I second Spanish. I had a mexican girlfriend for about a year. Great accent!
On Aug 28, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > me personally, i'd rather have a sexy english irish or russian voice on mine. > spanish would be good. southern is pretty in a girl friend but so slow i > doubt i'd get any work done. I'm from texas, so i can say that you all. take > care guys, i'm sure the women will chime in soon with their picks. max > On Aug 28, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > >> Oh come on fellas, we need a hot Asian girl voice like they have for SAPI 5. >> >> >> I have to find it again but I did find this voice that was shockingly real.:) >> >> >> On Aug 28, 2010, at 3:13 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> Haha! Victoria scares me, man. I actually have a friend who said Alex >>> sounded "hot" one time. I think he's the most comfortable voice to listen >>> to for long periods of time, particularly if you have a headache. He's >>> honestly the best voice I've heard yet on both platforms, though Infovox >>> Peter would definitely be my choice on the Windows-side. However, the >>> strange thing about that is that he actually sounds different on Windows as >>> opposed to the Mac somehow. >>> >>> At any rate, you can probably do most things on the Mac-side. Of course, >>> everything behaves differently, but the stability is very nice However, I >>> have noticed a lack of stability with the Native Mac OS X voices since Mac >>> OS X 10.6.3. I hope this isn't just me, and while I know that doesn't sound >>> too comforting I'm hoping for a fix since I can't launch VoiceOver at all >>> when it dies. The Ironic thing is that currently, at least for me the >>> Infovox voices are more stable at this point. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nic >>> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >>> GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com >>> Facebook >>> Twitter >>> Skype: Kvalme >>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>> Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 >>> AIM: cincinster >>> >>> On Aug 28, 2010, at 11:54 AM, focus wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Dave! >>>> I'm a bit biust, but I think Victoria sounds much nicer than Alex!! :-] >>>> Colin. >>>> Skype focus_66 >>>> On 28 Aug 2010, at 08:15, Dave Taylor wrote: >>>> >>>>> They are both very expensive though. I would urge working out which tasks >>>>> you can do on the Mac side. The more you can do on the Mac side, the >>>>> cheaper >>>>> the screen reader you will need. If you can use iWork and built in Mac >>>>> apps >>>>> rather than touching Outlook, for instance, you can probably get away with >>>>> NVDA. Office 2007 is slow and, in my view, doesn't work that well with >>>>> screen readers. Office 2007 and 2010 use an entirely different interface >>>>> than anything else out there and I think are slow and hard to learn. This >>>>> is >>>>> the main reason I won't be surprised if I make that order in the next >>>>> couple >>>>> of weeks and go over to a similar situation where I use Mac for >>>>> everything I >>>>> can and only cross back when I have to. >>>>> >>>>> Nothing works like VO, and nothing has a voice to match Alex, I think >>>>> you'll >>>>> hate everything about the way Windows is going, personally! >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Dave >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados >>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 5:20 AM >>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: Re: Need Mac User's advice on which Windows screen reader to >>>>> purchase and learn >>>>> >>>>> Jaws is more or less the standard in terms of you'll run in to that more >>>>> than others. >>>>> >>>>> Window-eyes is another great option. I haven't used it but many many >>>>> people >>>>> >>>>> think very highly of it. >>>>> >>>>> What I would do if I were you is take that Mac, set yourself up a virtual >>>>> machine and try the demo copies of all the options you listed. Read the >>>>> manual / ask questions and you should be able to bootstrap yourself. You >>>>> may need help creating the VM for Windows I had a help desk not sure your >>>>> situation although there is a podcast that details this process. >>>>> I like Jaws myself but I have heard Window-eyes can be more stable and >>>>> leaner on resources. Costs differ, JFW is probably the most expensive. >>>>> Window-eyes comes with an option where you can pay for the software in >>>>> installments which is a fantastic feature on a budget. >>>>> >>>>> Hope that helps. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Bryan Jones" <openses...@me.com> >>>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>>> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:52 PM >>>>> Subject: Need Mac User's advice on which Windows screen reader to >>>>> purchase >>>>> and learn >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I realise the question might sound strange and even off-topic, but I >>>>> really >>>>> want to hear this advice from fellow Mac and VO Users. When I last used >>>>> Windows I was able to get by with a screen magnifier and didn't use a >>>>> screen >>>>> >>>>> reader. By the time I needed to start using a screen reader I had already >>>>> moved to the Mac full time so VO was the natural choice. Now I'm being >>>>> required to start using Windows again, along with Office 2007 and >>>>> Internet >>>>> Explorer 8 and I'm not sure which Windows screen reader I should invest >>>>> my >>>>> time and money to learn, or if one of them is more like VO than the >>>>> others. >>>>> I will be running either XP or Windows 7 under Fusion. >>>>> >>>>> Please send your replies directly to me off-list as this probably isn't a >>>>> thread that needs to grow here. I would be grateful for your thoughts on >>>>> the >>>>> >>>>> following questions: >>>>> 1. I've heard of Jaws, Window-Eyes, System Access, and NVDA. Any others I >>>>> should consider? >>>>> 2. Is there a Windows screen reader that works like VO? >>>>> 3. Is there one Windows screen reader that is easier to learn than the >>>>> others? >>>>> 4. I was intimately familiar with XP but don't know Windows 7 at all. Are >>>>> they similar enough that I should get Windows 7, or should I try to get >>>>> XP >>>>> so that I don't have to learn a new operating system along with the new >>>>> screen reader? >>>>> 5. I will probably only need to use Windows for the next 2 years and most >>>>> of >>>>> >>>>> my work will still be done on the Mac. Given this limited time frame, is >>>>> one >>>>> >>>>> of the Windows screen readers less expensive to own over that time period? >>>>> >>>>> TIA for any assistance, >>>>> Bryan >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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