Hi Alex, Sorry, but no. The word to in that sentence is a little more elongated than it needs to be, but hardly enough that I would have paid attention had you not said something. Cheers, Donna On Mar 2, 2014, at 8:46 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote:
> In 10.9.1 and below, the pronunciation was way different. Pronouncing "to" > like "two" or "for" like "four" throws the stress of the word off, and causes > things to sound very different. If possible, have a Nuance voice in anything > below 10.9.2 speak this: > I am going to the store for some milk. > Now have a 10.9.2 voice say that same sentence, and the difference should be > plain. Are you saying you don't notice a difference, or that the 10.9.2 way > sounds closer to what you would expect to hear? > On Mar 2, 2014, at 9:23 AM, 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. > > > -- > 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.
