I'm not sure about frequency, I believe tmost of these voices are
the same
as what JAWS offers.
Karen, Samantha.
One thing with the Apple voice setting area, one can adjust both
pitch and intonation.
My understanding of intonation is how flat the voice will b.
HTH
Jonathan
Best wishes,
Jonathan Cohn
> On Dec 29, 2020, at 14:43, Karen Lewellen
<[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > Hi Shawn,
> Thanks for that information.
> My personal situation is that, due to experiencing a rather
unique > secondary disability, I have yet to find a safe voice to
use. One > that does not at best stimulate my brain's dizzy
centres, or at worst > create something a bit like a Cesar.
> My last try, in March, involved a siri voice on an Iphone, which
made > me rather sick indeed.
> for the moment Hardware, gosh I wish someone had saved the
digital > dectalk voices, as I use a hardware decktalk voice now,
seems safer than > software strict like Ios...believe me its
complex even for my medical > team.
> What I hoped for from the list was frequency related information
> anything that might hint at quality before I try.
> I would not be using a strict 64 bit edition of Macos regardless
for > other reasons. Still, I imagine there are at least 20 or
more > options just in the regular non-siri voices.
> Thanks,
> Karen
> > > > > On Tue, 29 Dec 2020, 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
wrote:
> > > Hi Karen. Some voices on the Mac are used for novelty
purposes. Bells > > basically talks, or in this case, sings like a
grandfather clock. > > There are other novelty voices that I'm not
going to get indepth about > > because it'll take all night to do
so. But I can tell you one voice > > I'm glad they finally let us
use on the Mac. We can now use Siri > > voices. They added those
voices in Catalina and they can be used in > > Big Sur as well.
> > > > Regards,
> > Shawn,
> > Sent from Sophia, the MacBook Air
> > > > Want to join my WhatsApp groups such as Echo Enthusiasts, >
> Accessibility Matters, Mac Users And Newbies or the Tech Zone?
Send me > > a private email with your contact information and the
group you wish > > to join and I'll happily add you.
> > > > Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
> > Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
> > Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
> > Facetime: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> > > > > On Dec 28, 2020, at 10:49 PM, Karen Lewellen > > >
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > > > > > What defines a voice as useless?
> > > I suppose a voice named bells, is just a ringer not a talker?
> > > Are the voices say for English first in the order, or must
one go > > > down the list finding non-English speaking voices
mixed into the > > > options? Clarity is an absolute requirement,
and I mean strictly > > > on the mac.
> > > Thanks so much,
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
> > > > > > > Well, I believe they’re only 40 English voice says,
and of those > > > > at least 10 or totally useless. Generally
they’re marked them as > > > > different genders and sometimes is a
compact and a non-compact > > > > version. One example of a totally
useless one, is the bells voice > > > > that was around since macOS
eight or possibly seven.
> > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > > > > > > > On Dec 28, 2020, at 5:03 PM, Karen Lewellen > > >
> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > Jonathan,
> > > > > Do you know if any details about each voice is > > > > >
provided..anywhere?
> > > > > Its characteristics, frequency ranges, etc.?
> > > > > Surely there must be some reason that makes each voice >
> > > > distinctive from each other besides the name.
> > > > > That such a number exists is honestly astonishing.
> > > > > Karen
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 28 Dec 2020,
Jonathan Cohn wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > There are approximately, 285 voices that are
available as > > > > > > downloads from Apple. If you pick the name
of the Voice in the > > > > > > Speech category of VoiceOver
utility, and go to the last item > > > > > > in the pop-up list
this will be "customize".
> > > > > > Pressing this brings up a dialog with a table of
voices. Each > > > > > > voice has a checkbox next to it to
determine if if it will be > > > > > > enabled for use in
VoiceOver. After the list of voices is a > > > > > > play, cancel,
and a OK button. The Play button lets you hear a > > > > > > sample
of the selected voice. The OK button accepts any > > > > > >
changes and requests System Utility to download the new voices > > >
> > > the next time it checks for updates.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Best wishes,
> > > > > > > > > > > > Jonathan Cohn
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 28,
2020, at 09:53, Chris Westbrook > > > > > > > >
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > > > >
> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I like Alex, and sort of like Daniel
sometimes, but are > > > > > > > there additional voices for
purchase or free? Just > > > > > > > wondering. I like Fred's
voice, but he doesn't speak > > > > > > > clearly. haha.
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