Yes, we just set up my wife’s work computer in our office, it’s a bit of a tight fit as she has two monitors and a docking port for her laptop, but we made it fit. I Weill still have to go to work fro for the foreseeable future unless I get sick, but at least I won’t have to catch the bus to work any more as my wife can drive me for the next four weeks or more. Depending on how long this takes. How about you, are you able to work from home?
> On 23/03/2020, at 21:21, Simon A Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Petrus, > > I’ve looked at androids and I’ve only found a couple of voices for them, > > Might be that we don’t get the same range down here but I thought they were > more limited. > > You ready for lock down? > > From:[email protected] <[email protected]>On > Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings > Sent: Monday, 23 March 2020 12:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS? > > Well some of the people on this list might want to Lynch me if I suggest > this, but have you looked at Android phones as well? They might have some > voices that might be easier on the ear. I haven’t got one myself but I think > there are more voices available for them. > > > On 23/03/2020, at 11:57, Karen Lewellen <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I will confirm the model via my apple id, then wait until the CNIB > individual is here again, since the last voice left is unsafe for my use. > I know about the adapters, but as established, until I know the device is > safe for use voice wise, accessories are the least of my focus. > > > > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: > > > I think it might be a 5c as I vaguely remember you telling us when you first > got the phone. Not sure if you can delete voices and even if you could I > don’t think I could test it as the steps might be different on IOS 10 then > they are on 13. > As far as the lack of a headphone jack goes on the new phones,, you do get > an adaptor so you can still plug your old headphones into it through the > charging port. > > > On 23/03/2020, at 11:44, Karen Lewellen <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > That is one reason why I want to dump stuff. Alex, which apparently works on > this phone takes allot of space. > I want to test voices with some knowledge, I start getting nauseous when > voices are not correct. > > > > On Sun, 22 Mar 2020, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > > Hi! > The 5 series can’t be updated any more. > But i don’t know if they update the voices sometimes. > Have you tried other voices such as the american voice Tom or other voices? > /A > > > 22 mars 2020 kl. 06:47 skrev Karen Lewellen <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > > and a side siri one as well? > Will ask the siri one first..can it be removed once installed? > The voiceover voice question has to do with sound quality. > I finally found a discussion thread about this with others noting the same > thing. Daniel who I believe is the UK English voice changed in its enhanced > form a while back. I do not know if it has been improved, or better still > when was the last upgrade to the Daniel voice? > I have an iPhone in the 5 family. it is possible that upgrading IOS itself, > or the voice, if I can, will improve things. > for now though the quality clarity and pronunciation is rather dreadful. > I did not want siri, but apple accessibility, who was talking with the person > helping me use the phone suggested the download because voiceover itself was > not working well according to them. > Siri, which was male in this case, sounded worse than the Daniel voice itself. > I believe? Nuance makes the apple voices. Is there any way to reach them > directly? > last of all, I understand there are other options for voices, with my > wondering about direct contacts too, as I will have to walk someone else > through reaching them. > My situation is that since most software generated speech is in a frequency > range that stimulates my brain's dizzy centres, experimenting can make me > rather sick. That is what happened when trying to resolve the Daniel / male > siri situation. > meaning I really want to plan ahead before testing anything further. > ideas? > Karen > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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