when he comes across a word he doesn't understand he could say oops in a high pitched voice and ad a click for emphasis.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cara Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 10:43 AM Subject: HUMOR - Alex strangeness -was- Re: thinking about switching Ya know, a friend of mine, whom just bought an MBP on Fri, suggested humorously that they ought to have alex clear his throat or stumble over a word and say 'excuse me' -or such, at random every couple of days or so! lol! I'd love love love to bend an Apple tech's ear to get a slightly modded ver of Alex to do this! lol! It would be a blast!… Smiles, Cara :) On Nov 16, 2008, at 7:20 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > I have also noticed this, the other day he said the word alarm, and > he lost his voice for a second. > On Nov 16, 2008, at 2:47 AM, Marty Rimpau wrote: > >> Hi all, has anybody noticed that when Alex voice says the word name, >> his voice gets hoarse, and it does this on other words as well, but >> can't think of what they are. >> On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:13:55 -0500, Tasha Raella Chemel wrote: >> >> I listened to the samples of those, and though they sound human, they >> still >> seemed like they had the problems with cracking and weird >> intonations. >> but >> maybe i'm just really sensitive and picky :) >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac >> OS X >> by >> theblind" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 5:29 PM >> Subject: Re: thinking about switching >> >> >>> Ok, if I may comment on the voices issue? I use the Infovox voices >>> and >>> they're the best sounding software speech voices I've ever heard >>> but they >>> come at a cost. sorry, don't have a web address but I'm sure >>> your friend >>> Google will turn something up. >>> >>> >>> On 16/11/2008, at 2:44 AM, Tasha Raella Chemel wrote: >>> >>>> Hi list, I'm thinking about possibly getting a mac, but I had a >>>> few >>>> questions. >>>> >>>> 1. One of the biggest problems i have with my dell laptop is >>>> that when I >>>> have too many windows open (maybe sixty or so) the system will >>>> start >>>> beeping constantly, and the only way to stop the beeping is to >>>> restart. >>>> i have a two gig processor with one gig of ram. I know I >>>> probably should >>>> not have this many windows open, but as I'm sure you all know, >>>> it's easy >>>> to let the windows pile up and forget to close them. My >>>> question: If i >>>> got a mac with high specs (maybe two or fourg gigs of memory) >>>> would it >>>> be better about having that many windows open? >>>> >>>> 2. Hard drive crashes: my dell laptop usually crashes about twice a >>>> year, and I need to get a new hard drive. granted, i'm a very >>>> heavy user >>>> and I'm sure the system gets banged around more than what's good >>>> for it. >>>> my question is, if I get a mac, are hard drive crashes less >>>> frequent? >>>> any thoughts about whether the pro is more durable than the >>>> macbook? >>>> (the new macbooks also have the aluminum casing) >>>> 3. Voices. I've heard a sample of the Alex voice, and am not >>>> impressed. >>>> It has the same weird emphases and prenunciations as a lot of >>>> the more >>>> 'human-sounding" tts's i've heard. are there other voices that >>>> either >>>> come on the mac or that i can buy separately that are comparable >>>> to >>>> eloquence in that they might sound robotic, but they are >>>> responsive and >>>> don't have any weird clicks/emphases? It's going to be very hard >>>> for me >>>> to give up eloquence. even viavoice, which i know you can get >>>> for the >>>> mac, doesn't compare at all. >>>> Thanks, Tasha >>> >>> ****************************** >>> Dane Trethowan >>> From Melton Victoria Australia >>> mailto:Dane Trethowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> Phone (Australia) >>> callto:03 9005 8589 >>> Phone (United Kingdom) >>> callto:020 3287 4641 >>> >>> Fax/TTY +61 3 9743 7954 >>> >>> mobile/sms: +614 418 773 532 >>> >>> MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> skype: callto:grtdane12 >>> ****************************** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Marty >> >> >> > > --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn
