iOS 7: All The Little Things! (Featuring iOS 7.1)

[merrickdrfc]

It appears as though the UK Siri voice has changed

 

[Wetware.]

It appears as though the UK Siri voice has changed

Is there a different voice or just an improved one?

 

[merrickdrfc]

iOS 7: All The Little Things! (Featuring iOS 7.1)

Is there a different voice or just an improved one?

It's completely different, get the choice between a male or female voice as well. Strangely has only appeared on my 5s and not my iPad Air, both of which are running 7.1 b3

 

[Wetware.]

It's completely different, get the choice between a male or female voice as well. Strangely has only appeared on my 5s and not my iPad Air, both of which are running 7.1 b3

in OS X 10.9, there are 4 en-uk voices: Daniel (iOS/best), Oliver, Kate and Serena.

is there a chance of you posting a demo recording of the new two?

 

[merrickdrfc]

in OS X 10.9, there are 4 en-uk voices: Daniel (iOS/best), Oliver, Kate and Serena.

is there a chance of you posting a demo recording of the new two?

Here's a quick recording of both voices, apologies for the poor quality!

New Siri UK Voice

 

[Wetware.]

Here's a quick recording of both voices, apologies for the poor quality!

New Siri UK Voice

wonderful, thanks!
they sound amazingly fluid.
can’t wait to see them added to OS X.

 

[merrickdrfc]

wonderful, thanks!

they sound amazingly fluid.

can’t wait to see them added to OS X.

Notice a big difference between using Siri on my 5s to the old voices on my Air, seems much more responsive and fluid.

Not quite sure why they've appeared on my iPhone and not my iPad though, both were an upgrade via iTunes from 7.0.4

 

[ErikGrim]

Notice a big difference between using Siri on my 5s to the old voices on my Air, seems much more responsive and fluid.

Not quite sure why they've appeared on my iPhone and not my iPad though, both were an upgrade via iTunes from 7.0.4

Not showing up on my iPhone 5 either. How odd.

 

[msz7]

With the (kind of) recently updated Remote App, I really think Apple should consider making the built in Music app resemble the remote app (in terms of aesthetics, at least).

 

[ErikGrim]

With the (kind of) recently updated Remote App, I really think Apple should consider making the built in Music app resemble the remote app (in terms of aesthetics, at least).

Indeed. The Now Playing screen is beautiful in the Remote app.

 

[Wetware.]

Here's a quick recording of both voices, apologies for the poor quality!

can we hear the male reading an extended article?
i think i can hear emotional toning. don’t know about their famous breathing though.

 

[bigchrisfgb]

Here's a quick recording of both voices, apologies for the poor quality!

New Siri UK Voice

The male one sounds like the stereotypical Queens English voice the rest of the world portray us to have.

The female one is better slightly, she sounds like a news reporter though.

 

[Xenc]

The brightness and volume controls in Control Center now have weight and slide physics: You can "throw" the slider and it will bounce back.

 

[kristoffer4]

Does Safari crash less?

 

[aa14873]

Siri US Voice!

I'm still running iOS 7.0.4 and I definitely have the new voice. She sounds amazing. And the male voice is changed also. When I switched from Android I was disappointed by the quality of the voice but the improvement is at least as good if not better. I first noticed in the Maps app.

 

[aa14873]

Siri's New Voice

Here's the recording of the US version of Siri's new voice. She definitely has emotion. Makes the old "new" siri sound absolutely awful. On my 2G iPad Mini it's still the original iOS 7 voice.

http://andrewsteven.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Life.m4a

It was recorded off my iPhone using my Mac's speaker but the difference is clear.

 

[lelisa13p]

Unable to Create Custom Label in Contacts

I think I have found a bug in iOS 7 (not sure which version as I only found this last night so don't know how long its been here) on the iPad 2.

Can someone replicate this on their iPad (I have only seen this on my iPad 2 so unsure if it will be the same on other iPads) to see if this is indeed a bug:

When I open the Contacts standard app and open up any particular contact to edit, where you type in the phone number of the contact, there is also an option to add a custom label to assign against the phone number. Well, when you choose 'Add Custom Label' (which is at the top of the menu when the foreground box pops open), you are then presented with a box in the foreground and there is a space where you can indeed then create a custom label. The issue, however is this - when you have written the custom label, the 'Done' button is actually not in the foreground small box which you have open but is actually in the background screen (on the top right) which is not clickable? So, although there is an option to add a custom label, you can't actually click on 'Done' to save it?!

I tried a number of times and not once was I able to create a custom label on my iPad - I had to resort to creating it from my iPhone 5 (which has the 'Done' button on the foreground screen where you actually type in the custom label) and let it sync over to my iPad 2 via iCloud!

As I said, if I have missed exactly how to achieve this then apologies and perhaps someone could shed some light on this! If it is indeed a bug - I also do not know how/where it should be reported....?!

This is driving me crazy! Has anyone found a fix for this? Using iPad Mini-r iOS 7.0.4 and grinding my teeth. I don't use iCloud so that option is off the table.

 

[WhackyNinja]

FANTASTIC NEWS EVERYBODY! iOS 7.1 Beta 4 is out!

 

[lelisa13p]

Have any of the beta versions corrected the issue in my ^above^ post?

 

[swordfish5736]

Have any of the beta versions corrected the issue in my ^above^ post?

Have you tried hitting return?

 

[lelisa13p]

Have you tried hitting return?

Eureka!!! That's the fix! So simple that now I feel like a dunce. Thanks!

 

[UncleDannie]

Loss of List View in OS7 Calendar

Did I miss something? I tried a search but didn't find anything about the List View in Calendar. In OS6, that was one of my favorite option. I can't find it in OS7. Did they move it or delete it?

Is there an alternative Calendar that has it? I don't really like the OS7 version from Apple.

 

[ps3zocker]

Tap the search icon on the top right and there is a list view. Alternatively wait for iOS 7.1 which brings back a list view underneath the calendar.

 

[C DM]

Did I miss something? I tried a search but didn't find anything about the List View in Calendar. In OS6, that was one of my favorite option. I can't find it in OS7. Did they move it or delete it?

Is there an alternative Calendar that has it? I don't really like the OS7 version from Apple.

Oh, it's definitely been discussed a lot. They did remove it in iOS 7.0, but it's coming back in iOS 7.1 that should be getting released in the near future.

 

[shandyman]

Oh, it's definitely been discussed a lot. They did remove it in iOS 7.0, but it's coming back in iOS 7.1 that should be getting released in the near future.

They did not remove it, they only hid it away under search.