Re: An update was Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
your welcome. :) -Eric On Feb 3, 2011, at 1:05 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > Thanks for all your help, when I got home and checked my email the keys for > the voices had come through, it took 2 and a half days in all. Thanks for the > advice about calling them, though I didn't have to take that route. I'm > putting this out there to give everyone a feel for the length of time it can > take for the order to come through, I hope it's not too off-topic. > Courtney > -- 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.
Re: An update was Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
Hey thanks for that. HOpefully during convention time they have some sort of sale. I love the voices but cannot as of now buy them. Take care and thanks once again! On Feb 3, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > Thanks for all your help, when I got home and checked my email the keys for > the voices had come through, it took 2 and a half days in all. Thanks for the > advice about calling them, though I didn't have to take that route. I'm > putting this out there to give everyone a feel for the length of time it can > take for the order to come through, I hope it's not too off-topic. > Courtney > > On Feb 2, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> give them a call. >> I did that to get some questions answered. cost a mint but it was worth it. >> >> -Eric >> >> On Feb 2, 2011, at 7:42 AM, Courtney Curran wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I did purchase the acapella voices, I got a confirmation order, but no >>> email with my key yet. I did opt for an email instead of a CD, so that's >>> not the problem. It's been almost two days, how long does it usually take >>> for the order to be processed? Since the order confirmation, I've heard >>> nothing. Does anyone have any suggestions? >>> On 21/04/2010, at 8:02 in the morning, Esther wrote: >>> Hi Marie, I've changed the subject line, since we're talking now about the Infovox voices from Acapela. One additional piece of information is that you get the Heather voice with every voice pack you purchase. So, if you purchased the Spanish voices or the U.K. English voices, you'd also get the U.S. Heather voice. Cheers, Esther marie Howarth wrote: > yes, i think there should be an option to buy individual voices. I like > heather and I think its Emily. Ryan's OK too but one or two voices > doesn't justify me buying a whole bunch of voices, like you said, taking > up room. Maybe if enough people email them they might consider it an > option. haha, and then again, maybe not. > > On 21 Apr 2010, at 11:10, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> See, I asked them about this. APparently, Acapela does not permit sales >> of separate voices. THis is apparently because of agencies. They seem to >> find it a better solution to just buy a package that suits your needs so >> you can choose, rather than agencies and such having to buy multiple >> times. >> >> I guess I can see that, but it would be nice. I don't want a lot of >> those voices taking space on my computer. The only ones I really care >> about are Peter and Heather. let's complain! >> >> Regards, >> Nic >> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >> AIM: cincinster >> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >> Facebook Profile >> My Twitter >> >> On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:04 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >> >>> I love Alex too and use him pretty much all of the time. I trialled >>> other voices from infovox and such but could not bring myself to pay >>> $99 for one set of voices. I understand now why they cost so much but >>> even still I just can't justify that much money for 4 or 5 voices and I >>> like a mix of the british and American voices so would need to buy two >>> packs and I'm also learning spanish so would have kinda liked one of >>> the spanish voices too, you can see my dilemma. lol >>> >>> On 21 Apr 2010, at 10:05, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >>> Hi, Well, it'd be a surprise, sure. But more voices provides more choices. I love Alex, though. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Rob wrote: > I can see her on portable devices, but full macs? I wonder how it > would be received, compared to Alex. > > Sent from my iPod > > On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:58 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> She is by newance I believe so I don't think yu will find this voice >> on teh mac unless there is a newance version of this for os10? >> >> Tc >> >> S >> On Apr 20, 2010, at 11:34 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >> >>> Thank you for your response. >>> >>> But how can this be? Is she not the beloved voice of the iPhone, >>> iPod >>> Touch, and iPad? >>> >>> Perhaps I refer to her by the wrong name? >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The
An update was Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
Hi, Thanks for all your help, when I got home and checked my email the keys for the voices had come through, it took 2 and a half days in all. Thanks for the advice about calling them, though I didn't have to take that route. I'm putting this out there to give everyone a feel for the length of time it can take for the order to come through, I hope it's not too off-topic. Courtney On Feb 2, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > give them a call. > I did that to get some questions answered. cost a mint but it was worth it. > > -Eric > > On Feb 2, 2011, at 7:42 AM, Courtney Curran wrote: > >> Hi, >> I did purchase the acapella voices, I got a confirmation order, but no email >> with my key yet. I did opt for an email instead of a CD, so that's not the >> problem. It's been almost two days, how long does it usually take for the >> order to be processed? Since the order confirmation, I've heard nothing. >> Does anyone have any suggestions? >> On 21/04/2010, at 8:02 in the morning, Esther wrote: >> >>> Hi Marie, >>> >>> I've changed the subject line, since we're talking now about the Infovox >>> voices from Acapela. One additional piece of information is that you get >>> the Heather voice with every voice pack you purchase. So, if you purchased >>> the Spanish voices or the U.K. English voices, you'd also get the U.S. >>> Heather voice. