Its not that though, I don't want it there at all. If there was a way that we could turn it off, like on the phone that would be brilliant. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 4
On Mar 3, 2014, at 1:38 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: > Hi Matt. I've written to them about that pitch change bug many times since > Lion and they sorta fixed it, but it's still there when encountering things > like data detectors or edit fields. If you're still getting these pitch > changes outside those parts I've mentioned, there is a way to fix this. If > you have your letters set to change pitch when you type in a capital letter > or delete, simply set those options to beep or do nothing. > > Shawn > Sent From My White MacBook > > On Mar 2, 2014, at 4:21 PM, Matt Dierckens <matt.dierck...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Speaking of vocalizer, I would encourage people write to apple accessibility >> about this pitch change bug. >> Take a listen at what I mean. >> Really annoying nuance vocalizer pitch change bug, has been here since ML: >> https://t.co/C1AAhEpYo4 >> Matt Dierckens >> Macintosh Trainer >> Blind Access Training >> www.blindaccesstraining.com >> 1-877-774-7670 ext. 4 >> >> >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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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