Apple bought Nuance, really? When did this happen? I almost worked for them a year ago out of the Boston area and they made no mention of Apple. Lots of medical stuff and healthcare applications but no mention of Apple ownership.
> On Oct 23, 2015, at 7:28 AM, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se> wrote: > > Hi! > Well apple has bought nuance from what i know. > So they can be blamed. > /A >> 22 okt. 2015 kl. 23:43 skrev Devin Prater <d.pra...@me.com>: >> >> 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. > 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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