Hi Alex, I went to http://assistiveware.com and discovered that they do indeed have several German voices. However, I would like to hear the voices before buying them. When I clicked on the German voices, nothing happened, nor could I find a link on the page that would enable me to hear a sample. Does one need to be using a Mac to hear the voices? I shouldn't think so, but what do I know!
Thank you, Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Jurgensen Sent: Wednesday, 28 January, 2009 01:53 To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind Subject: Re: Introduction and Information gathering Hi, They sure do. Sarrah is pretty good, and so is Klause. Thanks, Alex, On 27-Jan-09, at 4:52 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > And as far as speech in other languages, you can get the infovox > iVox voices from http://assistiveware.com, and I believe they have > German voices available. > On Jan 27, 2009, at 7:17 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Hey Mike, I remember your podcast in Vienna you did for BLind Cool > Tech. I'm sure many will answer your questions, but Open Office and > likely iWOrk will do what you need. As far as ocr, Read Iris has > worked well for me. Fusion will certainly allow you to use MS Office > until your sure Open Office or iWOrk will do what you need. I'll let > others address the other questions. > > Scott Howell > [email protected] > > > > On Jan 27, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Michael Busboom wrote: > >> Hello to all of you, >> >> >> >> My name is Mike Busboom, and I will soon be acquiring a MacBook, >> running >> Leopard. This will be my first foray into the Mac world, and I >> have a lot >> of questions. I've been a PC user since forever, and I am hopeful >> that a >> knowledge of computers in general will make the learning curve less >> steep. >> Although I am not yet a Mac user, I'd like to ask a few initial >> questions: >> >> >> >> 1. I will take possession of my MacBook in late February or >> early >> March when I visit my parents in the United States. Since I live >> in Vienna, >> Austria, I use German a lot. Does the MacBook come with foreign >> language >> TTS engines? If not, where can I purchase them? >> >> 2. I am a translator and also edit a lot of materials >> written in >> English. Most of my clients want me to edit their materials in MS >> Word. >> They depend on my annotations as well, so the ability to annotate >> texts and >> have it work seamlessly with speech is crucial. This is a relatively >> straightforward process in MS Word running under Windows with >> Window-Eyes. >> I have been told that MS Word on the Mac is not yet supported in >> Voice Over. >> Furthermore, I have been told that what I want to accomplish could >> be done >> using Open Office. Is this true, to your knowledge? If it isn't, >> I plan to >> buy Fusion anyway and continue to use MS Office running under >> Windows, >> though I would like to use programs for the Mac whenever possible. >> >> 3. Is it possible to import my Firefox bookmarks into an >> Internet >> browser running on the Mac? >> >> 4. At present, I am using the K1000 as my OCR package. Is >> there a >> comparable, accessible OCR software package for the Mac? >> >> Well, this should cover it for now. I apologize if I have asked >> too many >> questions, but perhaps I will be able to reciprocate and give others >> assistance, once I have gained enough experience with my own MacBook. >> >> >> >> Kindest regards to all, >> >> >> >> Mike >> > > > >
