Or better yet, if you feel strongly about it Alex and if the moderators won't allow MP3's to be submitted on the list. Upload a demo to Applevis where for the parties who are interested in what your denying to go and check it out and comment should it be necessary upon the issue. This is just an idea you'll understand and its totally up to you but thought I'd mention applevis as it's a popular site.
Sent from my iPhone > On 2 Mar 2014, at 16:49, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Alex, > > I am still using Mountain Lion and have no plans to "upgrade" until > complaints about accessibility are less frequent. Therefore, I, and others > like me, can't really comment on this. However, I was wondering if you could > attach a small MP3 file (if the list owners don't mind) in which we could > hear precisely what you mean? We, too, could then add our voices to any > comments directed to the Apple Accessibility team. > > Best regards, > > Mike > >> On 2,Mar,2014, at 3:46 PM, 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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