Hey, i didnt even know cerereproc did sell non-english voices could only find english ones on thier site. Greetings, Anouk On Nov 6, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Anne Robertson wrote:
> > Hello Donna, > > The Cereproc voices are sold singly whereas the Infovox voices are > packages, although several only contain one voice for now. When new > voices are added for a given language, up to now they have been free > to anyone who has already purchased a voice in that language. > > Infovox offers 2 European Spanish voices as a package, and 1 American > Spanish voice as a separate package. Infovox also offers 2 Italian > voices as a package. > > Unfortunately, Cereproc only has Spanish and Catalan in the non- > English European language category. > > If you're interested in getting GhostReader plus Spanish and Italian, > it would work out as quite a good deal for you. > > I have to say that the Infovox French voices are amazingly good. I > also have the French Canadian voice which is excellent, too. I've used > the Cepstral French Canadian voice, Isabelle, which is appalling! But, > in any case, the Cepstral voices don't work with snow Leopard. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > On Nov 6, 2009, at 5:21 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> >> Huh! Never heard of them. I've been thinking that infovox heather >> sounds kind of anemic, so I will check them out. >> thanks! >> Donna >> On Nov 6, 2009, at 10:54 AM, James & Nash wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Donna, >>> >>> InfoVox is fantastic, but you could also check out www.cereproc.com >>> They >>> are based in the UK and there prices are extremely reasonable. They >>> do not >>> have the variety of voices hat InfoVox does, but they do have a >>> Spanish >>> voice and I am hoping a French voice will come soon. Just for >>> giggles, they >>> also have a President Obama voices. They really are excellent at >>> least on a >>> par with InfoVox at least in my humble opinion. >>> >>> Just my two cents worth >>> TC >>> >>> James >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Esther" <mori...@mac.com> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 3:34 PM >>> Subject: Re: Infovox marked improvement >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi Donna, >>> >>> It's actually cheaper to buy a second Infovox iVox language pack. I >>> think an add-on, non-Scandinavian language pack costs $49.50 (half >>> the >>> price of a first language pack purchase) with however many voices >>> are >>> included for that language. There may be less expensive pricing if >>> you know you are going to get 3 or more languages at once. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi Esther, >>>> >>>> you had written before about Ghost Reader, and honestly, I didn't >>>> get >>>> what the appeal was. But the ability to switch between voices/ >>>> languages on the fly would be very nice. >>>> >>>> Thanks also for explaining the pricing structure. I didn't think I >>>> had >>>> seen anywhere that you got five voices, and honestly one per >>>> language >>>> would be sufficient. But it would be handy to have multiple >>>> languages, >>>> so perhaps I'll give some thought to the language pack.. >>>> Best, >>>> Donna >>>> On Nov 6, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Esther wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Donna, >>>>> >>>>> The Infovox iVox voices are sold packaged for a flat rate by >>>>> language. Basically, this is the pricing scheme set with the >>>>> Acapela >>>>> group, and the development of pronunciation editor, etc. is done >>>>> by >>>>> language. What Anne means is that she gets 5 French voices, and >>>>> they >>>>> also include the Heather (U.S. English) voice in the foreign >>>>> language >>>>> packs. However, if you wanted to buy the French Canadian voice, >>>>> there's only one. There's only one Russian voice. I think the >>>>> pricing >>>>> on the Scandinavian voices is slightly higher. If you are >>>>> buying a >>>>> language bundle, you might also look at adding GhostReader for $10 >>>>> more ($109 instead of $99). Although this is a text-to-speech >>>>> reader >>>>> program that is not designed for visually impaired users it has >>>>> some >>>>> neat features, particularly the ability to switch between any of >>>>> the >>>>> Infovox iVox voices in text, by inserting a control sequence. >>>>> This >>>>> provides a great way to read out multiple language dialogues. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Esther >>>>> >>>>> Donna Goodin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Anne, >>>>>> >>>>>> You mention that for $99 you get five voices? I didn't realize >>>>>> that. >>>>>> Do all five have to be in the same language, i.e. could I get a >>>>>> Spanish voice, an Italian Voice, an English voice, etc? >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Donna >>>>>> On Nov 6, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello Kevin, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Infovox iVox is a third-party suite of voices for the Mac. Those >>>>>>> of >>>>>>> us >>>>>>> who use the Mac in a language other than English need these >>>>>>> voices >>>>>>> since Apple only provides English language voices. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A language pack costs ?99 which is very good value for me as a >>>>>>> French >>>>>>> language user as I get 5 voices for that price. Some languages >>>>>>> only >>>>>>> get 1 voice which makes the cost a bit steep. However, as far >>>>>>> as I >>>>>>> know, Infovox iVox are the only third-party voices that work >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> Snow >>>>>>> Leopard. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I tried a Cepstral voice with SL but it didn't work. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anne >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Nov 6, 2009, at 7:34 AM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What is Info Vox? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai >>>>>>>> Svendsen >>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 3:27 PM >>>>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Infovox marked improvement >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It's definitely become much more responsive as well. I got it >>>>>>>> as >>>>>>>> soon >>>>>>>> as it was in beta, and even by that point the responsiveness >>>>>>>> was >>>>>>>> excellent. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>> Nic >>>>>>>> Skype: Kvalme >>>>>>>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>>>>>>> AIM: cincinster >>>>>>>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>>>>>>> Facebook Profile >>>>>>>> My Twitter >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Nov 5, 2009, at 5:15 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi guys, I just grabbed the ivox 2 demo and most of the >>>>>>>>> proounsiation >>>>>>>>> issues I was having are gone. If anything it pronounces some >>>>>>>>> noteable >>>>>>>>> things better than the new alex does. Burggrafe has properly >>>>>>>>> become >>>>>>>>> burggraaf, to my personal gratification. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Unfortunately, my rockbox utility is not recognizing the ivox >>>>>>>>> voices. >>>>>>>>> SL compadibility issue? I wish I could get on the rockbox >>>>>>>>> list, >>>>>>>>> but >>>>>>>>> it's not letting me for some reason. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> erik burggraaf >>>>>>>>> A+ certified technician and user support consultant. >>>>>>>>> Phone: 888-255-5194 >>>>>>>>> Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