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> marie Howarth wrote: >>> yes, i think there should be an option to buy individual voices. I like heather and I think its Emily. Ryan's OK too but one or two voices doesn't justify me buying a whole bunch of voices, like you said, taking up room. Maybe if enough people email them they might consider it an option. haha, and then again, maybe not. On 21 Apr 2010, at 11:10, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > See, I asked them about this. APparently, Acapela does not permit sales > of separate voices. THis is apparently because of agencies. They seem to > find it a better solution to just buy a package that suits your needs so > you can choose, rather than agencies and such having to buy multiple > times. > > I guess I can see that, but it would be nice. I don't want a lot of those > voices taking space on my computer. The only ones I really care about are > Peter and Heather. let's complain! > > Regards, > Nic > Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > My Twitter > > On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:04 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > >> I love Alex too and use him pretty much all of the time. I trialled >> other voices from infovox and such but could not bring myself to pay $99 >> for one set of voices. I understand now why they cost so much but even >> still I just can't justify that much money for 4 or 5 voices and I like >> a mix of the british and American voices so would need to buy two packs >> and I'm also learning spanish so would have kinda liked one of the >> spanish voices too, you can see my dilemma. lol >> >> On 21 Apr 2010, at 10:05, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Well, it'd be a surprise, sure. But more voices provides more choices. >>> I love Alex, though. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nic >>> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >>> Skype: Kvalme >>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>> AIM: cincinster >>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>> Facebook Profile >>> My Twitter >>> >>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Rob wrote: >>> I can see her on portable devices, but full macs? I wonder how it would be received, compared to Alex. Sent from my iPod On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:58 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > She is by newance I believe so I don't think yu will find this voice > on teh mac unless there is a newance version of this for os10? > > Tc > > S > On Apr 20, 2010, at 11:34 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > >> Thank you for your response. >> >> But how can this be? Is she not the beloved voice of the iPhone, >> iPod >> Touch, and iPad? >> >> Perhaps I refer to her by the wrong name? >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> >> >> Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of >> Mark Marcus >> Live Talk Show >> http://candleshore.com/secrets >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of gkearney >> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:12 PM >> To: MacVisionaries >>
Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
Hi, I guess if there's no email with the user key from them by tomorrow evening, I'll call or email them. Courtney On Feb 2, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > Hi courtney, > > It takes usually a business day to receive the serial. I had a few occasions > where ittook longer but because i purchased over the weekend so the delay was > comprehensiblle. > > Hope you get that soon, but just send support@infovox your order receipt and > tell them you didnt get it yet. > > Hope that helps > > Yuma DX® > > -- > 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.
Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
give them a call. I did that to get some questions answered. cost a mint but it was worth it. -Eric On Feb 2, 2011, at 7:42 AM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > I did purchase the acapella voices, I got a confirmation order, but no email > with my key yet. I did opt for an email instead of a CD, so that's not the > problem. It's been almost two days, how long does it usually take for the > order to be processed? Since the order confirmation, I've heard nothing. Does > anyone have any suggestions? > On 21/04/2010, at 8:02 in the morning, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Marie, >> >> I've changed the subject line, since we're talking now about the Infovox >> voices from Acapela. One additional piece of information is that you get >> the Heather voice with every voice pack you purchase. So, if you purchased >> the Spanish voices or the U.K. English voices, you'd also get the U.S. >> Heather voice. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> marie Howarth wrote: >> >>> yes, i think there should be an option to buy individual voices. I like >>> heather and I think its Emily. Ryan's OK too but one or two voices doesn't >>> justify me buying a whole bunch of voices, like you said, taking up room. >>> Maybe if enough people email them they might consider it an option. haha, >>> and then again, maybe not. >>> >>> On 21 Apr 2010, at 11:10, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >>> Hi, See, I asked them about this. APparently, Acapela does not permit sales of separate voices. THis is apparently because of agencies. They seem to find it a better solution to just buy a package that suits your needs so you can choose, rather than agencies and such having to buy multiple times. I guess I can see that, but it would be nice. I don't want a lot of those voices taking space on my computer. The only ones I really care about are Peter and Heather. let's complain! Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:04 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > I love Alex too and use him pretty much all of the time. I trialled other > voices from infovox and such but could not bring myself to pay $99 for > one set of voices. I understand now why they cost so much but even still > I just can't justify that much money for 4 or 5 voices and I like a mix > of the british and American voices so would need to buy two packs and I'm > also learning spanish so would have kinda liked one of the spanish voices > too, you can see my dilemma. lol > > On 21 Apr 2010, at 10:05, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Well, it'd be a surprise, sure. But more voices provides more choices. I >> love Alex, though. >> >> Regards, >> Nic >> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >> AIM: cincinster >> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >> Facebook Profile >> My Twitter >> >> On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Rob wrote: >> >>> I can see her on portable devices, but full macs? I wonder how it would >>> be received, compared to Alex. >>> >>> Sent from my iPod >>> >>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:58 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> She is by newance I believe so I don't think yu will find this voice on teh mac unless there is a newance version of this for os10? Tc S On Apr 20, 2010, at 11:34 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Thank you for your response. > > But how can this be? Is she not the beloved voice of the iPhone, iPod > Touch, and iPad? > > Perhaps I refer to her by the wrong name? > > Mark > > > > > > Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark > Marcus > Live Talk Show > http://candleshore.com/secrets > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of gkearney > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:12 PM > To: MacVisionaries > Subject: Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac? > > I fear you shall not find symmetry in your world...Samantha is a > Microsoft Windows SAPI voice and is not an option for Macintosh users. > > Gregory Kearney > Manager Accessible Media > Association for the Blind of Western Australia > 61 Kitchener Ave > Victoria Park, WA 6100' > AUSTRALIA > +61 08 9311 8246 > > On Apr 21, 9:20 am, "M. Taylor" wrote: >> Hello Everyone, >> >> Call me slow but I only jus
Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
Hi courtney, It takes usually a business day to receive the serial. I had a few occasions where ittook longer but because i purchased over the weekend so the delay was comprehensiblle. Hope you get that soon, but just send support@infovox your order receipt and tell them you didnt get it yet. Hope that helps Yuma DX® -- 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.
Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
Hi, I did purchase the acapella voices, I got a confirmation order, but no email with my key yet. I did opt for an email instead of a CD, so that's not the problem. It's been almost two days, how long does it usually take for the order to be processed? Since the order confirmation, I've heard nothing. Does anyone have any suggestions? On 21/04/2010, at 8:02 in the morning, Esther wrote: > Hi Marie, > > I've changed the subject line, since we're talking now about the Infovox > voices from Acapela. One additional piece of information is that you get the > Heather voice with every voice pack you purchase. So, if you purchased the > Spanish voices or the U.K. English voices, you'd also get the U.S. Heather > voice. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > marie Howarth wrote: > >> yes, i think there should be an option to buy individual voices. I like >> heather and I think its Emily. Ryan's OK too but one or two voices doesn't >> justify me buying a whole bunch of voices, like you said, taking up room. >> Maybe if enough people email them they might consider it an option. haha, >> and then again, maybe not. >> >> On 21 Apr 2010, at 11:10, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> See, I asked them about this. APparently, Acapela does not permit sales of >>> separate voices. THis is apparently because of agencies. They seem to find >>> it a better solution to just buy a package that suits your needs so you can >>> choose, rather than agencies and such having to buy multiple times. >>> >>> I guess I can see that, but it would be nice. I don't want a lot of those >>> voices taking space on my computer. The only ones I really care about are >>> Peter and Heather. let's complain! >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nic >>> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >>> Skype: Kvalme >>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>> AIM: cincinster >>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>> Facebook Profile >>> My Twitter >>> >>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:04 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >>> I love Alex too and use him pretty much all of the time. I trialled other voices from infovox and such but could not bring myself to pay $99 for one set of voices. I understand now why they cost so much but even still I just can't justify that much money for 4 or 5 voices and I like a mix of the british and American voices so would need to buy two packs and I'm also learning spanish so would have kinda liked one of the spanish voices too, you can see my dilemma. lol On 21 Apr 2010, at 10:05, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > Well, it'd be a surprise, sure. But more voices provides more choices. I > love Alex, though. > > Regards, > Nic > Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > My Twitter > > On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Rob wrote: > >> I can see her on portable devices, but full macs? I wonder how it would >> be received, compared to Alex. >> >> Sent from my