is your house alarmed? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Arrigo" <[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 10:20 AM Subject: Re: thinking about switching
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 > > >
