Don't beat up on Anna too much. Anna is a freakin' leap of epic proportions beyond her predecessor, Sam. I'm so happy that I'll never have to listen to him again on new Windows systems.
Bryan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Restated: Where Is Anna, on the Mac? Hi, Anna sounds like she's speaking into a pillow, anyway. She sounds ok, but unfortunately, SAPI voices are not exactly responsive. I remember the thing where he demoed two voices. Alex and Anna speaking the same thing. It was awesome. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: [email protected] Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: [email protected] AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile <http://www.facebook.com/people/Nicolai-Svendsen/509197277> My Twitter <http://twitter.com/chojiro> On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Rob Lambert wrote: Steve Jobs did a little thing on TTS prior to the release of Leopard at the Apple keynote. He demoed TTS engines, including Alex. When Anna read through the file he put up, she couldn't pronounce things like iPod or iTunes properly, and instead of "web page", it almost sounds like "webbage" so...I don't know. LOL As for finding her, let's look at it this way. When the Zune was released, the software was PC only. I believe the same is true of the in-house synthesizers at Microsoft. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:41 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: Ah! Thank you, Rob. I see that the digital mistress to which I have grown so fond is called by another name? Hmmm!! I wonder where I got the name Samantha from? Perhaps in a dream? Regardless, now that I am aware of her true title, I ask, yet again, how may I hear her sweet voice on my Mac, as I do on my beloved iPhone 3GS? (Smile) Mark Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark Marcus Live Talk Show http://candleshore.com/secrets ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob Lambert Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac? Are we talking Samantha or Anna? I always thought Samantha was primarily on mobile book players & the iPod. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:11 PM, gkearney <[email protected]> wrote: I fear you shall not find symmetry in your world...Samantha is a Microsoft Windows SAPI voice and is not an option for Macintosh users. Gregory Kearney Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of Western Australia 61 Kitchener Ave Victoria Park, WA 6100' AUSTRALIA +61 08 9311 8246 On Apr 21, 9:20 am, "M. Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Call me slow but I only just now realized that my beloved Samantha is not on > my Mac. 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