iPod >> >> On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:58 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >> >>> She is by newance I believe so I don't think yu will find this voice on >>> teh mac unless there is a newance version of this for os10? >>> >>> Tc >>> >>> S >>> On Apr 20, 2010, at 11:34 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >>> Thank you for your response. But how can this be? Is she not the beloved voice of the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad? Perhaps I refer to her by the wrong name? Mark Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark Marcus Live Talk Show http://candleshore.com/secrets -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of gkearney Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:12 PM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac? I fear you shall not find symmetry in your world...Samantha is a Microsoft Windows SAPI voice and is not an option for Macintosh users. Gregory Kearney Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Ave Victoria Park, WA 6100' AUSTRALIA +61 08 9311 8246 On Apr 21, 9:20 am, "M. Taylor" wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Call me slow but I only just now realized that my beloved Samantha is > not on > my Mac. All I have, of any quality anyway, is Alex. > > Where is she? Please tell me that I can download her to my Mac so I > can > achieve perfect symmetry in my world. (Smile) >
RE: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
Hi. Does anyone know if we can purchase these voices in the UK too? I do not like Alex as he can't speak properly. I'd much prefer heather which I have on my windows mobile or Samantha which is on the Iphone. Alex sounds a bit irish and needs to improve on things! Kawal. On Wed, 26 May 2010 21:49 -0700, "M. Taylor" wrote: > Hello Esther, > > Just a quick note to thank you for this information. I finally purchased > the US English voice package with Ghost Reader. > > I now have heather on my Mac and she is as beautiful as ever. > > Esther, you're the greatest. > > Your Number One Fan, > > Mark > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:33 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the > Mac?] > > Hi Mark, > > Brett's answered about the Acapela Group's offerings for the Mac, > which are sold as Infovox voices. What's a bit more confusing are > some of the package options and how the actual purchasing gets done. > You purchase the voices by package (U.S. English, U.K. English, > French, Canadian French, Spanish, U.S. Spanish, Italian, etc.). The > U.S. Heather voice is included in every package. In the U.S., you'd > purchase the voices from Origin Instruments in Texas, and it's easiest > to either email them or call them up directly, since, although they > offer all the Assistiveware options, they typically list only a few of > these and just a few of the languages on their web site. They > generate a license file for you based on your email address and name, > and you usually get that the same day as your order. (My U.S. English > license got generated with my name misspelled, so I have to remember > to type it in that way to activate the software on a new machine.) > There are also household license bundles for multiple users. > > The Infovox voice samples and download links are at: > http://www.assistiveware.com/ivoxsamples.php > There's a 30-day free trial. > > Anne answered some questions about licensing recently: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg19162.html > > Here's an archived post about purchasing voice in the U.S.: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg05312.html > (Summary Information on Heather and other Infovox voice purchase > options from U.S.) > > There's a GhostReader option that's described there that is a $10 add- > on to your Infovox bundle. Although this lower cost text to speech > option is not designed with the visually impaired in mind, there's an > undocumented neat feature that allows you to switch voices (and > languages) in GhostReader when a control sequence is encountered. > (This is great if you want to read a text file with multiple languages > or dialogues in multiple voices). There's also a nice menu option for > recording to audio file, and GhostReader can work with any of the > Infovox voices you purchase. Indeed, since the GhostReader voice > versions are lower-bit, compressed versions of the InfoVox voices, and > only work within the app for reading mail, web pages, and documents > (as opposed to working with all applications with VoiceOver, system- > wide), you'll want to use the Infovox voice versions you purchase, > instead. > > If I open TextEdit and have: > \vce=speaker=Heather\I prefer to use English > \vce=speaker=Julie\Chacun à son goût > The first phrase with be read by Heather (an American voice) and the > second phrase will be read by Julie with French intonation. This only > works to switch voices in GhostReader. > > You can also try out the Cepstral voices: > http://cepstral.com/demos/ > But these are currently unstable in Snow Leopard. I've also bought > one of the Cereproc voices, but these caused VoiceOver to crash (i.e., > read as way more unstable). They don't have trial downloads but you > might enjoy visiting their web page and sampling their "celebrity > voices". They've recently built a custom voice for Roger Ebert. > If you happen to speak Japanese (I don't), I could point you to a > Japanese web page for DTalker, but I think they don't have the > revisions for full Snow Leopard compatibility working yet. > > HTH > Cheers, > Esther > > > > > > > > On 21 Apr 2010, M. Taylor wrote: > > > Thank you, Brett; thank you. > > > > Mark > > > >
RE: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
