Hello, I have the watch series 6, cellular model, and the voices don’t work for me. I called apple accessibility,, and was told the engineers are aware of the problem.
Jan > On Nov 16, 2020, at 7:24 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> > wrote: > > Hello again, > After spending a long time with an Apple Accessibility support person, who > was great!, I'm left with a question. > > For anyone successfully using the Siri Voice for VoiceOver on their watch, do > you have the cellular model, or the WiFi/GPS model? > > Mine is the WiFi/GPS model and this does not work, but the support person' > has the cellular model and it works easily for him, so he would like to know > as well as nothing states this feature requires the cellular model. > > Thanks, > > > Richard > "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of > flying. > There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in > learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." > --Douglas Adams, from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59 > > Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com > > *I’m not the card shark > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Wayne > Merritt > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 7:40 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: VO voices on Apple Watch series 6 > > I have Gordon from Australia set as my Siri voice on my phone. On the Series > 4 watch I used to have, Siri used the default Samantha voice, but on my > Series 6, the Gordon voice is used. NO idea why it is able to use the voice > from the phone now and not before. Perhaps it has to do with the faster > processor and innards in the Series 6. > > Best, > Wayne > > On 11/14/20, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote: >> Thanks for the feedback. >> I tried calling Apple Accessibility but got tired of being on hold. >> I may try again. >> >> >> >> Richard >> "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject >> of flying. >> There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. 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But the internation >> was all messed up, pitch changes etc. So I went back to Samantha. I >> don’t think you can get all those other invoices like Tom etc. And I >> can’t tell you now how or why this Siri mail turned up, because it’s a >> new device and I don’t remember. But the fluctuating intonation was >> crazy making. So if the female voice does that too, it’s really not too good. >> Mary >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Nov 14, 2020, at 5:26 PM, Richard Turner >> <richardturne...@outlook.com<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> wrote: >> It seems like the setting for VO on the apple watch series 6 says >> that if you select Siri voice, VO will use that voice.I downloaded the >> Siri female voice, but I cannot get that setting to work.I'm stuck >> with Samantha, who is not my favorite voice.I'd rather use Tom >> enhanced or the Siri female voice, but I do not see a way to change >> from Samantha.Any tips? 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