The Apple Mac computers have always had reasonable speech ever since I can remember first playing with one in 1989 and it certainly hasn't gotten any worse in the various revisions and new voices that come shipped with OS Tiger, a new range of voices will be shipped with OS Lepard and if you really want top quality speech then you can get the Infovox voices, they're the best voices I've ever heard out of any computer system and the most natural sounding human-like voices you'll get anywhere. There is a link to a demo of the new OS Lepard voices and the Infovox voices so I'll dig that out.
On 06/01/2007, at 12:36 AM, Stephen Guerra wrote: Has the speech gotten better over time? Stephen A. Guerra Assistive Technology Specialist Independent Living Aids "Products for Your Active Independent Life!" 200 Robbins Lane Jericho, NY 11753 Phone: (516) 937-1848-x313 Fax: (516) 937-3906 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: ILASteve Web Site: http://www.independentliving.com http://www.soundbytes.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 8:08 AM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: Macks and speech access. Its amazing just how many people who sell Mac machines aren't aware of this, when I first went to look at a Mac over a year ago at my local Mac reseller, I bowled him over by following a simple instruction someone else had given me which was, "To activate the OS tiger VoiceOver screen Reader, boot up the Mac machine and press command-F5 and hold down the FN key whilst doing this if you're using a notebook", did the trick alright and I've been using my Ibook ever since. On 04/01/2007, at 7:10 AM, Sky Taylor wrote: Yes apple 10.4 Tiger has Voice Over in it ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:17 AM Subject: Re: Macks and speech access. > I think that Apple has the Mack OS Tiger with a built-in screenreader. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Noseworthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:06 PM > Subject: Macks and speech access. > > >> Hi Folks: >> >> I am working with a client who has recently lost most of his vision >> and who would like to continue using a Mack with speech access. >> >> Is there anyone here who can provide me with information concerning >> the Mack and speech access? >> >> I personally have never used a Mack so I'm feeling pretty out of it. >> >> Thanks all over the place gang. >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
