Both Doug and I recorded sections of the manual in the past. The biggest
reason is resources. We simply don't have the time or manpower to create
a good quality audio version of the manual. The 6.1 version was spliced
together, many sections having different properties like varying volume
levels, different microphones used, and so on so much to the point that
it began to sound hacked together, and no longer represented the quality
that we want to provide.
We feel that the DAISY version does provide this quality, both with and
without the audio.
Aaron
jim grimsby Jr. wrote:
Just wondering why was it decided to drop the human reading the manual.
Whoever the human was who did it in the past did a great job!
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From: Aaron Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 5:34 AM
To: dennis
Cc: gw micro
Subject: Re: manual
Dennis,
Beginning with Window-Eyes 7.0, we will no longer be providing an audio
recording of the manual. At least not an audio recording by one of us.
We will, however, be providing a DAISY version of the manual, both text
only, and audio. The voice used to record the audio version of the DAISY
manual is Microsoft Anna, the same voice that ships with Windows Vista.
We contemplated using a more realistic voice, but, honestly, the license
cost for these other voices is substantial, and would most likely
increase the cost of Window-Eyes. It just isn't worth it in our opinion.
If resources become more abundant in the future, we may switch to a
DAISY version using human speech, but for now we're going with Miss
Anna. I've had several users test this version of the DAISY manual
privately, and there is a consensus that the speech is acceptable. It's
not amazing, but it works. Because the audio version of the DAISY manual
uses MP3 files, we will also provide a playlist that will allow access
to the audio files only for those people without some sort of DAISY player.
So to answer your question directly, there will be an MP3 version of the
manual, but not recorded by a human. All together, there will be six
versions of the Window-Eyes manual available: CHM (Windows Help), Text
(both individual sections and a single file), DAISY (both text-only and
audio), and HTML (web based).
We feel this combination of file formats will provide something for
everyone.
One final note: the Window-Eyes Scripting Manual will remain in CHM
only. It is a reference for scripters, and doesn't make much sense to
exist in many other formats.
I hope that answers your question.
Aaron
dennis wrote:
do you have a mp3 file of the manual?
dennis
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