Besides, Samantha’s are that way. They start out hot but then end up blowing up like donut stuffed balloon animals and use to much makeup.
hahah ;) > On Oct 22, 2015, at 5:43 PM, Devin Prater <d.pra...@me.com> wrote: > > Well, about Samantha, Apple can't be blamed. It is a Neuance problem. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 22, 2015, at 4:30 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> Well, last night, I finally installed iOS 9.1 on my 6 Plus. >> >> For me, there are no proverbial show-stoppers. >> >> 1. >> However, given that I have been in an ongoing dialog with Apple engineers, I >> am a little disappointed that the camera app zoom VoiceOver bug still >> persist. However, on a positive note, at least, enabling VoiceOver, after >> zooming in on an image, no longer cancels the zoom. Baby steps, eh? >> (smile). >> >> 2. >> I am surprised at how much I miss having the time announced when waking the >> phone. >> >> 3. >> Perhaps it's just me but I swear the quality of Samantha has been greatly >> degraded in this version. I just don't understand why, with every major >> release since iOS 6.x, the quality of Samantha has been steadily declining. >> Of course, this is just my opinion. What I do find interesting is that >> Samantha's pronunciation of words that were absolutely correct in iOS 8, has >> been changed and are now incorrect in iOS 9.1. >> >> In iOS 8.x, I found the high quality version of the Samantha voice somewhat >> pleasant, in iOS 9.x, I find it unsettling, to say the least. I cannot >> imagine having the current Samantha voice reading long stretches of texts, >> whereas in the previous iOS, this would not have even been at issue. Is >> Apple trying to force everyone to Alex? (Yes, a conspiracy theory). >> (Smile). >> >> 4. >> Also, the SMS Reply To dictation feedback problem is very, very annoying. >> >> For those who disagree, let me say that I respect your opinion. Also, the >> feedback is not much of a problem if one dictates using either a Bluetooth >> or wired headset. I suppose it is not much of an issue if one only dictates >> 1 or 2 words. However, if one attempts to dictate a full sentence, then the >> feedback becomes problematic as a kind of feedback loop ensues causing a >> great deal of random text to be inserted as Siri, hearing VoiceOver, begins >> to dictate to itself. >> >> 5. >> I know this comes up every time a new OS is released but it seems to me as >> though my battery drains faster since updating from 8.x to 9.1. I just >> turned off a lot of items that were active in the background app refresh >> area so I'll see how it goes. However, I can tell you that I updated a >> total of three 6 plus phones, yesterday, two from iOS 9.0.2. Now, even >> though both of those two phones that were already running 9.x, were plugged >> into an outlet at the time of the update, via OTA, both had less charge >> after updating than they did, before the update began. I've never seen such >> a thing before. >> >> 6. >> As always, I have sent my findings to Apple. >> >> 7. >> Finally, and I want to be clear on this: Updating the OS OTA (over-the-air) >> is in no way the same as installing it from iTunes via a USB cable. For >> whatever reason, there does seem to be a pattern of more problems when going >> from iOS 8.x to 9.x via OTA. >> >> What is the difference between the OTA method and the iTunes method? In >> short, updating OTA does not rewrite the file allocation table and file >> structures, just for starters. When you update via iTunes, it is as if you >> are doing a fresh install as all of the file tables and data clusters are >> actually rewritten to the disk.. >> >> Want proof of this? No problem, here's how to verify the difference. When >> you use the OTA method, you will notice that any custom keyboard shortcuts >> you may have added remain, after the update. However, when you update via >> iTunes, you will discover that only default keyboard shortcuts exist, >> meaning you will have to rewrite your custom keyboard shortcuts. >> >> I wish I could lay claim to having learned about the difference between the >> two methods, independently but I was told of the difference by a senior >> Apple iOS design engineer. >> >> I'll be honest, I have not used the iTunes method since the OTA option >> became available but now that I have had several of my recent syncing >> problems resolved after having used the iTunes method, I'll probably use it >> from now on, when possible. >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. > > -- > 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/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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