Hi, Can anybody tell me how to get this new Alex? I’ve even tried deleting and re-downloading to get him.
Cheers Dave > On 9 Feb 2015, at 1:54 am, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Fred? lol, that voice sounds aweful, reminds me too much of either the > dectalk voices, or the Vera reading machine we used to use when I went to > FSDB. > Things have definitely come so far sense then. > On Feb 8, 2015, at 8:17 PM, Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net > <mailto:rforet7...@comcast.net>> wrote: > >> Alex, it ain't just you dude. Alex is tons better than he used to be in >> every respect you mentioned. Much smoother, faster, way more responsive, >> and, other than Fred, which I am using at the moment for strictly >> sentamintal purposes, Alex is the best of all the voices out there. In >> fact, he's better even than the Acapela voices which, if I may be frank, >> have taken severle steps backward from where they used to be. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray >> >> Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! >> >> Sent from my Mac, >> the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in >> >>> On Feb 8, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com >>> <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> First, yes, this is about a speech synthesizer, and will thus be very >>> subjective. I wanted to see, though, if anyone else might have come to the >>> same conclusion I have. >>> >>> I got a Mac in the days of Lion, and quickly switched to the Vocalizer >>> voices (Serena or Lee, mostly). When we got new ones in Mavericks, I >>> favored Ava, and she is still among the best voices I know of, except a >>> couple from Ivona. In testing things for Yosemite, I kept switching from >>> Ava to Alex, just to see if any problems were being caused by the use of >>> Nuance voices. I accidentally made a startling discovery: Alex used to be >>> pretty bad a few years ago, but now, he's quite good. I've always liked the >>> breathing thing, but Alex would constantly run words together, mispronounce >>> syllables, and have other small problems that made him hard to understand, >>> especially at higher speeds. The more I use him in Yosemite, though, the >>> more I look for reasons to switch back to Ava, but the more those reasons >>> allude me. Ava misses the period after certain words, like "app", Alex >>> doesn't; Ava says "capital" before uppercase letters, although that setting >>> is disabled, and Alex doesn't; VoiceOver has delays when opening the VO >>> Utility or bringing up VO menus while using Nuance voices, but with Alex, I >>> find no such delays; and more. >>> >>> So, is it just me, or has Alex gotten way better? I don't mean "better" in >>> that VoiceOver runs faster while using Alex, although it certainly does. I >>> mean "better" in that, compared to a few years ago, he's far clearer when >>> speaking and makes far fewer mistakes. Maybe I'm misremembering, or maybe >>> I'm the only one to notice, since the change was likely gradual and thus >>> invisible to those who have used Alex all along. Either way, I'm interested >>> in hearing your thoughts, and I'm more eager than ever to obtain a 64-bit >>> iPhone so I can start using Alex there as well. My only complaint about >>> Alex is that he doesn't speed up very well - sure, he can go crazy fast, >>> but I find I miss things at more than 70% speaking rate. Anyway, what do >>> you all think? If you haven't used Alex in a long time, give him another >>> chance. If you use him all the time, have you noticed anything? >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex Hall >>> mehg...@icloud.com <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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