I believe Apple is using the Nuance Vocalizer voices, so part of the focus would be to get them to create synthesizers in the languages people want, along with convincing Apple to include them on their devices. Sadly, I'm stuck with English as my only language, but I will certainly write and encourage them to add more full languages. Richard
"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing." - Aristotle > On Apr 10, 2014, at 3:50 AM, Sandratomkins <sandratomk...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > I think this would be an excellent idea! I am looking for Irish, not just an > English accent, but the real language. If we could sort out how we might be > able to facilitate apple, perhaps, with some volunteer speakers, I wonder if > this might speed things up? > > All the best, > Sandy gj > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 10 Apr 2014, at 06:03, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy >> <hayasim...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Would it help if we as a list got together a list of languages we want added >> to VoiceOver (speech and Braille)? >> >> Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Apr 9, 2014, at 17:18, "Nguyen Van Dung" <dungnv1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> I sent email to accessibility team. >>> Thank you for your help. >>> >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>> Of Richard Turner >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 2:58 PM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Change tts for voice over >>> >>> Yes, I didn't realize that Vietnamese was not one of the languages offered >>> on the iPhone. >>> I guess you could start with writing >>> accessibil...@apple.com >>> >>> >>> I guess you could also try calling them and trying to get to a manager to >>> try and get to someone who can actually get the message to a person with >>> some authority. >>> Best of luck to you, >>> Richard >>> >>> >>> "There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be >>> nothing." - Aristotle >>> >>> On Apr 8, 2014, at 7:34 AM, "Nguyen Van Dung" <dungnv1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Richard, >>> >>> So if we want to integrate our synthesizer into Voice Over, we will have to >>> work with Apple, right? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Dung. >>> >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>> Of Richard Turner >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 9:20 PM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Change tts for voice over >>> >>> No, Apple does not allow third party synthesizers to replace the built-in >>> iOS voices. >>> HTH, >>> Richard >>> >>> >>> "There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be >>> nothing." - Aristotle >>> >>> On Apr 7, 2014, at 9:46 PM, "Nguyen Van Dung" <dungnv1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I am new to iPhone. 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