Hello Esther, Just a quick note to thank you for this information. I finally purchased the US English voice package with Ghost Reader. I now have heather on my Mac and she is as beautiful as ever. Esther, you're the greatest. Your Number One Fan, Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:33 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?] Hi Mark, Brett's answered about the Acapela Group's offerings for the Mac, which are sold as Infovox voices. What's a bit more confusing are some of the package options and how the actual purchasing gets done. You purchase the voices by package (U.S. English, U.K. English, French, Canadian French, Spanish, U.S. Spanish, Italian, etc.). The U.S. Heather voice is included in every package. In the U.S., you'd purchase the voices from Origin Instruments in Texas, and it's easiest to either email them or call them up directly, since, although they offer all the Assistiveware options, they typically list only a few of these and just a few of the languages on their web site. They generate a license file for you based on your email address and name, and you usually get that the same day as your order. (My U.S. English license got generated with my name misspelled, so I have to remember to type it in that way to activate the software on a new machine.) There are also household license bundles for multiple users. The Infovox voice samples and download links are at: http://www.assistiveware.com/ivoxsamples.php There's a 30-day free trial. Anne answered some questions about licensing recently: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg19162.html Here's an archived post about purchasing voice in the U.S.: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg05312.html (Summary Information on Heather and other Infovox voice purchase options from U.S.) There's a GhostReader option that's described there that is a $10 add- on to your Infovox bundle. Although this lower cost text to speech option is not designed with the visually impaired in mind, there's an undocumented neat feature that allows you to switch voices (and languages) in GhostReader when a control sequence is encountered. (This is great if you want to read a text file with multiple languages or dialogues in multiple voices). There's also a nice menu option for recording to audio file, and GhostReader can work with any of the Infovox voices you purchase. Indeed, since the GhostReader voice versions are lower-bit, compressed versions of the InfoVox voices, and only work within the app for reading mail, web pages, and documents (as opposed to working with all applications with VoiceOver, system- wide), you'll want to use the Infovox voice versions you purchase, instead. If I open TextEdit and have: \vce=speaker=Heather\I prefer to use English \vce=speaker=Julie\Chacun à son goût The first phrase with be read by Heather (an American voice) and the second phrase will be read by Julie with French intonation. This only works to switch voices in GhostReader. You can also try out the Cepstral voices: http://cepstral.com/demos/ But these are currently unstable in Snow Leopard. I've also bought one of the Cereproc voices, but these caused VoiceOver to crash (i.e., read as way more unstable). They don't have trial downloads but you might enjoy visiting their web page and sampling their "celebrity voices". They've recently built a custom voice for Roger Ebert. If you happen to speak Japanese (I don't), I could point you to a Japanese web page for DTalker, but I think they don't have the revisions for full Snow Leopard compatibility working yet. HTH Cheers, Esther On 21 Apr 2010, M. Taylor wrote: > Thank you, Brett; thank you. > > Mark > > > > Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of > Mark Marcus > Live Talk Show > http://candleshore.com/secrets > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brett Campbell > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:48 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on > the > Mac?] > > Mark, > > I'm certainly not Esther, but here is a link, in case you don't wish > to > wait. You're looking for Infovox. In my opinion, Heather is the > best of > the U.S. voices, but they require you to purchase multiple voices as a > package. > http://assistiveware.com/ > > Brett C. > > On Apr 21, 2010, a
Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
Hi Mark, Brett's answered about the Acapela Group's offerings for the Mac, which are sold as Infovox voices. What's a bit more confusing are some of the package options and how the actual purchasing gets done. You purchase the voices by package (U.S. English, U.K. English, French, Canadian French, Spanish, U.S. Spanish, Italian, etc.). The U.S. Heather voice is included in every package. In the U.S., you'd purchase the voices from Origin Instruments in Texas, and it's easiest to either email them or call them up directly, since, although they offer all the Assistiveware options, they typically list only a few of these and just a few of the languages on their web site. They generate a license file for you based on your email address and name, and you usually get that the same day as your order. (My U.S. English license got generated with my name misspelled, so I have to remember to type it in that way to activate the software on a new machine.) There are also household license bundles for multiple users. The Infovox voice samples and download links are at: http://www.assistiveware.com/ivoxsamples.php There's a 30-day free trial. Anne answered some questions about licensing recently: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg19162.html Here's an archived post about purchasing voice in the U.S.: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg05312.html (Summary Information on Heather and other Infovox voice purchase options from U.S.) There's a GhostReader option that's described there that is a $10 add- on to your Infovox bundle. Although this lower cost text to speech option is not designed with the visually impaired in mind, there's an undocumented neat feature that allows you to switch voices (and languages) in GhostReader when a control sequence is encountered. (This is great if you want to read a text file with multiple languages or dialogues in multiple voices). There's also a nice menu option for recording to audio file, and GhostReader can work with any of the Infovox voices you purchase. Indeed, since the GhostReader voice versions are lower-bit, compressed versions of the InfoVox voices, and only work within the app for reading mail, web pages, and documents (as opposed to working with all applications with VoiceOver, system- wide), you'll want to use the Infovox voice versions you purchase, instead. If I open TextEdit and have: \vce=speaker=Heather\I prefer to use English \vce=speaker=Julie\Chacun à son goût The first phrase with be read by Heather (an American voice) and the second phrase will be read by Julie with French intonation. This only works to switch voices in GhostReader. You can also try out the Cepstral voices: http://cepstral.com/demos/ But these are currently unstable in Snow Leopard. I've also bought one of the Cereproc voices, but these caused VoiceOver to crash (i.e., read as way more unstable). They don't have trial downloads but you might enjoy visiting their web page and sampling their "celebrity voices". They've recently built a custom voice for Roger Ebert. If you happen to speak Japanese (I don't), I could point you to a Japanese web page for DTalker, but I think they don't have the revisions for full Snow Leopard compatibility working yet. HTH Cheers, Esther On 21 Apr 2010, M. Taylor wrote: Thank you, Brett; thank you. Mark Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark Marcus Live Talk Show http://candleshore.com/secrets -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brett Campbell Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:48 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?] Mark, I'm certainly not Esther, but here is a link, in case you don't wish to wait. You're looking for Infovox. In my opinion, Heather is the best of the U.S. voices, but they require you to purchase multiple voices as a package. http://assistiveware.com/ Brett C. On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:39 AM, M. Taylor wrote: Esther, et al, From where may I purchase Acapela Voice Packages? Or any other voice packages that will work on my Mac? Thank you, Mark Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark Marcus Live Talk Show http://candleshore.com/secrets -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:03 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?] Hi Marie, I've changed the subject line, since we're talking now about the Infovox voices from Acapela. One ad
RE: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
Thank you, Brett; thank you. Mark Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark Marcus Live Talk Show http://candleshore.com/secrets -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brett Campbell Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:48 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?] Mark, I'm certainly not Esther, but here is a link, in case you don't wish to wait. You're looking for Infovox. In my opinion, Heather is the best of the U.S. voices, but they require you to purchase multiple voices as a package. http://assistiveware.com/ Brett C. On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:39 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > Esther, et al, > > From where may I purchase Acapela Voice Packages? Or any other voice > packages that will work on my Mac? > > Thank you, > > Mark > > > > Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark Marcus > Live Talk Show > http://candleshore.com/secrets > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:03 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?] > > Hi Marie, > > I've changed the subject line, since we're talking now about the > Infovox voices from Acapela. One additional piece of information is > that you get the Heather voice with every voice pack you purchase. > So, if you purchased the Spanish voices or the U.K. English voices, > you'd also get the U.S. Heather voice. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > marie Howarth wrote: > >> yes, i think there should be an option to buy individual voices. I >> like heather and I think its Emily. Ryan's OK too but one or two >> voices doesn't justify me buying a whole bunch of voices, like you >> said, taking up room. Maybe if enough people email them they might >> consider it an option. haha, and then again, maybe not. >> >> On 21 Apr 2010, at 11:10, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> See, I asked them about this. APparently, Acapela does not permit >>> sales of separate voices. THis is apparently because of agencies. >>> They seem to find it a better solution to just buy a package that >>> suits your needs so you can choose, rather than agencies and such >>> having to buy multiple times. >>> >>> I guess I can see that, but it would be nice. I don't want a lot of >>> those voices taking space on my computer. The only ones I really >>> care about are Peter and Heather. let's complain! >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nic >>> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >>> Skype: Kvalme >>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>> AIM: cincinster >>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>> Facebook Profile >>> My Twitter >>> >>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:04 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >>> >>>> I love Alex too and use him pretty much all of the time. I >>>> trialled other voices from infovox and such but could not bring >>>> myself to pay $99 for one set of voices. I understand now why they >>>> cost so much but even still I just can't justify that much money >>>> for 4 or 5 voices and I like a mix of the british and American >>>> voices so would need to buy two packs and I'm also learning >>>> spanish so would have kinda liked one of the spanish voices too, >>>> you can see my dilemma. lol >>>> >>>> On 21 Apr 2010, at 10:05, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Well, it'd be a surprise, sure. But more voices provides more >>>>> choices. I love Alex, though. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Nic >>>>> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >>>>> Skype: Kvalme >>>>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>>>> AIM: cincinster >>>>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>>>> Facebook Profile >>>>> My Twitter >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Rob wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I can see her on portable devices, but full macs? I wonder how >>>>>> it would be received, compared to Alex. >>>>>> >>>>>>
