I use Karen enhanced, Allison enhanced, or Siri female enhanced on my iPad. Or, I use a braqille display. I am partially deaf and totally blind. Wayne
On 11/22/16, Donald Moore <don.moor...@icloud.com> wrote: > Our hearing impairments do require different voices. I find the male Alex > voice for ALL phone functions to be much more understandable than the > default voices. I have bigger issues with the high frequencies so that > makes sense. When different ranges are effected different voices are more > helpful. Thank Goodness there are so many choices. I'm also grateful that > Linda from Albany and others spoke of the Com Pilot. That isn't bad > either!! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Mr. Ed > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 5:41 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: iOS10 High-Quality voices and hearing-impairments experiences? > > Hi > I am severe hard of hearing and I find the compact voices way better than > the High Quality voices. To me I can understand the words better and they > are pronounce more correctly. > Mr. Ed > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Gerardo Corripio > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 4:25 PM > To: viphone Email List > Subject: iOS10 High-Quality voices and hearing-impairments experiences? > > For Jonathan and other hearing-impaired folks on here, who might be able > to shed some light on what I'm about to write: This morning I took the > plunge and tried the Tom and Juan High-Quality voice and upon voice > samples,, (thy're way too short to really get a grasp of the voice) didn't > like the kind of robotic-sounding Compact voice, so I put the High-Quality > ones. They worked great, but after several hours of using them, I found I > wasn't able to understand some words, thinking that maybe my ears were > having problems, or maybe the hearing aid battery getting low, but no. So > frustrated was I getting that I was about to throw the towel and return to > the legacy Samantha and Paulina voices. I thought I'll give the Compact > voices a try, overall after a friend on Whatsapp, told me of a comment he'd > heard that several hearing-impaired folks were also having frustrations with > the iOS10's High-Quality voices; so I decided why not give them a chance > before throwing the towl? And wow what a change! I'm able to clearly > understand what the iPhone is saying! So now I have to stay, on my 5S, Tom > English US, and Juan Mexican Spanish Compact voices. So I just wonder am I > the only one who had these frustrations with the High-Quality iOS10 voices? > With the earpods they worked great, but when having the phone normally at a > distance without earpods, is when the fristrations started, but as I said > before, with the Compact voices, a different world entirely! > Looking forward to experiences. > > -- > Enviado desde mi lap > Gerardo J Corripio Flores Psicólogo, Terapéuta Reiki Saludos desde Tampico, > Tamaulipas México > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. 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