Richard, Thanks for your comment. That's great you were able to get the upgrades without the problems. With the myriad of hardware and software versions that are out there, it's a wonder we don't get more issues than we do.
Alan Lemly -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 12:44 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Default iOS Voices Missing in Writer was RE: Issue with newly purchased voice on voice dream reader I was one of the fortunate ones who didn't have the bug with any voices. For me, the default iOS voice is there in the list. In fact, all the English iOS voices are listed. Richard "I always wanted to be somebody when I grew up. Now I see I should have been more specific." - Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe > On Feb 24, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've already sent this issue to Winston but I'm curious if others are also > experiencing it. > > I upgraded both VDR and VDW to the latest versions in the last couple of > days and re-downloaded my purchased voices in VDR. When I go into Writer and > select audio settings, I note that my downloaded voices are there but the > high quality built-in iOS voices that I use with VO are not listed. I lean > toward using Samantha since I've gotten used to her and that default English > voice on my iPhone is not available in VDW. > > I suspect this is one of the bugs Winston will be fixing but I wanted to ask > if others are also experiencing it. > > Thanks. > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Richard Turner > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 9:01 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Issue with newly purchased voice on voice dream reader > > Devin, > Your question about why we can't add to the dictionary is the perfect > question to send to the developer: > wins...@voicedream.com > > He is the most responsive developer I've ever worked with and welcomes those > kinds of questions/suggestions. He will let you know if it is possible to > add that feature. > > Richard > > > > I've already sent this issue to Winston but I'm curious if others are also > experiencing it. > > I upgraded both VDR and VDW to the latest versions in the last couple of > days and re-downloaded my purchased voices in VDR. When I go into Writer and > select audio settings, I note that my downloaded voices are there but the > high quality built-in iOS voices that I use with VO are not listed. I lean > toward using Samantha since I've gotten used to her and that default English > voice on my iPhone is not available in VDW. > > I suspect this is one of the bugs Winston will be fixing but I wanted to ask > if others are also experiencing it. > > Thanks. > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Richard Turner > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 9:01 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Issue with newly purchased voice on voice dream reader > > Devin, > Your question about why we can't add to the dictionary is the perfect > question to send to the developer: > wins...@voicedream.com > > He is the most responsive developer I've ever worked with and welcomes those > kinds of questions/suggestions. He will let you know if it is possible to > add that feature. > > Richard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Devin Prater > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 6:26 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Issue with newly purchased voice on voice dream reader > > Also, there is a slight bug in the spell checker where after replacing some > bugs, the checker still shows that work in the list until it is reopened. > Also, why can't we add words to the dictionary or whatever, so that the word > is not displayed in the checker anymore? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 24, 2015, at 6:34 AM, Harry Bell <ubupanora...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> The developer has told me that there is a bug he will fix very soon > because I too updated both apps and downloaded all purchased voices but > cannot get any of them to work in Writer. I look forward to the next update > fixing this. Harry >> >> >> >>> On 24 Feb 2015, at 12:29, Devin Prater <r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi. My issue is that when I updated vdr and vdw and got the voices, they > work in vdr, but not in VDW. Does anyone know why this is? I'd rather not > redownload the voices, as they cannot be downloaded on the school wifi > network for some reason, but they can on the verizon data network. So yeah, > I'd rather not use up another 200 gigs for that. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Feb 23, 2015, at 11:22 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >>>> >>>> How subjective synthetic voices are to people is evident in how much > many like Alex while I think he sounds quite bad. But then again I wish I > could get Eloquence on my iPhone! >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Mary Otten >>>> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 2:39 PM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Issue with newly purchased voice on voice dream reader >>>> >>>> I still like Kendra from I Vona. I know we had a big discussion about > that a few months ago. So I always say to each his or her own. But at this > point for me, it would be Kendra or Ashley on the female side and James on > the male side. And if Apple ever lets us have Alex, I would also use him. >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Feb 23, 2015, at 11:20 AM, Richard Turner <rich...@turner42.com> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I would generally agree with what Mary said. I used to like Laura from > Acapella for an American female voice, but the Quality of Ashley's voice is > way better. >>>>> My wife also likes Julie, but she is a little too chipper sounding to > me. >>>>> I do not like Sally at all. >>>>> At this point, even though I have purchased several other voices, the > only ones I plan on using now are Amy from Ivona, and James or Ashley from > NeoSpeech. >>>>> Richard >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "I always wanted to be somebody when I grew up. Now I see I should have > been more specific." >>>>> - Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe >>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 23, 2015, at 11:14 AM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> That is kind of a tough question. I did get to hear the sample. I did > not get the error that people have talked about. I suppose that some people > might think Ashley sounds rather flat. If you are for example, a fan of the > ivona is Sally voice, you probably won't like Ashley. She is sort of like a > female James, as far as intonation goes. But I still think James is better.I > would use her for reading nonfiction if I didn't want to use James. I don't > think I would like her for novels with emotional scenes in them. But, to > each their own of course. >>>>>> Mary >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Feb 23, 2015, at 10:56 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> How does Ashley sound? I tried getting a voice sample of her but she > was one of the voices that had the download error. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Shawn >>>>>>> Sent From My White Macbook >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Otten" <motte...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>>>>> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 12:18 PM >>>>>>> Subject: Issue with newly purchased voice on voice dream reader >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>>> I recently did update voice dream reader, because it was necessary to > update that before updating boy stream writer. I subsequently decided to > purchase the new Ashley voice using my iPhone. All went well, and the voice > works as expected. >>>>>>> Now, I have updated voice dream reader on my iPad, and installed a > couple of my favorite voices. However, the Ashley voice did not show up as > having been purchased. And, when I look under and voices, I see Ashley, and > it asks me to purchase it again. 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