Yes, the Infovox voices are made by Acapela. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Arrigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:55 AM Subject: Re: voices, was Re: an interesting apple care thing,voiceover users read:)
It looks like this site talks about the infovox voices, is that what you are referring to or did I miss something? ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 10:03 AM Subject: Re: voices, was Re: an interesting apple care thing,voiceover users read:) > Yes, they have Mac voices, but the akapela voices from: > http://www.assistiveware.com > are much better. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Arrigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 10:43 AM > Subject: Re: voices, was Re: an interesting apple care thing,voiceover users > read:) > > > 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 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
