Hi! As Jonathan mentioned a voice may not be prefered by someone but others may like it. I would like for example to have espeak for mac intergrated into voiceover. Or the loquendo voices which are really great. This is something i have been telling apple but it might be good to remind them. /A > 10 jun 2015 kl. 22:54 skrev Eileen <[email protected]>: > > Hello All, > > I agree with you Jonathan. An official copy of Eloquence would be just fine > with me. I tried Ava and the responsiveness was sluggish in comparison to > Alex. Eventually, I needed to switch back to Alex. > > Best, > Eileen > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 10, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Hi Christopher. I think it depends on the hearing loss. I've worked with >> people for example with a hearing loss who find Alex unintelligible once you >> go a little above the default rate, but who can have compact Daniel cranked >> up remarkably fast. >> Personally I'd be delighted to have Eloquence on my Mac because Alex >> mispronounces far too much for my liking. The moral of the story is the more >> choice of TTS a screen reader company can offer, the better. Speech is >> extremely subjective. >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org <http://mosen.org/> >>> On 11/06/2015, at 6:28 am, christopher hallsworth <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Might be coming next year <grin>. Seriously though, I don't ever want Apple >>> to remove Alex. He's fantastic for someone with moderately severe to >>> profound hearing loss which I have. The other voices included are fine, but >>> doesn't cut it like Alex. >>>> On 10 Jun 2015, at 18:46, Shawn Krasniuk <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Ray. I don't really want Apple to get rid of Alex. I lve the fact that >>>> he takes breaths and everything. I am with you on one thing though, I hope >>>> Apple considers making the Siri voices available in El Capitan. After all, >>>> you can get them for NVDA in Windows so why can't it be done on the Mac? >>>> >>>> Shawn >>>> Sent from my White MacBook >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 12:07 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Subject line pretty much says it all. Nothing against Alex mind you: >>>>> but, frankly, I reckon it's high time Apple adopted a new and much more >>>>> updated default voice. The new Siri male US English voice might perhaps >>>>> be a good choice. Here's hoping we see this one in Elcapitan. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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>.
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