I cannot buy a new phone until I know that I can use the phone i. e. that
a voice exists that will be safe for my use.
Apple support assisted me and the person here at the time, using
this phone, to create an apple id and log in successfully, or walked
them through it.
Apple accessability, in the same session, suggested downloading siri.
If the 5 series was no longer supported, why would they assist me
otherwise?
During this test we discovered that Daniel as it existed makes me dizzy.
Which is why I asked if the voice had been upgraded, its last upgrade, in
more current editions of IOs.
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote:
> The 5 ie no longer supported, no iOS updates. Your only option is to
> buy a newer phone. Or try either the compact or enhanced version of
> Daniel. As to Siri, I dunno, that depends on the iOS version which is
> probably 9, current version is 13, so quite outdated.
>
> Nuance is no help, the voices are integrated into iOS. And I doubt
> Infovox, which sells voices, still supports such an old OS.
>
> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
> ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> Many believe that we have been visited
> in the past. What if it were true?
>
> On 3/21/2020 10:47 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> > and a side siri one as well?
> > Will ask the siri one first..can it be removed once installed?
> > The voiceover voice question has to do with sound quality.
> > I finally found a discussion thread about this with others noting
> > the same
> > thing. Daniel who I believe is the UK English voice changed in
> > its
> > enhanced form a while back. I do not know if it has been
> > improved, or
> > better still when was the last upgrade to the Daniel voice?
> > I have an iPhone in the 5 family. it is possible that
> > upgrading
> > IOS itself, or the voice, if I can, will improve things.
> > for now though the quality clarity and pronunciation is rather
> > dreadful.
> > I did not want siri, but apple accessibility, who was talking with
> > the
> > person helping me use the phone suggested the download because
> > voiceover itself was not working well according to them.
> > Siri, which was male in this case, sounded worse than the Daniel
> > voice
> > itself.
> > I believe? Nuance makes the apple voices. Is there any way to
> > reach them
> > directly?
> > last of all, I understand there are other options for voices,
> > with my
> > wondering about direct contacts too, as I will have to walk someone
> > else
> > through reaching them.
> > My situation is that since most software generated speech is in a
> > frequency range that stimulates my brain's dizzy centres,
> > experimenting
> > can make me rather sick. That is what happened when trying to
> > resolve
> > the Daniel / male siri situation.
> > meaning I really want to plan ahead before testing anything further.
> > ideas?
> > Karen
> >
> >
>
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