Absolutely and it stinks!

On 9 Jan 2012, at 04:07 PM, Daniel Miller <miller...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> She's talking about Freedom ScienceFictions insanely horrible authorization
> scheme, where you only get 3 keys at any given time, and you're only allowed
> to reset a maximum of 3 times every 2 years.
> 
> 
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> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Emrah
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 9:30 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI
> Eloquence
> 
> Yeah, what do you mean by loss of lives?
> 
> E
> On Jan 9, 2012, at 4:24 PM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote:
> 
>> what loss of lives? am I missing something here?
>> 
>> lew
>> 
>> On 9 Jan 2012, at 15:23, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
>> 
>>> I do not like Alex very much and although I am not a fan of Jaws because
> of the loss of lives an copy protection, am use to the excellent voice of
> eloquence om it as people point out the expressions are said just right.
>>> 
>>> On 9 Jan 2012, at 03:13 PM, Daniel Miller <miller...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> What's wrong with Alex? I find him vastly superior to eloquence,
> actually.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Holton
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 7:55 AM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: RE: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI
> Eloquence
>>>> 
>>>> Count me in.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Emrah
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 7:24 AM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI
> Eloquence
>>>> 
>>>> Hey all,
>>>> 
>>>> Glad to hear that I am not alone in my frustration.
>>>> 
>>>> Nuance Communications owns ETI Eloquence, but rare are the people over
> there who know about its existence.
>>>> 
>>>> I will try and get hold of a Nuance developer to discuss SDK options and
> licensing, and revert back to you with a digest of my phone calls and email
> correspondence.
>>>> If Apple refuses to integrate Eloquence, I am thinking we could start a
> little fund raising and put a budget together to hire someone to work on an
> independent port.
>>>> 
>>>> What do you think?
>>>> 
>>>> E
>>>> --
>>>> Emrah
>>>> 
>>>> "In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are
> not." Albert Einstein
>>>> 
>>>> On Jan 9, 2012, at 12:28 AM, M. Taylor wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, I requested such a thing many, many moons ago.
>>>> 
>>>> I don't think it is going to happen.  If we, as low-vision Zoom users,
> cannot convince Apple to allow us to truly customize basic color schemes
> instead of the "one-size-fits-all" reverse color technique, I doubt if they
> are going to implement what they must consider to be an inferior TTS. 
>>>> 
>>>> I could be wrong or at least, I wish I were.  (Smile).
>>>> 
>>>> Mark
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Blake Sinnett
>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 8:55 PM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: RE: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI
> Eloquence
>>>> 
>>>> Has anyone written to Apple accessibility about this? I did a long time
> ago about getting it on the iPhone.
>>>> 
>>>>> Subject: Re: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI
> Eloquence
>>>>> From: mk...@ucla.edu
>>>>> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 20:33:58 -0800
>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't know about the legal issues but I can tell you that I would
> love nothing more than to enjoy Eloquence on my Mac and, for that matter, my
> iPhone.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mark
>>>>> On Jan 8, 2012, at 6:06 AM, Emrah wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi listers,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I hope this message does not offend anybody allergic to Windows.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The version of ETI Eloquence bundled with Jaws on Windows has always
> been my favorite voice synthesizer. I used to be able to listen (read)
> thousands and thousands of pages without ever getting tired of it. The
> intonations were amazingly good and compared to most of the TTS out there,
> it knew how to tone the exclamations.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Anyway, I am writing to inquire if any of you have tried to run
> Eloquence on your Mac? 
>>>>>> Some folks "ported" it to Linux. http://voxin.oralux.net
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Any idea f something similar exists on Mac?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am sure it could be done.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>> E
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