On Aug 25, 2009, at 12:39 AM, James & Nash wrote:
> use those than the voices I've heard on the IPhone. However, the  
> reason I
> mention the IPhone voices is that if Voice Over continues as it has in
> Leopard - only speaking in English - then non-native English  
> speakers who do
> not feel comfortable enough with English to install or work with  
> their OS in
> may not be able to afford the superb quality of DAvid's voices for  
> some
> time. That was my only point, although I did not express it clearly  
> enough

Ok, I think we agree. Yes, I agree that for non-English speakers it  
would be practical if Mac OS X included voices for their own language  
by default. However, as Scott pointed out, space on the DVD alone  
would already preclude all such voices to be high quality. All Infovox  
iVox voices together already pretty much fill up a dual layer DVD so  
there would be little space left for the OS :-)

I also want to take this opportunity to point out that Apple does work  
with us and Acapela to ensure good compatibility of VoiceOver with the  
Infovox iVox voices (and visa versa) and foreign languages so Apple  
certainly cares about giving non-English users access to a good VO  
experience.

david.

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