Re: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
Mark, I'm certainly not Esther, but here is a link, in case you don't wish to wait. You're looking for Infovox. In my opinion, Heather is the best of the U.S. voices, but they require you to purchase multiple voices as a package. http://assistiveware.com/ Brett C. On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:39 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > Esther, et al, > > From where may I purchase Acapela Voice Packages? Or any other voice > packages that will work on my Mac? > > Thank you, > > Mark > > > > Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark Marcus > Live Talk Show > http://candleshore.com/secrets > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:03 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?] > > Hi Marie, > > I've changed the subject line, since we're talking now about the > Infovox voices from Acapela. One additional piece of information is > that you get the Heather voice with every voice pack you purchase. > So, if you purchased the Spanish voices or the U.K. English voices, > you'd also get the U.S. Heather voice. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > marie Howarth wrote: > >> yes, i think there should be an option to buy individual voices. I >> like heather and I think its Emily. Ryan's OK too but one or two >> voices doesn't justify me buying a whole bunch of voices, like you >> said, taking up room. Maybe if enough people email them they might >> consider it an option. haha, and then again, maybe not. >> >> On 21 Apr 2010, at 11:10, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> See, I asked them about this. APparently, Acapela does not permit >>> sales of separate voices. THis is apparently because of agencies. >>> They seem to find it a better solution to just buy a package that >>> suits your needs so you can choose, rather than agencies and such >>> having to buy multiple times. >>> >>> I guess I can see that, but it would be nice. I don't want a lot of >>> those voices taking space on my computer. The only ones I really >>> care about are Peter and Heather. let's complain! >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nic >>> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >>> Skype: Kvalme >>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>> AIM: cincinster >>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>> Facebook Profile >>> My Twitter >>> >>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:04 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >>> >>>> I love Alex too and use him pretty much all of the time. I >>>> trialled other voices from infovox and such but could not bring >>>> myself to pay $99 for one set of voices. I understand now why they >>>> cost so much but even still I just can't justify that much money >>>> for 4 or 5 voices and I like a mix of the british and American >>>> voices so would need to buy two packs and I'm also learning >>>> spanish so would have kinda liked one of the spanish voices too, >>>> you can see my dilemma. lol >>>> >>>> On 21 Apr 2010, at 10:05, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Well, it'd be a surprise, sure. But more voices provides more >>>>> choices. I love Alex, though. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Nic >>>>> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >>>>> Skype: Kvalme >>>>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>>>> AIM: cincinster >>>>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>>>> Facebook Profile >>>>> My Twitter >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Rob wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I can see her on portable devices, but full macs? I wonder how >>>>>> it would be received, compared to Alex. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPod >>>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:58 AM, Sarah Alawami >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> She is by newance I believe so I don't think yu will find this >>>>>>> voice on teh mac unless there is a newance version of this for >>>>>>> os10? >>>>>>> >>>>>>
RE: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
Esther, et al, >From where may I purchase Acapela Voice Packages? Or any other voice packages that will work on my Mac? Thank you, Mark Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark Marcus Live Talk Show http://candleshore.com/secrets -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:03 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?] Hi Marie, I've changed the subject line, since we're talking now about the Infovox voices from Acapela. One additional piece of information is that you get the Heather voice with every voice pack you purchase. So, if you purchased the Spanish voices or the U.K. English voices, you'd also get the U.S. Heather voice. Cheers, Esther marie Howarth wrote: > yes, i think there should be an option to buy individual voices. I > like heather and I think its Emily. Ryan's OK too but one or two > voices doesn't justify me buying a whole bunch of voices, like you > said, taking up room. Maybe if enough people email them they might > consider it an option. haha, and then again, maybe not. > > On 21 Apr 2010, at 11:10, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> See, I asked them about this. APparently, Acapela does not permit >> sales of separate voices. THis is apparently because of agencies. >> They seem to find it a better solution to just buy a package that >> suits your needs so you can choose, rather than agencies and such >> having to buy multiple