Speaking of voices, do the Macintosh Cepstral voices work with voice over? I have Callie on my pc, and when I get my mac, I may purchase the mac version. The site does say that the voices are speech manager compliant, I'm assuming that's similar to being SAPI compliant in windows? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Babcock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 9:09 PM Subject: voices, was Re: an interesting apple care thing,voiceover users read:)
> i have a question for you all, you now how there was a way to make > sapi voices for windows, is there a way to make your own voices for > the mac? > mike > On May 3, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Jane Jordan (Gmail) wrote: > > > Ido belive Trinoids is theworst. Pipe organ... I can't decide where > > that goes. Bells are fun around Christmas time. I actually made it > > "sing"? The Carol of the Bells. Sort of. > > > > I should have saved that file. > > > > Jane > > > > > > On May 3, 2008, at 9:14 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > > > >> Oh, Now that is funny. It did not occur to me that that was what > >> was being > >> asked. I love chellos. In fact, I need to try it out on my bose. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac > >> OS X by > >> theblind" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 7:24 PM > >> Subject: Re: an interesting apple care thing, voiceover users read:) > >> > >> > >> > >> On May 3, 2008, at 10:17 PM, Jason Custer wrote: > >> > >>> Newbe question, what's chellows? Google only showed me the kind with > >>> strings. > >> > >> Trust me, you're better off not knowing. But since you asked. ... > >> > >> Go into the Voiceover preferences and open the speech page. Be sure > >> that additional speech options are checked so you can play with one > >> of > >> the voices that, say, won't make your whole system sound annoying if > >> you lose your way. > >> > >> When you select a voice, its name is spoken, followed by a phrase: > >> "Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come." > >> > >> Cellos is probably one of the more annoying ones, although I'd have > >> to > >> say that bells gives it a run for its money. Hysterical is, well, > >> hysterical. > >> > >>> > >>> J > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael > >>> Babcock > >>> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 3:23 PM > >>> To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > >>> X by > >>> theblind > >>> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Subject: an interesting apple care thing, voiceover users read:) > >>> > >>> today, whilst on the phone with the apple care people in regards > >>> to a > >>> hardware repair, i was moving around the screen with voiceover to > >>> find the > >>> serial number of my macbook. Well the lady i was speaking to said, > >>> "have you > >>> ever used chellows"? I was like what? She was "with your voiceover, > >>> have you > >>> used chellows" I was like wate you know what i am doing? I guess > >>> they had a > >>> trainning this past week for most reps on voiceover. Lets see > >>> microsoft give > >>> trainning with jaws or even narator. smile, so next time your > >>> calling apple > >>> let them here voiceover, oh and btw, she was listenning to voiceover > >>> read my > >>> s/n so i didn't have to repeat it. grin mike > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > >> Phone: (814) 746-4502 or 888-75-BUDDY > >> Harnessing the power of Online Spending and Everyday Shopping to > >> Change Lives: See how, Together, We Can Change the World: > >> http://www.powermall.info > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >
