I had the problem in version 14, but today I upgraded to 15, and the issue was resolved.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 29, 2021, at 7:39 PM, R Van Lant <vanlant2...@msn.com> wrote: > > > So weird! Interesting that some of us get it and others do not. Apple > Accessibility wrote back to me today and were unable to reproduce the issue. > They asked iabout language settings. I’m going to read through the email and > check what they suggest. I do not knowingly have any different languages > installed. Since I’m still apprehensive about the potential bug in the app > switcher in IOS 15, I’m not willing to upgrade yet. > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Barbara Stahl > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 8:10 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: new mispronunciation in 14.8; is it fixed in 15? > > So after reading the posts about the new pronunciation in ios 14.8, I tried > it out yesterday and I encountered the mispronunciation. I had not used the > words north Carolina or South Carolina recently so had not discovered the > problem. I am using the regular siri samanatha voice. > However, when I tried to duplicate the issue today, Voiceover pronounced the > words correctly. > So perhaps Apple fixed the issue? Is anyone else still encountering this > mispronunciation today? > > > On Sep 28, 2021, at 9:22 PM, Donna Casteen <mermaid71...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I use Samantha Enhanced. I have not had the pronunciation problem in IOS 14.8 > nor IOS 15 that you described. Most of the pronunciation problems with > Samantha Enhanced have been fix. The 2 words that haven't been corrected by > Apple that I have come across so far are: onto said as onta & defeat said as > defeaturing. > > Donna > > Hi, I just sent the below to apple accessibility. Curious if any of you have > noticed it and if it’s fixed in IOS 15. > > Since updating to IOS 14.8, I noticed a very strange mispronunciation. I > first saw it with reading an email from Southwest Airlines using VoiceOver. > Then I noticed it when reading a news story in Newsify where the article > mentioned South Carolina. This happens using Samantha and Samantha Enhanced > and wit Siri #1 and Siri #4. It did not occur when I switched to Alex. > > Examples: > “South Carolina: - If I read by word, it reads correctly. If I read by > line or continuous reading, it just says something like “Saw ja tee” and > won’t even say “Carolina”. If I ask Siri for the capital of S.C., she will > mispronounce “South” the same way, but will say “Carolina”. > > South Pacific: VoiceOver will mispronounce “South” as above, but will > correctly say Pacific when reading by line or continuously > > When I type “Southwest”,, it is reading it correctly, but was not reading > it correctly on the header for my email from Southwest Airlines. 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