[nabs-l] VoiceOver and the latest iOS update

[Lucy Sirianni]

Hi all, and thanks for the responses! It turns out that performing the
update changed my default voice from "Samantha" to "Samantha
enhanced." You can change it back to the original, non-enhanced
"Samantha" voice (which I think is much better quality) by going to
Settings, General, Accessibility, VoiceOver, then Speech.

Hope this helps someone other than myself!

Lucy

On 9/12/16, Kaiti Shelton via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I updated to IOS 9.3.5 a while ago and experienced no change in voiceover.
> Can you describe how the voice is different to help those of us who did not
> see a change troubleshoot?
>
> If going to settings>general>accessibility>voiceover doesn't fix the
> problem and describing the change doesn't help those who didn't have a
> change troubleshoot I would call Apple. Their tech support has always been
> really helpful to me.
>
> As for speech rate adjustments, if you have speech rate in your roter you
> can adjust the rate by increments of 5 percent. I use 95 percent for my
> rate, for example. No clue why you can be more precise there than in
> settings, but it works.
>
> Hth.
>
>
> On Sunday, September 11, 2016, Jameyanne Fuller via NABS-L <
> nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> If you go to accessibility, voiceover, speech, you can choose the default
>> dialect. There are lots of voices to choose from with various accents,
>> male
>> and female. But I don't think you can change the voice back.
>>
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>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] VoiceOver and the latest iOS update
>>
>> I was wondering the same thing!
>>
>> I am glad it's not just me. I can't stand the new voice! I don't know how
>> to
>> change it in voice over settings. Does anyone know?
>>
>> Kennedy Stomberg
>> (218)295-2391
>>
>> > On Sep 11, 2016, at 8:46 PM, Lucy Sirianni via NABS-L
>> > <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> <javascript:;>>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I just updated my iPhone to the latest version of iOS (9.3.5), and it
>> seems to have changed the VoiceOver voice.  Is there a way to change it
>> back
>> to what it was before the update, and if so, how do I do this?
>> >
>> > Also, is there a way to adjust the speech rates by increments lower
>> > than
>> 10%?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance!
>> >
>> > Lucy
>> >
>> > Lucy Sirianni
>> > Doctoral Candidate and Graduate Student Instructor, Department of
>> English,
>> University of California, Berkeley
>> > Vice President of Inclusive Excellence and Social Action, Lydia Maria
>> Child Society
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