I used to like the Tom voice when he was the voice found on your NOAA Weather Radio stations in the States. At least he sounded more human. Nowadays he sounds very boring to me. But like they always say, voices are subjective. By the way, if I could go a little off topic here, we were supposed to get the Tom and Ava voices for our weather radio here in Canada. Instead, I was surprised to find out that all weather radio stations here are going off the air in February or March. Oh 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] > On Dec 30, 2020, at 7:49 PM, Jonathan Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fred, wow I haven't used that one in a while. It was on my Mac in 1995 or at > least a variant of it with the same name. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Dec 30, 2020, at 13:56, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> Many of them are from Nuance. The "Fred" voice sounds somewhat similar to a >> DECTALK, but not as good in my opinion. >> >> On 12/29/20 9:29 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: >>> 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. 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