I have it set to 55% for the SIRI voice, just ask SIRI a question, this will give you a good example of what she should sound like. Ask her “What is the forecast for today”.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carla Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 8:22 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Siri Issue OK what do you have your speech rate set to. Man she sounds like a cackally witch to me! Lol! From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Alfaro Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 6:25 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: Siri Issue Hi. Totally agree with you regarding the new Siri female voice. It isn’t the most responsive by a long shot but the most human sounding I’ve ever heard on an iPhone. Hopefully, responsiveness will improve. Despite the small lag, I still am keeping her as my default voice because she’s so pleasant to listen to. As you mentioned she’s the best at normal human speed. From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:11 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: Siri Issue That shows how subjective TTS voices sound to us. I always preferred Samantha for Voiceover, to me she sounds just fine and if you truly have downloaded the new female american SIRI voice then I really don’t understand where you get the witch thing because I think she is one of the best TTS voices I have ever heard. I don’t have an Amazon Echo, but from Podcasts I heard I thought Alexa also sounds extremely good, but this new SIRI voice is probably the most human sounding voice I have ever heard. I must add that she only sounds good at regular human speaking volume, if you download her for Voiceover and cranc up the volume it’s a different story, her kind of voice is not meant to speak fast. Unfortunately the next update won’t change things since I’m sure after the amount of money and effort Apple has gone through to come up with that voice they won’t go back to what she sounded like before. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 8:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Siri Issue I know people that never liked Samantha because they thought she always sounded angry. I usually use a male voice for Siri. I tried the new female Siri voice which I had to download and I thought she sounded a great deal better than Samantha. So, I have no idea what the issue is for you. Richard On Sep 20, 2017, at 7:59 PM, Carla <cd5...@comcast.net<mailto:cd5...@comcast.net>> wrote: Since doing the update I'm having a problem with Siri sounding kind of like a witch! 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