I mean on OS X Cheers Dave
> On 9 Feb 2015, at 2:20 am, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] >> <mailto:[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. > 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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