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Cheers Dave On 2 Mar 2014, at 14:23, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > I don't know where you are from, but this is a dialect issue, not a problem > with the nuance voice. As I would speak those words, there is no difference > between to and two, or for and four. Obviously in some regions of the U.S., > that isn't the case (not sure about this situation in other countries). > Best, > Donna > On Mar 2, 2014, at 8:18 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I don't usually forward Apple's responses, as they are all the same. This >> one is different, though, and I'm curious to see how many of you agree. >> Personally, I find the Nuance voices in 10.9.2 speak "to" and "for" as >> numbers, and this throws off the speech quite a bit. It also makes >> everything sound like it was written on a phone keypad by someone in a >> hurry. As you see below, however, this Apple rep cannot tell the difference. >> Please email Apple, using this case number so they know which issue you >> mean, and tell them if you, too, can hear how bad these two vital words >> sound in the latest OSX update. If you can't hear the difference, I'd be >> curious to hear about that too. Thanks! >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Apple Accessibility <accessibil...@apple.com> >>> Subject: [440611] Nuance Voices Pronouncing Words as Letters/Numbers in >>> 10.9.2 >>> Date: February 28, 2014 at 9:33:43 AM EST >>> To: mehg...@icloud.com >>> Reply-To: Apple Accessibility <accessibil...@apple.com> >>> >>> >>> Hello, >>> Thank you for your email. With the Voice Ava I've not been able to detect >>> a difference between the pronunciations of >>> the words for or four or the number 4. I've also not been able to to detect >>> the difference between to or too or two or >>> the number 2. I can hear a very slight difference in pronunciation between >>> to and two with Alex but it is very subtle. >>> >>> >>> I will however pass this along for further examination. >>> >>> Apple Accessibility >>> >>> Please also visit our sites >>> http://www.apple.com/accessibility/ >>> http://www.apple.com/support/accessibility/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> mehg...@icloud.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
