There may have been something on page written in another language. One letter in a non-European language is enough to activate the relevant voice until it's reached. Then it switches back. It's an annoying bug in the last release of iOS. Does this make sense?
Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy Sent from my iPhone On 14 Jun 2014, at 16:42, Cheryl Homiak <cah4...@icloud.com> wrote: I went to the next page and the behavior stopped. It was a notes page at the end of the chapter so maybe something on that page triggered it. > -- > Cheryl > I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. > I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! > Then God gave me a new heart and life: > His joy for my despairing tears! > And now, every day: > "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: > The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; > his mercies never come to an end; > they are new every morning; > great is your faithfulness." > (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) > On Jun 14, 2014, at 8:26 AM, Richard Turner <rich...@turner42.com> wrote: > > This sounds like it could be a bug with Karen or with the book, but I don't > know why only that voice would bring it out. > I'd send the name of the book and where it happens in the book to both Apple > accessibility and Amazon customer service with your explanation of the issue. > It seems to me you've done everything I would have done, except the reboot, > which I'd be surprised if that would make any difference. > Good luck, > Richard > > > "Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education." - Victor Hugo > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 14, 2014, at 6:06 AM, Cheryl Homiak <cah4...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> I was happily reading along in a Kindle book with scrolling last night when >> suddenly the voice switched and started trying to read my Kindle book like >> it was a foreign language instead of English. It isn't a voice that sounds >> like anything on my rotor and I think it sounds kind of oriental. I tried >> closing Kindle and opening it again and I've tried turning the phone off and >> on; don't want to reset with home/power unless I have to. The only thing >> that fixes this is to change to a different voice in the language rotor. I >> use Austrailian English as my default and if I switch to U.S. English or >> British English, which are in my rotor, the foreign voice goes away and I >> can read. Even if I change to the Spanish voice in my rotor I hear the >> Spanish voice reading English like it's Spanish. The only voice in which the >> behavior occurs is when I am in my default language according to my >> voiceover setup. If I just touch the screen with my default voice selected, >> the English is read appropriately, but as soon as I do the two-finger swipe >> down to read continuously, the other voice that isn't in my rotor starts up >> again. I am turning my rotor away from Language even though that voice is >> not in my rotor so this doesn't have anything to do with being in the >> language rotor. If I swipe down in my home screen this doesn't happen, just >> in uindle, though I haven't tried other apps. I can go on reading with >> Daniel or Samantha but I want to read with Karen and this is really griping >> me. The only other thing I can do is just turn off speech and read with my >> braille display. Any suggestions as to how I get Kindle to read with my >> default language voice instead of pretending it's a different language and >> bringing in some other voice? >> Thanks. >> >> >>> -- >>> Cheryl >>> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. >>> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! >>> Then God gave me a new heart and life: >>> His joy for my despairing tears! >>> And now, every day: >>> "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: >>> The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; >>> his mercies never come to an end; >>> they are new every morning; >>> great is your faithfulness." >>> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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