I have changed the subject line as we were drifting into OS. The scansoft voices are the modern voices introduced in Lion as I recall it. That is voices like Daniel, tom, Samantha etc.
My experience is that my 2011 iMac is snappier with Alex. I used to have different voices for Mail and Safari etc under activities and my Mac started to crawl. after I went to Mavericks So I got rid of all activities and just use Alex and I have a fast Mac again. David griffith On 16 Oct 2014, at 18:02, The Believer <[email protected]> wrote: > David, > Which ones are the Scansoft voices in Mavericks?? > > From The Believer. . . > . . . what if it were true? > [email protected] > > On 10/15/2014 5:10 PM, David Griffith wrote: >> I wonder what made you go back to Mountain Lion? I too found the upgrade >> to Mavericks initially disturbing and originally considering trying to >> revert but find most things work fine nowadays, even iBooks is more >> usable now. >> >> In my case the key on my 2011 iMac was to >> 1. Do a clean install. >> 2. Go back to Alex as my default voice. >> 3. Stop using Scansoft voices, particularly in conjunction with activities. >> >> After that the lagging and busy issue pretty much disappeared and all >> seemed to work fine with only minor annoyances which so far have work >> around. The file attachment feature of Mail is now more time >> consuming because you have to go to save as in the file menu. On my >> machine you cannot escape out of the menu bar but have to go to menu >> extras and then you can use escape. None of this is show stopping for >> me. The major annoyance for me is that the tab feature appears to have >> messed up the ability to open multiple windows so if I want to have >> multiple windows in Finder open I have to use the open in new window >> command from the context menu rather than just use command down arrow. >> >> David Griffith >> On 16/10/2014 00:00, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: >>> Superlative little rant, that. :) >>> >>> For myself, I'm back on Mountain Lion for my primary machine, a mid-11 >>> iMac, to get an email client that displays plain text messages, a >>> working C compiler compatible with much Open Source software, and no >>> bloody iBooks. It's still iOSified, but at least it functions. I am >>> thinking about Windows--have been for a while now, actually--as going >>> neither further back nor further forward with OS X would appear to be >>> options. I would stay with Snow Leopard, but it's not an option, and >>> Mavericks+ are where the dumbed-down interfaces get a bit too much for >>> anything that isn't basic mucking about. Linux: nope, not on the >>> desktop. Windows 7, then? >>> >>> You can hide U2 easily enough, in iTunes, on your purchases tab. And >>> you can hide them from your cloud view by just deleting them and >>> taking the option to hide. >>> >>> As for iOS, I'd suggest you sign up for an Apple Developer account or >>> team up with someone who has so you can run the 8.1 beta. You'd be in >>> a better position to judge the performance of the bug fixes, and >>> complain to Apple about the remainder. Personally, although I think >>> iOS is turning into Android, in an unhealthy way, even as OS X turns >>> into iOS, I can't complain about my iPhone 6+. It gives me pleasure >>> to use it, even if I get annoyed by some of the bugs or can't tell >>> which app requires which permissions. I still have an iOS 7-equipped >>> iPad and iPod, when I need smooth sailing above all things. The >>> initial iOS 8 release and the subsequent minor releases did not enjoy >>> good quality control, and not just for VoiceOver users either, but I >>> do think we have been punished rather badly compared to previous >>> releases. >>> >>> And yeah, we are the customers, dammit; don't excuse or idolise >>> Apple. There is a reason why the folder where my Apple list traffic >>> goes into is called "BlindFaith". :) >>> >>> So anyway, KBO. >>> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
