I use Alex on both my Mac and iPad Mini 2. Do not have a compatible iPhone to use ALex on. > On 12 Feb 2015, at 07:37, Garth Humphreys <ghu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I do love Alex on the Mac, then again I've always used Alex there. Even > though I can also use him on my iPhone, I tend to stick to Karen the > Australian voice, on the phone. Foolishly perhaps, these decisions, I think > are based more on what feels right than on the effectiveness of any given > voice on the particular platform. When of use the HQ Karen on my Mac, that > just doesn't feel right either. ;) > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 11 Feb 2015, at 3:50 am, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se > <mailto:and...@pipkrokodil.se>> wrote: > > Hi! > One thing i don’t like is that we who does not speak english as a main > language only can use nuance voices and acapella. > I think also the svox voices for swedish is available for mac. > I don’t know if ivona has swedish included and if they have a mac version. > /A >> 9 feb 2015 kl. 03:56 skrev Devin Prater <d.pra...@me.com >> <mailto:d.pra...@me.com>>: >> >> The only thing I don't like is that Alex seems to studder and skip a little >> on the mac, but he doesn't do that on the iPhone. So I use Fred on the mac >> because of that. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 8, 2015, at 7:59 PM, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com >> <mailto:junglebookfa...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >>> What words did you find he ran together? I use him as my default all the >>> time, and only thing I've found that sounds really weird, is when you try >>> to log in anywhere and go to the usual "remember me," checkbox, when he >>> speaks the "remember me," he sounds like he either has his teeth clenched, >>> or has something in his mouth, which always makes me cringe, and I've >>> always thought it really weird that he sounds like that. >>> On Feb 8, 2015, at 7:41 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. > 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>.
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