Hi, We'll just break down their doors and demand they cater to our needs. Sounds like organizations you know?
I don't really mind the space, I guess. Just the fact that, if I never use them, it's a silly idea to pay more if I only use two of them. I guess I can understand their point. I will paste the reply I got off Assistiveware. He's very good at responding. (Begin Excerpt) There are two reasons. 1) Acapela Group, who makes the voices, does not want to sell per voice. If you want to know why, contact them directly here http://www.acapela-group.com/text-speech-contact.html 2) The transactions costs of a 20 euro and 100 euro transaction are quite similar. Many of our resellers would therefore refuse to sell for 20 euros as their costs (support, invoicing, handling purchase orders) could easily be close to the sale price of the product. Many of our customers need to purchase with such resellers because they want insurance or government to pay for the voices as they use them because they are blind, cannot speak, have dyslexia, etc. (End of Excerpt) I'll try writing Acapela to ask. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:22 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > yes, i think there should be an option to buy individual voices. I like > heather and I think its Emily. Ryan's OK too but one or two voices doesn't > justify me buying a whole bunch of voices, like you said, taking up room. > Maybe if enough people email them they might consider it an option. haha, and > then again, maybe not. > > On 21 Apr 2010, at 11:10, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> See, I asked them about this. APparently, Acapela does not permit sales of >> separate voices. THis is apparently because of agencies. They seem to find >> it a better solution to just buy a package that suits your needs so you can >> choose, rather than agencies and such having to buy multiple times. >> >> I guess I can see that, but it would be nice. I don't want a lot of those >> voices taking space on my computer. The only ones I really care about are >> Peter and Heather. let's complain! >> >> Regards, >> Nic >> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >> AIM: cincinster >> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >> Facebook Profile >> My Twitter >> >> On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:04 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >> >>> I love Alex too and use him pretty much all of the time. I trialled other >>> voices from infovox and such but could not bring myself to pay $99 for one >>> set of voices. I understand now why they cost so much but even still I just >>> can't justify that much money for 4 or 5 voices and I like a mix of the >>> british and American voices so would need to buy two packs and I'm also >>> learning spanish so would have kinda liked one of the spanish voices too, >>> you can see my dilemma. lol >>> >>> On 21 Apr 2010, at 10:05, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Well, it'd be a surprise, sure. But more voices provides more choices. I >>>> love Alex, though. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Nic >>>> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >>>> Skype: Kvalme >>>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>>> AIM: cincinster >>>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>>> Facebook Profile >>>> My Twitter >>>> >>>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Rob wrote: >>>> >>>>> I can see her on portable devices, but full macs? I wonder how it would >>>>> be received, compared to Alex. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPod >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:58 AM, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> She is by newance I believe so I don't think yu will find this voice on >>>>>> teh mac unless there is a newance version of this for os10? >>>>>> >>>>>> Tc >>>>>> >>>>>> S >>>>>> On Apr 20, 2010, at 11:34 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you for your response. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But how can this be? Is she not the beloved voice of the iPhone, iPod >>>>>>> Touch, and iPad? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Perhaps I refer to her by the wrong name? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark >>>>>>> Marcus >>>>>>> Live Talk Show >>>>>>> http://candleshore.com/secrets >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of gkearney >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:12 PM >>>>>>> To: MacVisionaries >>>>>>> Subject: Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I fear you shall not find symmetry in your world...Samantha is a >>>>>>> Microsoft Windows SAPI voice and is not an option for Macintosh users. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Gregory Kearney >>>>>>> Manager Accessible Media >>>>>>> Association for the Blind of Western Australia >>>>>>> 61 Kitchener Ave >>>>>>> Victoria Park, WA 6100' >>>>>>> AUSTRALIA >>>>>>> +61 08 9311 8246 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Apr 21, 9:20 am, "M. 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