Oh no no no! They're not free. I wish they were. I paid about $200 to get all of the US and UK english voices. I think they're less expensive now, but am not sure. They've changed the purchasing scheme slightly. You'll need to research it at the assistiveware site.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of josh gregory Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 8:33 PM To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Growl and mountain lion? Just one more thing. Are the akapella voices free? On 7/26/12, Missy Hoppe <[email protected]> wrote: > You can get the acapella voices from assistiveware.com. I love them. > Still use Alex for VO, but Tracy is fantastic as my default system > voice. Not sure what to tell you about installing dropbox itself. I'd > suggest going to their site and making sure you have the newest > version. There might be install instructions on the site. If not, > maybe someone will jump in and help. > From what I remember, though, you copy the dropbox app into the > applications folder, then you do shift ctrl option M on it to get the > context menu. Then, you view package contents. I can't remember what > you need to find in there, but there's an accessible installer > somewhere. I've heard, though, that this step isn't necessary for the > newest version of dropbox. Good luck, and I hope this helps a little. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of josh gregory > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 8:22 PM > To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility > Subject: Re: Growl and mountain lion? > > Couple things: Those growl things sound awesome!! Second, no, I'm > actually having trouble installing dropbox itself. Third, how did you > get the akapella voices on mac? The Ryan one's cool, Heather is too, > :) > > On 7/26/12, Missy Hoppe <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hmm. I could try. Not sure where you're running into trouble. I'll >> send you the link to my growl/dropbox demo. Maybe it will help. If >> not, I'll try to think of another way to help. >> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1770137/Growl%20demo.mp3 >> If this doesn't help, let me know. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of josh gregory >> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 5:55 PM >> To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility >> Subject: Re: Growl and mountain lion? >> >> Hey Missy. Maybe you can help me install it? Dropbox that is? Cause >> every time I launch it, there are no windows. I'll look again but I >> think thats what happened the last time I tried. It launches at >> startup with no windows, too. >> >> On 7/26/12, Missy Hoppe <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I was just getting ready to post to the list. I have no idea what >>> changed; I didn't touch anything as far as I know, but I have the >>> mac on and just got told about a file changing in dropbox. So, it >>> seems as though it's actually working for the moment. I'm sure it >>> will be a lot more stable and reliable when the new version of growl >>> is released that is more fully integrated into notification center, >>> but I'll enjoy it working while it lasts. As I said, I have no idea >>> what changed; am not aware of doing anything to fix it, but I'm >>> happy it decided to start talking again. >>> To answer your question, though, you might want to go through the >>> growl preferences. I actually did a mini podcast on it a few months >>> ago, so if you're interested, let me know and I'll send you a link. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Justin Ekis >>> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 5:37 PM >>> To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility >>> Subject: Re: Growl and mountain lion? >>> >>> Hi. >>> >>> I'm not sure what the problem is with Browl and DropBox, but I >>> haven't been getting notifications for dropbox since growl 1.3 came >>> out in the Mac App Store. Other notifications work, just not DropBox. >>> I haven't upgraded to Mountain Lion yet and can't speak about that >>> specifically, but maybe something similar has happened to you. Do >>> any other growl notifications work? >>> >>> Justin >>> >>> On Jul 26, 2012, at 7:19 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote: >>> >>> Hi! I installed Mountain Lion last night, and on the whole, I'm very >>> impressed. My bootcamp wasn't affected in the slightest, which was a >>> huge relief. Since I was never all that fond of lion, I figured I >>> had very little to lose by upgrading right away. Anyway, I know >>> there are a lot of things I still need to learn, but the only major >>> problem I've run into so far is that growl notifications aren't >>> spoken as they were. I'm not sure if there will be a growl update >>> released to fix this, or what the deal is. The notifications I'm >>> mostly interested in getting back are when files are added, deleted >>> or changed in dropbox. >>> Granted, I do most things on my PC, but if I happened to have the >>> mac on as well, it was handy to hear acapella Tracy informing me of >>> dropbox changes. I'm very happy that the Acapella voices are still >>> working. I use Alex for Voiceover stuff, but Tracy is my system >>> voice, and I'm happy that didn't have to change. If anyone could >>> shed some light on the situation with growl, that would be great. >>> On a similar note, I'm wondering if there's any way to configure >>> notification center to use the system voice? Sometimes, if I'm >>> reading something else, notifications aren't read, so if it's >>> possible to configure it to use the system voice, that would be >>> helpful. Also, has anyone tried this little program called Hiss? It >>> supposedly bridges the gap between growl and notification center, >>> but so far, I haven't been impressed with its performance, >>> especially since it doesn't honor growl settings with regard to >>> system voice being used. Is there going to be a growl update soon >>> that will resolve all of these minor issues? >>> Also, I've noticed, especially if notification center is telling me >>> about a dm or mention I received on twitter, that it doesn't read >>> the whole thing. Is that fixible, or would I have to go to >>> notification center to see the whole thing? What notification center >>> settings are ideal for using with VO? I don't have an I Device, so >>> all of this is extremely new to me. >>> There's so much to learn, but on the whole, I'd have to say that I'm >>> about >>> 95 percent happy with Mountain Lion, and the dictation feature is a >>> lot of fun. 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