----- Original Message ----- From: "Lewis Brock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 4:00 AM Subject: Re: alex
yep now that is a good thing lol. now it would be great if apple gave us a few more real voices. say a sexy younger model, a woman with a bit of wisdom etc. cant believe I just said that lol oops well screen readers have never had sexy voices, they've always been like an artic spirit to me. boring and like a goose farting in the fog. any who lol what we need are more voices that can draw our attention as I say for me I'd love a younger female model speaking on my mac maybe british, american or australian. anyone want to volunteer? hehehehehehe lew On 28 Feb 2008, at 22:45, Richie Gardenhire wrote: > Lou, I use Alex and Vicki a lot on my iMac at home; for my Mac Mini > for work, I use Alex, Vicki, and Princess. I don't know what it is > about Princess that keeps my attention, but I just like the sound of > her voice for reading at work. I have tried other voices, but the > Apple voices are so much more pleasant to my ear. Which reminds me, > does anybody know of any female voices that Apple is working on, to > resemble the characteristics of Alex, i.e. breathing and hesitation > with the human-like characteristics. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, > Alaska. > On Feb 28, 2008, at 1:38 PM, Lewis Brock wrote: > > I have to say this lol > > well since my days of using jaws have now gone away gone away days > of jaws have gone have gone away lol > > well I was so fed up of eloquence because it just didnt do anything > for me. I like using vicky. wow would love to meet her lol I dare > say she's cute and cuddly lol so I use vicky and alex a lot of the > time and am happy with what they both do. and I am glad there are > other voices out there that can be used. say has anyone downloaded > any new voices for the mac or knows where I could get some? > > lew > > > On 28 Feb 2008, at 22:22, Justin Harford wrote: > >> Hello >> >> Not as slow as a snail. I would fully believe that Alex reads 300 >> words per minute. That is too slow. Before I updated I clocked my >> average reading speed with Fred at 450 words per minute. >> >> I have not tried the system voices but that is interesting that >> people notice differences. it seems like they have done something >> in voiceover in the way that it handles the synthesizers to make it >> read with tonality and inflection which works great for Alex, but >> it seems like they have just done the same for all the voices which >> does not work for the more computer like voices like Fred. >> >> It is certainly snappy, but I am still always surprised at how much >> faster jaws can speak under winblos while maintaining clarity. >> Again, our voices sound way better, but it comes at a cost of >> having generally slower reading >> >> It bothered me when I upgraded, but it does not bother me as much. >> I would have never been annoyed by it if they hadn't messed up the >> other voices. >> >> Regards >> Justin Harford >> >> On Feb 28, 2008, at 12:58 PM, Kevin Reeves wrote: >> >>> A snail? Sounds snappy to me. >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "william lomas" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > >>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac >>> OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 5:06 AM >>> Subject: Re: alex >>> >>> >>>> hi well voice over speed at 100 percent is disappointing all >>>> those claims are pointless marketing to use alex as he reads >>>> like a snail smile >>>> >>>> On 28 Feb 2008, at 10:40, David Poehlman wrote: >>>> >>>>> yes, system voice is different. for one thing, I don't think it >>>>> has >>>>> inflection or the pitch/something is different. >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Orin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of >>>>> Mac OS X by >>>>> theblind" <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 5:17 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: alex >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It's weard for me though. At 100 percent system voice, he's >>>>> slow. At >>>>> 100 percent VoiceOver speed, he's faster. When Alex, for >>>>> instance, is >>>>> announcing the time I can bairly hear t corectly. I must've dome >>>>> something to make it speak extremely fast, ans well. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 28, 2008, at 4:00 AM, David Poehlman wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> it's you, he's snappy for me. >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "william lomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of >>>>>> Mac OS >>>>>> X by >>>>>> theblind" <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:56 PM >>>>>> Subject: alex >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> hi all, is it me, or is alex really slow even at one hundred >>>>>> percent >>>>>> all these claims of 300 or more words a minute dont seem true >>>>>> to me >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: >>>> 269.19.16/1251 - Release Date: 1/30/2008 9:29 AM >>> >>> >> >> > > Lewis Brock > Blind Musician and Composer of 21st century synth music > > Phone: +44 07857 352828 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MSN / Adium: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SKYPE: lewisjbrock > > > > > > Lewis Brock Blind Musician and Composer of 21st century synth music Phone: +44 07857 352828 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN / Adium: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SKYPE: lewisjbrock
