Makes sense. Donna On Nov 15, 2009, at 2:45 PM, James & Nash wrote: > > I am not sure, but I'd guess that they were licensed to work on a > mobile cellular platform. > > TC > > James > On 15 Nov 2009, at 19:43, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> >> Ah, licensing issues, I should have thought of that. Still, if >> that's >> the case, how is it that they can be included on the iphone? >> >> Well, thanks for the info. I do hope this changes soon, it seems >> very >> unfair. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> On Nov 15, 2009, at 2:22 PM, James & Nash wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Donna, >>> >>> I too find it surprising - especially as Apple is based in >>> California where I believe Spanish and some of the Chinese and >>> Japanese languages are spoken widely. I did point this out to Apple >>> and asked them if they would consider including the IPhone voices in >>> a future release, even though the InfoVox voices are fantastic. >>> However, Apple told me that because the voices were not Apple's, >>> that they could not be licensed to the Mac OS. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> TC >>> James >>> >>> On 15 Nov 2009, at 19:06, Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi Jonathan, >>>> >>>> thanks for responding. That's really too bad, and honestly, I'm a >>>> bit >>>> surprised. And i agree, it would seem like if the iphone could >>>> include localized languages and voices, so could the Mac. I hope >>>> that >>>> soon VO does include either other languages or a localized version, >>>> so >>>> that all of you can enjoy the same out-of-the-box access that we >>>> do. >>>> Cheers, >>>> Donna >>>> On Nov 15, 2009, at 1:49 PM, Jonathan Chacón wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> hello, >>>>> >>>>> I use MacOS in Spanish. I had to buy Spanish voice for voiceOver >>>>> from Infovox. >>>>> >>>>> I hoped Apple published Snow Leopard with the same voices in >>>>> iPhone. >>>>> >>>>> iPhone has voices for 21 languages. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Jonathan Chacón >>>>> >>>>> El 15/11/2009, a las 19:47, Donna Goodin escribió: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a question for those of you in countries where English is >>>>>> not >>>>>> spoken. When you all purchase a Mac, what language do you get >>>>>> for >>>>>> VO, >>>>>> i.e. do localized versions of VO come with voices other than >>>>>> English >>>>>> as the default? Do users there who don't speak English have to >>>>>> purchase voices in their native languages in order to use the >>>>>> Mac? >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Donna >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> >> >> >>> > > > > >
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