times. >> >> I guess I can see that, but it would be nice. I don't want a lot of >> those voices taking space on my computer. The only ones I really >> care about are Peter and Heather. let's complain! >> >> Regards, >> Nic >> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >> AIM: cincinster >> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >> Facebook Profile >> My Twitter >> >> On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:04 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >> >>> I love Alex too and use him pretty much all of the time. I >>> trialled other voices from infovox and such but could not bring >>> myself to pay $99 for one set of voices. I understand now why they >>> cost so much but even still I just can't justify that much money >>> for 4 or 5 voices and I like a mix of the british and American >>> voices so would need to buy two packs and I'm also learning >>> spanish so would have kinda liked one of the spanish voices too, >>> you can see my dilemma. lol >>> >>> On 21 Apr 2010, at 10:05, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Well, it'd be a surprise, sure. But more voices provides more >>>> choices. I love Alex, though. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Nic >>>> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >>>> Skype: Kvalme >>>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>>> AIM: cincinster >>>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>>> Facebook Profile >>>> My Twitter >>>> >>>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Rob wrote: >>>> >>>>> I can see her on portable devices, but full macs? I wonder how >>>>> it would be received, compared to Alex. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPod >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:58 AM, Sarah Alawami >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> She is by newance I believe so I don't think yu will find this >>>>>> voice on teh mac unless there is a newance version of this for >>>>>> os10? >>>>>> >>>>>> Tc >>>>>> >>>>>> S >>>>>> On Apr 20, 2010, at 11:34 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you for your response. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But how can this be? Is she not the beloved voice of the >>>>>>> iPhone, iPod >>>>>>> Touch, and iPad? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Perhaps I refer to her by the wrong name? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The
Acapela voice purchasing [was Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac?]
Hi Marie, I've changed the subject line, since we're talking now about the Infovox voices from Acapela. One additional piece of information is that you get the Heather voice with every voice pack you purchase. So, if you purchased the Spanish voices or the U.K. English voices, you'd also get the U.S. Heather voice. Cheers, Esther marie Howarth wrote: yes, i think there should be an option to buy individual voices. I like heather and I think its Emily. Ryan's OK too but one or two voices doesn't justify me buying a whole bunch of voices, like you said, taking up room. Maybe if enough people email them they might consider it an option. haha, and then again, maybe not. On 21 Apr 2010, at 11:10, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi, See, I asked them about this. APparently, Acapela does not permit sales of separate voices. THis is apparently because of agencies. They seem to find it a better solution to just buy a package that suits your needs so you can choose, rather than agencies and such having to buy multiple times. I guess I can see that, but it would be nice. I don't want a lot of those voices taking space on my computer. The only ones I really care about are Peter and Heather. let's complain! Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:04 PM, marie Howarth wrote: I love Alex too and use him pretty much all of the time. I trialled other voices from infovox and such but could not bring myself to pay $99 for one set of voices. I understand now why they cost so much but even still I just can't justify that much money for 4 or 5 voices and I like a mix of the british and American voices so would need to buy two packs and I'm also learning spanish so would have kinda liked one of the spanish voices too, you can see my dilemma. lol On 21 Apr 2010, at 10:05, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi, Well, it'd be a surprise, sure. But more voices provides more choices. I love Alex, though. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Rob wrote: I can see her on portable devices, but full macs? I wonder how it would be received, compared to Alex. Sent from my iPod On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:58 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: She is by newance I believe so I don't think yu will find this voice on teh mac unless there is a newance version of this for os10? Tc S On Apr 20, 2010, at 11:34 PM, M. Taylor wrote: Thank you for your response. But how can this be? Is she not the beloved voice of the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad? Perhaps I refer to her by the wrong name? Mark Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark Marcus Live Talk Show http://candleshore.com/secrets -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of gkearney Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:12 PM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac? I fear you shall not find symmetry in your world...Samantha is a Microsoft Windows SAPI voice and is not an option for Macintosh users. Gregory Kearney Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Ave Victoria Park, WA 6100' AUSTRALIA +61 08 9311 8246 On Apr 21, 9:20 am, "M. Taylor" wrote: Hello Everyone, Call me slow but I only just now realized that my beloved Samantha is not on my Mac. All I have, of any quality anyway, is Alex. Where is she? Please tell me that I can download her to my Mac so I can achieve perfect symmetry in my world. (Smile) Mark** -- 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.
