I do think eSpeak would be a good investment for Apple. They do, after all, use other open source products or libraries don't they?
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 11, 2015, at 8:51 AM, Anders Holmberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]> 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 >>> >>>>> On 11/06/2015, at 6:28 am, christopher hallsworth >>>>> <[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]> 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]> >>>>>> 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]. >>>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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