Hello Edu,
You can get Brazilian Portuguese voices from AssistiveWare:
www.assistiveware.com
You might also find VisioVoice useful as it makes it easier to switch
languages quickly when reading. You'll find plenty of information
about VisioVoice and the Infovox iVox voices on the AssistiveWare site.
Cheers,
Anne
On Nov 22, 2007, at 4:39 AM, Edu Camargo wrote:
Hi all, and sorry for my english.
My name is Edu Camargo (Eh-doo-cah-margu) and finding this list to
me was a great gift. It's wonderful to see lots of people in my
condition starting their new lives on a new system. I'm a musician,
basically a singer, songwriter and keyboardist.
For years I've been always wondering why Apple's assistive
technology was not so strong, regardless the years they have on
development ahead Microsoft Systems. I've been googling
"Screenreaders for mac" for many times and always found people
misleading Apple's support on such case or something like that. Then
I found a solution that, at that moment, didn't thought it could get
so far. Consequently, I got very interested on VoiceOver and the
things it could be, in comparison with a third party Windows screen
reader. I've downloaded the manual in mp3 format and keep it on my
music library so I could imagine how things would be working in a
new system.
Yet I didn't found a tiger or leopard to play around but I think
that things are really easy, as it was for me when I took the time
to check iTunes. I've worked with some cheesy things on Jaws and
suddenly I started using iTunes without frustration, although I
still can't use the store. But I don't have reason to care about it
now since we don't have iTunes store here to buy 256kbps AAC music.
So, I stick with my 320kbps MP3 files I generate myself and I'm
loving it, specially because iTunes 7 now supports gappless playback
for playing live albums or similar things. Yeah the digital music
has gained maturity so drastically!
Wel, the thing is: I'm planning to invest my money on a Mac computer
with leopard so, instead of buying a new PC desktop system I'll wait
for the time when I'll be able to import one mac computer. But I
need some tips about what is the best option regarding cost/benefit.
I've always heard about different Mac computers, such as iMac,
MacPro and etc. What are the differences among them?
Also, regarding the VoiceOver, is there any possibility of using
VoiceOver with foreign language synths? Of course, I don't need the
VoiceOver menus in portuguese or things like that, but a synthesizer
in portuguese to read content on that language when I need it.
Sorry guys for the large e-mail. And thanks in advance for the
advices.
I'll keep in touch.
Thanks in advance and God bless you.
Regards,
Edu Camargo (or simply "Du").
