You mean get Alex for the iPhone? Well, first, let's start by informing you that you absolutely MUST have at the very least the iPhone 5S. Nothing less than that will do. Now, assuming you do have that, do this.
1. Click Settings. 2. Click general. 3. Click accessibility. 4. Click Voice Over. 5. Now, click languages and dialects. I think that's now inside speech. 6. Select Alex as one of the choices from inside the language choices for English. Takes a bit to download, and, when done, you'll need to turn VO off then back on with the tripple click of the home button. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in > On Feb 8, 2015, at 7:56 PM, David Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Can anybody tell me how to get this new Alex? I’ve even tried deleting and > re-downloading to get him. > > Cheers > Dave > >> On 9 Feb 2015, at 1:54 am, Jessica Moss <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Fred? lol, that voice sounds aweful, reminds me too much of either the >> dectalk voices, or the Vera reading machine we used to use when I went to >> FSDB. >> Things have definitely come so far sense then. >> On Feb 8, 2015, at 8:17 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> Alex, it ain't just you dude. Alex is tons better than he used to be in >>> every respect you mentioned. Much smoother, faster, way more responsive, >>> and, other than Fred, which I am using at the moment for strictly >>> sentamintal purposes, Alex is the best of all the voices out there. In >>> fact, he's better even than the Acapela voices which, if I may be frank, >>> have taken severle steps backward from where they used to be. >>> >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray >>> >>> Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! >>> >>> Sent from my Mac, >>> the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in >>> >>>> On Feb 8, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> First, yes, this is about a speech synthesizer, and will thus be very >>>> subjective. I wanted to see, though, if anyone else might have come to the >>>> same conclusion I have. >>>> >>>> I got a Mac in the days of Lion, and quickly switched to the Vocalizer >>>> voices (Serena or Lee, mostly). When we got new ones in Mavericks, I >>>> favored Ava, and she is still among the best voices I know of, except a >>>> couple from Ivona. In testing things for Yosemite, I kept switching from >>>> Ava to Alex, just to see if any problems were being caused by the use of >>>> Nuance voices. I accidentally made a startling discovery: Alex used to be >>>> pretty bad a few years ago, but now, he's quite good. I've always liked >>>> the breathing thing, but Alex would constantly run words together, >>>> mispronounce syllables, and have other small problems that made him hard >>>> to understand, especially at higher speeds. The more I use him in >>>> Yosemite, though, the more I look for reasons to switch back to Ava, but >>>> the more those reasons allude me. Ava misses the period after certain >>>> words, like "app", Alex doesn't; Ava says "capital" before uppercase >>>> letters, although that setting is disabled, and Alex doesn't; VoiceOver >>>> has delays when opening the VO Utility or bringing up VO menus while using >>>> Nuance voices, but with Alex, I find no such delays; and more. >>>> >>>> So, is it just me, or has Alex gotten way better? I don't mean "better" in >>>> that VoiceOver runs faster while using Alex, although it certainly does. I >>>> mean "better" in that, compared to a few years ago, he's far clearer when >>>> speaking and makes far fewer mistakes. Maybe I'm misremembering, or maybe >>>> I'm the only one to notice, since the change was likely gradual and thus >>>> invisible to those who have used Alex all along. Either way, I'm >>>> interested in hearing your thoughts, and I'm more eager than ever to >>>> obtain a 64-bit iPhone so I can start using Alex there as well. My only >>>> complaint about Alex is that he doesn't speed up very well - sure, he can >>>> go crazy fast, but I find I miss things at more than 70% speaking rate. >>>> Anyway, what do you all think? If you haven't used Alex in a long time, >>>> give him another chance. If you use him all the time, have you noticed >>>> anything? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex Hall >>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>>> <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] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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