Kimber, I also prefer Eloquence on my computers and use Samantha on my iPhone for the day-to-day stuff, but at normal human speaking rate I have not yet met anybody except maybe Karla who was not very impressed with this new female SIRI voice and I still don't know if Karla set her as the Voiceover voice as you did and cranked up the volume. I could also not stand her in that situation.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimber Gardner Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 8:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Siri Issue Ha, I thought I was the only one who didn't like the new siri voice. I usually keep the rate set to 70% and I didn't care for her at all. I kept her around for a day, thinking I might get used to her, but this morning I went back to my compact Samantha. Of course I prefer Eloquence on my laptop so go figure. On 9/21/17, Carla <cd5...@comcast.net> wrote: > 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] On > Behalf Of Rick Alfaro > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 6:25 AM > To: 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! I have Samantha and her voice got higher and she sounds > like a mean cacklly witch. Have any of you experienced this sort of > thing? If so can I fix it or just wait for the next upgrade. > > > > Carla > > > > -- > 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. 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