Indeed Chris, for the most part I find Alex nice to listen to but now and then I get a word that he doesn't pronounce promptly. Where as eloquence just seems more natural sounding in saying words correctly. Chris I am curious since you have and I device which voice do you use for it. See when I got one a couple of years ago I simply didn't understand and still possibly won't the nuance english voices which frustrates me because I really want to use an I device but can't because of this voice problem.
Daniel On 15 Jan 2012, at 17:15, chris hallsworth wrote: > Interesting Daniel, I am hearing impaired as well and it appears I can > understand Alex very well. Of course speech synthesis is very subjective, so > what may suit one may not necessarily suit the other. > > On 15/01/2012 15:09, Daniel McGee wrote: >> Chris a useful resource that I recommend checking out is >> www.macfortheblind.com >> >> Hopefully you should enjoy that site. >> I love my Mac and I would love to get an iPhone but the voices i just don't >> simply understand them and the touch screen doesn't really appeal to me. >> The only thing I wish I could have on the Mac and IOS is elquance. If I had >> this I wouldn't go back to windows and before anyone asks this is not a >> blindness desire but is more needed for my hearing impairment. So if that >> day comes around I will be jumping around like crazy. So for now I use both >> platforms because of the above situation I have. >> >> Good luck with your research. Oh and by the way I brought a 13 inch Mac Book >> Pro. >> Just as a side note when I went the Apple store in blue water I noticed that >> the Mac Book Air has two USB ports which is the same as the Mac Book Pro. so >> all you need to think about is do you want a CD-ROM drive or not. Obviously >> I chose that but I don't know how much they are going to be around in >> Apple's line up of computers. Just so you know that. >> >> Thanks >> >> Daniel >> On 15 Jan 2012, at 13:00, David Griffith wrote: >> >>> I have had no need to use anything else but Preview, and reading has been >>> easy with this, but on the Mac you are spoilt for choice with PDF reading. >>> There are several programs available. So much so that PDF, which is a real >>> pain on the Windows side is a very reasonable format on the Mac side. Of >>> course if the PDF is graphic based and has no text then VO will struggle. >>> The robobraille file conversion can handle most of these graphics based >>> documents but I tend to duck back into Fusion and Kurzweil for these. >>> >>> David Griffith >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth >>> Sent: 15 January 2012 00:29 >>> To: Mac OSX& iOS Accessibility >>> Subject: Re: Switching to a mac >>> >>> So David, can you read PDFs fine on the mac? If so what app do you use? >>> I have heard of Preview, does this work well with VoiceOver? I suspect it >>> does since it is built in, but no harm in asking is there. >>> >>> On 14/01/2012 23:18, David Griffith wrote: >>>> I am sure that the Mac will provide a good experience for all the >>>> things you mention. >>>> >>>> I take the approach of using VM fusion with my Mac and I consider that >>>> I therefore have the best of both worlds. If I need to study a table I >>>> switch very quickly to Windows, Word and Jaws. If I need to read a PDF >>>> I use the Mac. >>>> I set up a boot camp partition but, if starting again from scratch, I >>>> would not now bother as fusion is a far better solution , including >>>> the capacity to install and set up Windows without sighted help. >>>> Once you get used to it file management is far easier on the Mac. >>>> There are differences but whenever I am in Windows I find myself >>>> wanting to use column view . >>>> Downloading files is very efficient and fast on the Mac in my >>>> experience but again it is completely different from Windows and you >>>> will need to learn different techniques if you want to monitor downloads. >>>> The main problem with picking up the Mac is that there are lots of >>>> information out there which is useful for visually impaired people but >>>> it tends not to be centralised as much as for the commercial Windows >>>> screen readers. However lists like this are invaluable as a learning >>> assistant. >>>> A big learning curve is ahead but I am sure you will enjoy it. >>>> >>>> David Griffith >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of chris >>>> hallsworth >>>> Sent: 14 January 2012 17:15 >>>> To: Mac OSX& iOS Accessibility >>>> Subject: Switching to a mac >>>> >>>> Hello all. >>>> Well, I have been using the other operating system PCs since 1997, and >>>> it's time I now fancy a change of scenary. So in the future I am >>>> considering switching to a mac. It should allow me to do the following: >>>> 1. Browse websites such as Facebook. >>>> 2. Manage my e-mail. >>>> 3. Listen to and manage music. >>>> 4. Buy music from iTunes or other online stores like Play.com. >>>> 5. Do a very small amount of Word Processing, and I mean very small, >>>> with hardly any formatting or other complex requirements. >>>> I am looking into a laptop style mac. >>>> 6. 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