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Finally, amazon on Apple TV uses VoiceOver voice rather than self voicing...

By Oliver Kennett, 2 July, 2022

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Hi everyone,

Just watched the boys... Such a great series, but noticed that, when using my Apple TV to watch, instead of the amazon app self voicing with a slow and dreary voice, it is now using Alex, the one I have set for systemwide VoiceOver.

I think it is still using its own API for how things are voiced, but much better to have the continuity of speed and actual voice when diving into the amazon app.

I'm assuming this is the same for others?

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Ditto

By Cobbler

1 month 1 week ago

Good catch Oliver.

You had me dash off to find my Apple TV remote. VoiceOver told me that the Amazon Prime app had recently been updated, and gone indeed was the apps' own voice.

Hopefully this will also mean that you no longer have the voice still speaking the show description long after you have started watching it!

Can't wait to confirm this!

By Missy Hoppe

1 month 1 week ago

I really hope this ends up working for me. I have the Amazon video app, but avoid using it because I can't stand the slow, distorted samantha voice. If that is a thing of the past, then I will probably start using the Amazon video app a lot more often. Thanks for passing along this super exciting news!

My exact thoughts. I only…

By Oliver Kennett

1 month 1 week ago

My exact thoughts. I only watched a few things on there because the interaction was so pants.

It's still not great, lots of 'navigation not possible, when hitting the end of a list and it says menu item before every menu item, which seems unnecessary to me but certainly a lot quicker to flick about and find stuff to watch. I have no idea why they decided to go it alone rather than just using the build in apple API.

Great news!

By Squirrel

1 month ago

I'm trilled to hear this, as the self-voicing was a right pain in the posterior. As mentioned above, it would often speak long after it should have stopped. Hurrah Amazon!

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