https://isource.com/2011/05/09/two-quick-ios-contacts-tips-phonetic-names-and-initials-search/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Fri, 20 May 2011 15:15:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 https://isource.com/2011/05/09/two-quick-ios-contacts-tips-phonetic-names-and-initials-search/#comment-35891 Fri, 20 May 2011 15:15:39 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=37968#comment-35891 Beware of using this. I’m calling Apple support now to report a bug in the software. When I put the phonetic pronunciation for last name on a contact the system is somehow re-alphabetizing the contacts NOW using the phonetic field instead of the actual spelling. For example: if a contact is Hispanic and the last name is Unez and you put in “oonez” so the phone recognizes the double oo instead of a long vowel for “U” in English, the contact is immediately thrown into the “O’s” in alphabetical listing.
It sure is a great idea for voice-based calling, but an annoying glitch as the contact software shoud ALWAYS use the LAST NAME field for alphabetizing.

]]> https://isource.com/2011/05/09/two-quick-ios-contacts-tips-phonetic-names-and-initials-search/#comment-35435 Mon, 09 May 2011 16:48:53 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=37968#comment-35435 Marvelous. So my firstname ends with an ‘eek’ sound. I never knew that. Explaining it to my dog right now, asking him to pronounce it correctly in future.

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