Hi, I think you can change that pitch drop in VO utilities.
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jul 30, 2012, at 7:20 AM, David Eagle <onlineea...@googlemail.com> wrote: > The problem with Nuance voices seems to be a lot better in Mountain > Lion. When you press backspace to delete something it talks lower,, > but I think this must be intentional. I've also found the Mac to be > working a lot better since upgrading to Mountain Lion. I've never had > a safari busy message since upgrading. > > On 30/07/2012, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> Go to program uppdate under the Apple menu. Hit vo+space bar on that choise. >> Now, the app store will launch giving you the page with updates of apps on. >> Go to the button that says "update all" and hit vo+space bar on it now a >> dialog should pop up asking for apple id and password. The Apple id text box >> is usually pre populated with your email address so go to the password field >> and type in your password and hit the button that says "log in". Now the >> download should begin. >> If you want to know what things you will be updated, before doing the above >> steps, vo+right arrow a couple times until you encounter a list where the >> apps to be update are stored. Here you can see the new versions of the apps >> and if you arrow further right with vo+right arrow, you will find >> descriptions of what's new in this version. >> HTH >> /Krister >> >> 29 jul 2012 kl. 13:32 skrev Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com>: >> >>> Hi, >>> The nuance issues are indeed fixed, keep in mind though that after >>> installing Mountain Lion, you have to go to the program update and look >>> for new updates. When you do, you will find a bunch of new voices amongst >>> other things. Just update everything and you'll be good to go. All the >>> bugs in the Swedish voice, including issues with how it pronounced certain >>> characters when typing with typing echo set to characters or when reading >>> character by character are gone and so are the pitch issues. Only time the >>> voices actually change pitch is when you delete a character or when you >>> press a character with the shift key helld down. >>> Apple has indeed done a great job with this release. The one thing i wish >>> for is for dictation to support scandinavian languages. I hope it will >>> happen but i highly doubt it, just look at Siri on the IPhone which >>> supports many languages just not Swedish, Norwegean and other scandinavian >>> languages. >>> /Krister >>> >>> 26 jul 2012 kl. 04:22 skrev Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net>: >>> >>>> I was hoping they fixed the nuance voice issues. Does anyone know if >>>> there is a key stroke to access the notification center? For example, you >>>> can press control+f8 for the status menus, control+F2 for the menu bar, >>>> etc. Is there a keystroke for notifications? >>>> On Jul 25, 2012, at 8:57 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey guys. I was thinking of using the Siri dictation feature to write >>>>> this message, but after trying to send a message to Kimsan and seeing >>>>> that it entered something that I didn't say, I figured I'd write this >>>>> myself. So with that being said, I must say that Apple did a freaking >>>>> awesome job with Mountain Lion. My favorite features so far have been >>>>> the Siri dictation, even though it hears what it wants to hear >>>>> sometimes, the ability to update more than one App in the App store, and >>>>> yes, the ability to use some third party Apps that weren't accessible to >>>>> us in the past. Now I can use Menuweather, the app that I complained >>>>> that wasn't accessible a few months ago, and change whatever settings I >>>>> need. Also, for Infovox Ivox 3 users, your voices will continue to work. >>>>> You don't need to download any patches or anything. >>>>> I did notice a couple of bugs though. The first one is something that >>>>> this list has talked about when Lion first launched, and that is the >>>>> booting up time. For me, when I came home from work and booted up my >>>>> machine, I pretty much had to wait for about 2-3 minutes before >>>>> Voiceover started talking. Also, in both Lion and Snow Leopard, both >>>>> Adium and Skype launched right away after startup. In Mountain Lion, It >>>>> takes a minute for both apps to launch. These aren't deal breakers >>>>> though, just minor hinderances. As for the Nuance voices, I'm not gonna >>>>> even bother using them with Voiceover if they're still making those >>>>> stupid pitch changes. Why would I if I have Tracy from Acapela? >>>>> Anyway, all in all, this is a fantastic upgrade, better than Lion in my >>>>> opinion. I hope you all have fun with Mountain Lion, as I sure am. >>>>> >>>>> Shawn >>>>> Sent from my white Mac Book >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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. >> >> > > > -- > http://www.davideagle.co.uk > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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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