I have the exact same problem. And I have noticed since 4.0 upgrade that the VoiceOver voices are becoming more choppy. The letter r cuts off so quick and sometimes H sounds like A. I would much prefer some male english voices and am going to email Apple too.
Hopefully they might listen. Chris On 15 Sep 2010, at 19:16, Daniel McGee wrote: > Hello Courtney, many thanks for your responce. I would be very greatful if > you could send an email to ap...@accessibility.com and explain that you would > like this too in future versions of there I OSupdates. I have done so already > for the reason that I can simply understand the male voices over the female > ones because of my hearing impairment but the more people who let them know > then hopefully they will do it for us! > Thanks > Daniel > > From: Courtney Curran > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 7:52 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: are there British US or Ostrailan male voices on ipods > models/iphone with voiceover yet? > > Hi, > Unfortunately, there aren't any male voices for the Idevices. I wish there > were because they're just better coming out of the builtin Ipod Touch > speaker, I would suspect. I heard somewhere that Apple would probably > impliment more voice selections into future IOS versions. > HTH, > Courtney > Listen to The Wonderful World of Doo-wop with me, Moopie Curran on Fridays at > 08:00 UTC on http://www.theglobalvoice.info > > On Sep 13, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Daniel McGee wrote: > >> hello everyone, my Name is Daniel and I decided to join this list again >> after a while because before I was getting too many emails but now I'm back! >> But as my subject line says I was wondering for though's who use an ipod >> touch ipad or whatever apple product that has voiceover on it. Do you know >> if you have any male voices yet in it instead of the female voices that come >> with it. I ask this because a while ago I sent an email to apple >> accessabilty and got a responce saying that theywould forward it on the >> right people but haven't heard of anything since. The reason I want this >> because as well as being blind I have a hearing impairment too and have been >> since birth I wear hearing aids. I just can't understand the female voices >> with the products. So for thoughs who read this I would really be greatful >> if you could email ap...@accessibility.com and if your not hearing in pared >> I would still really be greatful if you could take the time for the bennifit >> of hearing in pared people plus being blind to explain this sort of >> situation to them. I have sent them another email this morning UK time but >> as of yet I have had no news. Its one of the things that's stopping me >> getting another ipod touch and giving it another try! Honestly I find it so >> fustrating. >> Well I hope to hear from you all soon. >> Many Thanks and hope your all having a plesent day weather its morning, >> afternoon or evening! >> Daniel >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
