This has been requested by many for years on Mac OS X, but has not been prioritized by Apple. When IOS VoiceOver gets it wrong, it's due to web authors having wrong Lang attribute set. For example, Lang="en" for English. On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 6:58 AM Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote:
> Yep, accessibil...@apple.com is the address to use for any feedback like > this. It can't hurt to use www.apple.com/feedback as well. > > On Dec 19, 2015, at 09:20, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So are you guys sending these messages about language detection/switching > to the Accessibility group? I want to send mine to the same place. :-) > > Mike > > On 18,Dec,2015, at 20:18, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Yes, a setting would be great. In fact, such a setting should come to iOS > as well. The more emails they get about this, the better, particularly as > automatic language detection has been part of iOS for years now. > > On Dec 18, 2015, at 13:52, Daniela Rubio <mabuha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi again! > > Alex, Yes, I totally agree with you, The possibility of switching > languages automatically should be there, or it could even be a setting that > could be changed. > > let’s keep on trying to make them understand that this is a priority, and > I think it would not be so difficult to fix. > I will also send an e-mail. > > > Daniela Rubio T > iPhone: +34662328507 > > > > > > El 18/12/2015, a las 19:44, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> escribió: > > Mike, do please email Apple. Every time I tell them about the lag in > Nuance voices--both when switching and, for a while after switching, while > using them--Apple seems unconcerned. Going from the instant response of > Alex to any of the Nuance voices is jarring and slow, and I don't > understand why. The more people who express concern about this, the better, > in my book. > > Daniela, iOS does automatic switching. Yes, it does sometimes get it wrong > and try to read one language in another. From what I've seen, though, it > gets it right more often than not. The rotor and other VO prompts remain in > English (or whatever your language of choice is), so switching VO back to > an English voice can be done easily, in the same way OS X users currently > have to switch to the language in use. If we have to switch using the same > process either way, I'd prefer to have to do so less often and let OS X > figure the language I want, rather than having to do it nearly every time > because no automatic switching is available. I hope I'm making sense here. > Dan > > On Dec 18, 2015, at 13:31, Daniela Rubio <mabuha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You could also create a new activity in VoiceOver with that voice as > predefined, and you can easily switch to it with VO+XX. > > Some people don’t like that the language switches automatically, as some > web sites have mistakes in their code and the language is incorrect. If the > voice switched automaticaly, it would force the wrong language. > > Hope Apple would come up with a better solution. > > > Daniela Rubio T > iPhone: +34662328507 > > > > > > El 18/12/2015, a las 18:20, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> escribió: > > It's not. I ran into this the other day, and wrote an email to Apple about > it. They said they would look into it, as they usually say, and suggested > that using the rotor is currently the fastest way to switch languages. Just > put the voice you need on your Mac, then use vo-cmd-left or right to find > "voice". Now vo-cmd-down until you find the voice you want for the language > you need, and then repeat the process to get back to English. That's the > best we can do for the moment. > > On Dec 18, 2015, at 12:17, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi. > > Like several people on the list, I work in more than one language on a > daily basis. On my iPhone 6, the language being displayed is automatically > detected and spoken by VoiceOver. > > Is this feature available on the Mac and if so, How can it be turned on? > > Thanks in advance, > > Mike > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - 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