Hello Anne,
I would like to thank you for responding so quickly to my questions. I went to
the AssistiveWare site and was presented with many choices. Not wanting to
place an order again, only to find out that I downloaded the wrong thing, I
will ask you another question or two. By the way, we can take this off list if
the content is boring to others.
On the AssistiveWare site, I came across two different possibilities that might
work. By the way, I purchased Ghost Reader a year ago when I got my Mac Book
and haven't used it once, so your comments on how you use it might be helpful,
provided I purchase the right software now.
One link on the page is for Infovox iVox for US$ and Euro 99.
The other link says: Infovox iVox Language Pack / additional language pack,
additional Infovox iVox voices in one language of choice for 49.50 Euros for a
single user license. Which one of these two should I purchase if I want German
speech whenever I need it, not just in Ghost Reader? Why would one of these
packages be fifty Euros more expensive than the other? I am thinking that I
probably want to buy the more expensive package, don't I?
Thanks so much, Anne, and best regards,
Mike
On 15,Jun,2010, at 5:50 PM, Anne Robertson wrote:
> Hello Michael,
>
> You need to go to the AssistiveWare site:
> www.assistiveware.com
> That is where you buy the German voices. You should also consider getting
> GhostReader at the same time for an extra €10 or whatever it is in dollars.
>
> Ghostreader is great for reading documents, and it allows you to jump forward
> and backward by paragraph. It will also run in the background while you work
> on another document. I use it this way when translating. I have GhostReader
> reading the original while I create the translation in a Pages document.
>
> Make sure you buy the full versions of the voices since GhostReader is also
> sold with versions that don't work with VoiceOver.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anne
>
> On Jun 15, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Michael Busboom wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I have received so much help from this list and in all honesty, I had hoped
>> that after a year of owning a Mac, I'd be giving more than taking. I am
>> enjoying my Mac and gaining more proficiency with it all the time, using it
>> for the majority of my private things and integrating it into my work
>> environment whenever possible.
>>
>> I recently accepted a job position in which I will be required to write in
>> German extensively, something which I have thus far not done with the Mac.
>> I need some assistance making my Mac speak German, and I have some specific
>> questions for anyone who can help after I supply some background information.
>>
>> While at Sight City in May, I received a demo version of some fantastic
>> German software. I believe that it was Infovox German. The German TTS also
>> came bundled with an English voice as well. Unfortunately, for several
>> reasons, the 30-day trial period expired before I had the opportunity to buy
>> the software. When I tried to launch the German some 45 days after
>> installing it, all I was told was that my trial period had expired.
>> However, I was not given the name of the software, nor was I provided a link
>> where I could go and purchase and install the unlocked version.
>>
>> A kind friend who wanted to assist me helped me find some German TTS's on an
>> Acapella site but after making the purchase and going to the download link,
>> it turned out that, although the TTS was a German voice named Sarah, this
>> was a windows software package. The company refunded my money.
>>
>> I would very much like and need to unlock the software that is on my Mac
>> because it works with Voice Over, and it really is quite good.
>>
>> Below is some of the correspondence I received from the company, but it
>> still leaves me unclear as to precisely what I need to order to have Voice
>> Over speaking German on my Mac.
>>
>> Kindest regards and if anyone can offer some assistance, please read on.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Michael Busboom wrote:
>> Hi Beth,
>> So just to make sure: If I order the German Cepstral voices, they will work
>> with
>> Voice Over? Is this correct? In all truthfulness, I am not even sure if I
>> am interested
>> in Ghost Reader. Although I have purchased it, I have never used it.
>> However, I
>> need to be able to use my Mac and write letters and answer e-mails in
>> German; this
>> is crucial!
>> Kindest regards and thank you,
>> Mike
>> On 2010-06-14 17:30, Beth Thorpe wrote:
>> Michael,
>> We offer two Text to Speech options for use with mac. Both will include a
>> language
>> set of your choice. You can find details about these at:
>> http://www.nextup.com/mac.html
>> The GhostReader software will also allow you to add a 2nd language set for
>> an additional
>> $20.00 which may be attractive to you. The only problem I can foresee is
>> that these
>> voices will not work in other applications as you have noted as necessary.
>> The Cepstral voices that I recommended earlier are, however, will work with
>> any application.
>> Let me know if this does not answer your question completely.
>> Regards,
>> Beth Thorpe
>> NextUp.com
>> Listen and Learn Anywhere
>> http://www.NextUp.com
>> ** TextAloud - The world's most popular Text To Speech tool.
>> http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/
>> Michael Busboom wrote:
>> Dear Beth,
>> Thank you for responding to me so quickly. In order not to make a similar
>> mistake,
>> I feel that I should be more specific and err on the side of being overly
>> thorough
>> than not being specific enough.
>> I need the German voice in order to use Voice Over, the built-in screen
>> reading software
>> that comes with every Mac Book. It not only has to work in one specific
>> program
>> such as Ghost Reader; it should work in all programs where Voice Over
>> renders the
>> screen content accessible.
>> One blind German person who uses the software told me that when I purchased
>> the German
>> TTS that worked with Voice Over, one very good English voice was also
>> supplied as
>> part of the download. Is this true? Since I do about 75% of my work in
>> English,
>> this wouldn't be a bad thing.
>> Kindest regards from Vienna, Austria,
>> Mike
>> On 12,Jun,2010, at 1:45 AM, Beth Thorpe wrote:
>> Michael,
>> I do apologize if there was any confusion with your order. We do actually
>> sell voices
>> that will work with Mac. There is one good German voice, Katrin you may
>> like. You
>> will find these details at:
>> http://www.nextup.com/Cepstral.html
>> With regards to your current order, I will have that refunded. You will
>> need to
>> enter a new order if you find another voice that you prefer.
>> Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.
>> Regards,
>> Beth Thorpe
>>
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