Hello, fellow Apple users,
I hope you are doing well during this winter season.
I recently listened to the Blind Android Users podcast, where they interviewed the individual from the coat factory. During the interview, they mentioned that the eloquence text-to-speech feature was not developed for iPhone through the Code Factory. Instead, there is another underlying reason for its presence. The interviewee confirmed that the Code Factory had no involvement in the development of eloquence for iOS and other Apple ecosystems.
I would appreciate your thoughts on this matter. It is concerning that eloquence was introduced to the Apple ecosystem without proper disclosure. I recall when the iOS 17 release was announced, and the Apple representative declined to comment on eloquence when Thomas discussed it in our podcast.
For further reference, I have included a link to the podcast. It is a valuable resource for Android users, and I believe this particular episode is relevant to our discussion.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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All is Well
Hi Roman,
I do not believe there is any issue with Apple's implementation of Eloquence.
To the best of my knowledge, Nuance (now owned by Microsoft) holds/held the relevant rights to Eloquence. Of course, Code Factory has an agreement to distribute Eloquence, but Nuance/Microsoft is the license holder and thus can decide who gets to license the product (and in what capacity). I am guessing that Apple was able to bring Eloquence to their operating systems through the same or a similar agreement that allows for other Nuance voices to be used.