Hi Bryan, -just went up to the Cepstral site and yes, they list Mac, Windows and Linux.
Rock!… Cara :) On Mar 13, 2008, at 7:08 AM, Bryan Peterson wrote: > I wonder if the Cepstral voices would work on a Mac machine? I seem to > remember seeing links for that on their downloads page. I suppose > then the > only problem would be finding good, accessible games and software of > the > same caliber as what's on Windows. It's funny, but I remember one > time we > were having trouble with my PC back when I was still using Win98 > Second > Edition and my dad threatening to buy me a Mac. That was back in the > days > when the speech output was still crap though. And as for games I > don't even > know if there were any, leastways any that we could play. > Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:50 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games Engine was gma game engine > > >> Hi Bryan and all, >> I'd like to make a couple of corrections about the Mac. I've seen a >> few >> comments based on very old out dated information that is no longer >> true >> for Mac OS. So I'd like to spend the next couple of paragraphs to >> point >> out some of these changes. >> First, the Outspoken screen reader for Mac no longer exists. It was >> discontinued sometime around the time Mac OS X came out. Apple has >> made >> its own sscreen reader, VoiceOver, which is built directly into Mac >> OS >> Tiger and Mac OS Leopard. >> There are many advantages that VoiceOver has over Outspoken. One of >> these is because VoiceOver is intigrated into the Mac OS installation >> you can install Mac OS with speech. You never have to depend on >> someone >> else to help you install the operating system. >> Second, it is true under Mac OS 9 and earlier the Apple voices were >> not >> very good. Under Mac OS 10.4 and later the speech quality is as >> good as >> if not better than Windows TTS engines. I've recently had a chance to >> play with VoiceOver on Mac OS 10.5 Leopard and it is extremely >> responsive. The TTS engines are extremely good. >> Third, a lot of people are all too quick to point out there is more >> software for Windows than Mac. This is true in some respects, but >> there >> is a lot of Mac stuff out there that probably goes unnoticed. One >> reason >> is not every computer store nation wide carries Mac stuff. You >> usually >> have to go to a special Mac dealer to get Mac software and hardware. >> Some dealers carry both, but they aren't as many as those exclusively >> selling Windows based PC software and hardware. >> Another reason Mac OS software may go unnoticed is that there is a >> lot >> more open source applications for Mac then there is for Windows. >> Since >> it is open source it doesn't ship with the OS or come on a cd from a >> computer store. You will need to download it from the internet, run >> it >> through the Mac compilers, and install it. No problem for guys like >> me >> who have been doing this for 10 years on Linux. >> >> Bryan Peterson wrote: >>> And I don't know if it's improved much since the days when I was >>> forced >>> to >>> use it by the fact that my High School's computer lab was all Mac, >>> but I >>> absolutely hated OutSpoken. I could hardly understand the darn >>> thing most >>> of >>> the time. And that annoying crackling noise it always made didn't >>> help >>> any. >>> Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. >>> >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > . > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of > the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
