10 Things I'd like in iOS 10 >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> I'm laughing, too, but, no-now. The only TTS, that has issues with it, in >>>> my opinion, is Daniel. 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I've just tested a sentence with an abbreviation. I put in 30 >>> cal. shotgun and noticed something interesting. Out of all the voices I've >>> tested, which are Alex, Daniel, the US Siri voice and Karen, the only one >>> that didn't say calories for the abbreviation C Aa L is Alex. This leads me >>> to believe that it's an issue with the Nuance voices specifically because >>> Alex doesn't do that kind of thing. Granted, he still does abbreviations >>> for days of the week, but that's all. If this were to be fixed, Apple would >>> have to work with Nuance because those voices are from that developer. And >>> I kinda wonder if Apple would want to take that extra time to do just that. >>> That's why I think it would be cool to use other voices besides the Apple >>> or Nuance voices. >>> >>> >>> Shawn >>> Sent From My White MacBook >>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk >>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs >>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper >>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com >>> >>> >>> On Jun 3, 2016, at 1:18 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >>> >>> >>> The US Enhanced >>> >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]On Behalf >>> Of rajmund >>> Sent: Friday, June 3, 2016 8:17 AM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: The Top 10 Things I'd like in iOS 10 >>> >>> Hello, >>> I'm laughing, too, but, no-now. The only TTS, that has issues with it, in >>> my opinion, is Daniel. Sieghard, what speech do you use? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone 5S >>> >>> On 3 Jun 2016, at 4:10 pm, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> I hope this is not terribly "off topic," but Sieghart - you have caused a >>> major internal tremor in my bodily systems with your response! >>> >>> I am have one heck of a time to stop laughing at your dry, creative humor! >>> ---- >>> Bill & Leader Dog Holland >>> wfgal...@icloud.com >>> -- >>> 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 - 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