I've experienced this issue quite often and resolve it in the same way you do. This works for me every time.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Tom Rash Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2022 9:00 AM To: Viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: A Question about corrupted TVOS VoiceOver Output when Heard through a Sound Bar that is Connected to Television via Optical Cable When the happens to me, I usually hit the home key twice and close all of the apps. > On Nov 25, 2022, at 5:29 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello Simon, > > To answer your question: > > When I listen to VoiceOver via my sound bar, connected by optical cable, the > first parts of words are cut off or, not heard. This is not constant but it > happens enough so that, if one was not familiar with the text that is being > spoken, one may not understand the words. > > Now because I can enjoy audio output from both the television's built-in > speakers and the sound bar, simultaneously, I simply lower the volume on the > sound bar when navigating the Apple TV via VoiceOver. Again, this does not > happen consistently but it does happen on a regular basis. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: vipho...@googlegroups.com <vipho...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Simon A Fogarty > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2022 12:47 AM > To: vipho...@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: A Question about corrupted TVOS VoiceOver Output when Heard > through a Sound Bar that is Connected to Television via Optical Cable > > Hi Mark, > > When this problem happens, > What actually happens? > > I'm asking now as you've made me wonder about something that is happening on > my tv and sound bar when streaming to another speaker. > > -----Original Message----- > From: vipho...@googlegroups.com <vipho...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of M. > Taylor > Sent: Friday, 25 November 2022 7:00 pm > To: vipho...@googlegroups.com > Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: A Question about corrupted TVOS VoiceOver Output when Heard > through a Sound Bar that is Connected to Television via Optical Cable > > Hello Simon and thank you for following up on this. > > Well, I changed my Apple TV's TTS to my beloved Samantha and, while doing so > greatly reduced the degree of the drop-outs, the issue remains. > > However, I discovered a couple of things that lead me to believe that the > problem is not VoiceOver. > > First, I realized that this problem does not occur when the television's > native screen reader speaks. For the record I have a Sony X85K model which > is running the latest version of Android 10. This television is considered a > Google TV, as opposed to an Android TV. I have set the television's OS to > use Google's original TTS engine, my favorite one, of course. > > Second, I discovered, today, that my DVD player's native screen reader, which > I believe is developed by Samsung, has the same drop-out issue as the TTS on > my Apple TV. > > Again, the drop-out problem only occurs when using anything other than the > TV's native TTS when connected to my sound bar via the optical cable. > > I would conclude that the problem may be with my sound bar, which I purchased > for a mere $39, but the fact that the native television's TTS works just > fine, would not seem to support such a conclusion. > > Regardless, while the issue may be a bit annoying, it is certainly not a > show-stopper by any means. > > Again, thank you for the follow-up. > > Oh, before I forget, this problem occurs even when I disable the television's > native TTs. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: vipho...@googlegroups.com <vipho...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Simon A Fogarty > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2022 4:36 PM > To: vipho...@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: A Question about corrupted TVOS VoiceOver Output when Heard > through a Sound Bar that is Connected to Television via Optical Cable > > Hi Mark, > > I've got my apple tv 4k gen one connected to my tv with an HDMI 1.4 cable, > Then my tv to my sonos play bar with an optical cable, > > This is one of the older original sonos play bars from probably 10 years > back, I have my ATV updated to the latest prod tv OS version, And I'm using > I think it's karen the Australian voice now for the tts, > > And I'm not noticing this like you are, > > Have you tried changing your aTV voice to something other than alex? > > -----Original Message----- > From: vipho...@googlegroups.com <vipho...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of M. > Taylor > Sent: Thursday, 24 November 2022 4:42 am > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Cc: vipho...@googlegroups.com > Subject: A Question about corrupted TVOS VoiceOver Output when Heard through > a Sound Bar that is Connected to Television via Optical Cable > > Hello Everyone, > > I know this was discussed in the distant pass but I do not remember if a > resolution was determined. > > Okay, here is the scenario: > > 1. > This problem only occurs with the TVOS TTS speech engine. All other audio > from Apple TV is heard as expected. > > 2. > This problem only occurs when the television is connected, via an optical > cable, to a sound bar. > > 3. > This problem only occurs when VoiceOver is heard through the sound bar. > > 4. > I am using the Alex TTS engine on my Apple TV HD running the latest version > of TVOS. > > The problem is that the first parts of words, spoken by the TTS, are getting > dropped. > > So, for example, the word "channel" comes out "anel." The word "Thursday" > comes out "stday," and so forth. > > Any ideas on what is causing this or how it can be resolved? > > All replies greatly appreciated. > > Mark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone, The Next Generation" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone2+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone2/004401d8ff52%242f12c4f0%248d384ed0%24%40ucla.edu. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone, The Next Generation" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone2+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone2/SY4PR01MB702696C2F0F42DB7AA9A61448A0F9%40SY4PR01MB7026.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone, The Next Generation" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone2+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone2/000f01d90093%242554d790%246ffe86b0%24%40ucla.edu. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone, The Next Generation" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone2+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone2/SY4PR01MB70266FAD2AF1780DC34635FE8A0E9%40SY4PR01MB7026.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com. > > -- > 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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