Hi. Does anyone know if we can purchase these voices in the UK too? I do not like Alex as he can't speak properly. I'd much prefer heather which I have on my windows mobile or Samantha which is on the Iphone. Alex sounds a bit irish and needs to improve on things!
Kawal. On Wed, 26 May 2010 21:49 -0700, "M. Taylor" <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > Hello Esther, > > Just a quick note to thank you for this information. I finally purchased > the US English voice package with Ghost Reader. > > I now have heather on my Mac and she is as beautiful as ever. > > Esther, you're the greatest. > > Your Number One Fan, > > Mark > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:33 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the > Mac?] > > Hi Mark, > > Brett's answered about the Acapela Group's offerings for the Mac, > which are sold as Infovox voices. What's a bit more confusing are > some of the package options and how the actual purchasing gets done. > You purchase the voices by package (U.S. English, U.K. English, > French, Canadian French, Spanish, U.S. Spanish, Italian, etc.). The > U.S. Heather voice is included in every package. In the U.S., you'd > purchase the voices from Origin Instruments in Texas, and it's easiest > to either email them or call them up directly, since, although they > offer all the Assistiveware options, they typically list only a few of > these and just a few of the languages on their web site. They > generate a license file for you based on your email address and name, > and you usually get that the same day as your order. (My U.S. English > license got generated with my name misspelled, so I have to remember > to type it in that way to activate the software on a new machine.) > There are also household license bundles for multiple users. > > The Infovox voice samples and download links are at: > http://www.assistiveware.com/ivoxsamples.php > There's a 30-day free trial. > > Anne answered some questions about licensing recently: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg19162.html > > Here's an archived post about purchasing voice in the U.S.: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg05312.html > (Summary Information on Heather and other Infovox voice purchase > options from U.S.) > > There's a GhostReader option that's described there that is a $10 add- > on to your Infovox bundle. Although this lower cost text to speech > option is not designed with the visually impaired in mind, there's an > undocumented neat feature that allows you to switch voices (and > languages) in GhostReader when a control sequence is encountered. > (This is great if you want to read a text file with multiple languages > or dialogues in multiple voices). There's also a nice menu option for > recording to audio file, and GhostReader can work with any of the > Infovox voices you purchase. Indeed, since the GhostReader voice > versions are lower-bit, compressed versions of the InfoVox voices, and > only work within the app for reading mail, web pages, and documents > (as opposed to working with all applications with VoiceOver, system- > wide), you'll want to use the Infovox voice versions you purchase, > instead. > > If I open TextEdit and have: > \vce=speaker=Heather\I prefer to use English > \vce=speaker=Julie\Chacun à son goût > The first phrase with be read by Heather (an American voice) and the > second phrase will be read by Julie with French intonation. This only > works to switch voices in GhostReader. > > You can also try out the Cepstral voices: > http://cepstral.com/demos/ > But these are currently unstable in Snow Leopard. I've also bought > one of the Cereproc voices, but these caused VoiceOver to crash (i.e., > read as way more unstable). They don't have trial downloads but you > might enjoy visiting their web page and sampling their "celebrity > voices". They've recently built a custom voice for Roger Ebert. > If you happen to speak Japanese (I don't), I could point you to a > Japanese web page for DTalker, but I think they don't have the > revisions for full Snow Leopard compatibility working yet. > > HTH > Cheers, > Esther > > > > > > > > On 21 Apr 2010, M. Taylor wrote: > > > Thank you, Brett; thank you. > > > > 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 Brett Campbell > > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:48 AM > > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on > > the > > Mac?] > > > > Mark, > > > > I'm certainly not Esther, but here is a link, in case you don't wish > > to > > wait. You're looking for Infovox. In my opinion, Heather is the > > best of > > the U.S. voices, but they require you to purchase multiple voices as a > > package. > > http://assistiveware.com/ > > > > Brett C. > > > > On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:39 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > > > >> Esther, et al, > >> > >> From where may I purchase Acapela Voice Packages? Or any other voice > >> packages that will work on my Mac? > >> > >> Thank you, > >> > >> 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 Esther > >> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:03 AM > >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > >> Subject: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on > >> the Mac?] > >> > >> Hi Marie, > >> > >> I've changed the subject line, since we're talking now about the > >> Infovox voices from Acapela. One additional piece of information is > >> that you get the Heather voice with every voice pack you purchase. > >> So, if you purchased the Spanish voices or the U.K. English voices, > >> you'd also get the U.S. Heather voice. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Esther > >> > >> 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. Taylor" <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> Hello Everyone, > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Call me slow but I only just now realized that my beloved > >>>>>>>>>> Samantha is not > >>>>>>>>> on > >>>>>>>>>> my Mac. All I have, of any quality anyway, is Alex. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Where is she? Please tell me that I can download her to my > >>>>>>>>>> Mac so I can > >>>>>>>>>> achieve perfect symmetry in my world. 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