Recently I had to replace my iPhone X due to a defect with the battery. Before my old settings downloaded from iCloud, I noticed that the default voice for VoiceOver was especially responsive in performing touch typing for text entry on the virtual keyboard. However, now that my old settings have been restored, I am back to the VO voice I had previously and can't seem to find the default VO voice I thought was more responsive. I am especially interested in cutting the time delay when I place my finger on a keyboard key and the time it takes to confirm the key name, like the delay between saying "b" and "bravo." Thoughts on how I can find this default VO voice which had almost no delay at all?
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I believe
I believe the voice defaults to Samantha.
default VO voice
Yes, that's what I thought too, but, when I changed the voice back to samantha, the gap between "b" and "bravo" was still there. Perhaps the delay is due to something other than the voice?
RE: Default Vo Voice
I think it is the case with all of the Vocalizer voices that you will have the gap. I think if you have a Siri voice that you are using as a default you will not have the lag between the letter and the phoenetic spelling. The only thing I can think of is there may be a setting that allows you to set the delay between, but I am uncertain about this one. I'm not in a position I can check my phone's settings at this time.
Siri Voices
Through both my own experience and the experiences of others, I have found that Siri voices are laggy and crash very often, so they would not be ideal for use with VoiceOver.
Re: default VO voice
Ok, good thought. Think I will explore the siri voices a bit. Thanks.
DResponsive Default VoiceOver Default Voice
While I am not using an iPhone 10, I have found that not all voices are created equal. I am a frequent user of the braille screen input feature, and for a lot of the voices, there is a lag when individual characters are echoed--except for the Alex voice, which admittedly consumes a lot of memory (800 plus GB) but which is very responsive--at least on my iPhone 8. Sorry I could not be of more help.
Responsive Default VoiceOver Default Voice
Ok, Curtis: After a bit more exploration I have tentatively concluded that the iPhone X uses one of the siri voices for VoiceOver out of the box. Not sure about this, but I do find that the Siri male or Siri female voices are a bit more snappy than other VO voices when entering text. Glad to here about Alex, but that's a pretty big file, and not sure it is necessary for the benefits.
Actually, the Alex voice only
Actually, the Alex voice only uses 869 MB, which is almost a gigabyte. I have a 64 GB iPhone 8 and am not having any issues in that regard.
Responsive voice for VoiceOver
I understand what you say about Alex, but I am most interested in a voice that is particularly snappy when entering text, especially from the virtual keyboard. What I have found so far is that the SIRI male or SIRI female English U. S. Voices are quite good for my purposes, so don’t see a need to use Alex right now. Thanks.
I love Samantha
Good evening everyone. I love Samantha, because it is more responsive. and if you are a user who prefers the voice more faster then the normal voice, you can understand her still.
Something Strange in iPadOS 13.2 13.1.3
It has come to my attention that in iPadOS 13.2, I was unable to use the American English Siri Female, Australian English Siri Female, UK Siri Female, and South African Siri Male.
Is it just me experienceing this issue?