topic DJ Pronunciation of Artists’ Names in iOS (iPhone, iPad)

DJ Mispronouncing Japanese Characters

user-removed — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 22:27:03 GMT

I listen to a lot of Jpop and when the DJ pronounces the names of songs or artists in Japanese, sometimes it skips them (which is fine) but sometimes it says this type of gibberish or thing I don't understand... "en ite ran" over and over again. Sometimes it will say the thing that sounds like "en ite ran" like 10-20 times. It takes a very long time to say it over and over again and I just want to hear my song. Can you make it so it either skips Japanese characters all the time or make it so it pronounces them correctly? Thank you.

Re: DJ Mispronouncing Japanese Characters

Vasil — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 10:54:47 GMT

Hey @user-removed,

Thank you for reporting this!
It would definitely help us make the AI DJ function better 🙌🏼

Could we ask you to send us the links of any songs that are affected in the way you described?

Many thanks in advance!

Re: DJ Mispronouncing Japanese Characters

user-removed — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 13:52:50 GMT

Awesome! Thank you so much! Here's one song affected this way: https://open.spotify.com/track/5g8adh2982RbEMZT5s2MJH?si=y8726jP-TzGazFuICwws9A

Let me know if you need any more. It's basically almost any song where either the title of the song or the group name is spelled with Japanese characters instead of romanji.

Re: DJ Mispronouncing Japanese Characters

Alex — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 06:11:20 GMT

Hi there @user-removed,

Thanks for the info.

We've passed this on to the right teams. We've received word that the developer folks are working on sorting this issue out, but we don't have any more official info at this time.

If you do come across more mispronounced song/ album or artist names please send us a link here and we'll pass this on.

Cheers.

Re: DJ Mispronouncing Japanese Characters

user-removed — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 17:45:06 GMT

Alright, it seems to be pronouncing the Japanese characters correctly now. Thank you!

Re: DJ Mispronouncing Japanese Characters

Eni — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 19:56:53 GMT

Hey,

Thanks for getting back to us and for your confirmation.

We're glad to know that now it's pronouncing them correctly! Give us a shout if the issue comes back or you need help with anything else.

Have a great day 🙂

Re: DJ Mispronouncing Japanese Characters

user-removed — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:53:02 GMT

Thought this issue was completely fixed but it just now did it (pronounced it "en ite ran en ite ran en ite ran") for this song:

https://open.spotify.com/track/5sb2vvywWHZNhvlrCx0vdQ

EDIT: this song too:

https://open.spotify.com/track/74el2bFIQ0noMyDIU5dx9I

EDIT: and this one

https://open.spotify.com/track/145OU4a7G4LDxXHdFgYihs

DJ Pronunciation of Artists’ Names

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:25:26 GMT

Hey, I noticed that DJ pronounces Japanese names written in Romanji/Roman characters wrong.
examples are;
ATARASHII GAKKO-新しい学校
“at-ah-rash-eh ga-ko” -DJ pro.
Fuji Kaze-藤井風
“Fuji Kay-z” -DJ pro.

Getting this fixed would be amazing! Japanese is a phonetic language and so Japanese names like Kaze/風/かぜ　are pronounced differently than English words.

Re: Artist Bio Mistake

kimberleyannedesign — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 22:58:21 GMT

I noticed the AI DJ also used incorrect pronouns for the artist G Flip when introducing their music.

Re: DJ Mispronouncing Japanese Characters

Weelittlebeasty — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:22:12 GMT

The DJ absolutely butchers the number part of Blink-182 to the point where I can't even tell you what it says. Should be pronouncing it "Blink One Eighty Two"