Hello everyone,
I have received so much help from this list and in all honesty, I had
hoped that after a year of owning a Mac, I'd be giving more than
taking. I am enjoying my Mac and gaining more proficiency with it all
the time, using it for the majority of my private things and integrating
it into my work environment whenever possible.
I recently accepted a job position in which I will be required to write
in German extensively, something which I have thus far not done with the
Mac. I need some assistance making my Mac speak German, and I have some
specific questions for anyone who can help after I supply some
background information.
While at Sight City in May, I received a demo version of some fantastic
German software. I believe that it was Infovox German. The German TTS
also came bundled with an English voice as well. Unfortunately, for
several reasons, the 30-day trial period expired before I had the
opportunity to buy the software. When I tried to launch the German some
45 days after installing it, all I was told was that my trial period had
expired. However, I was not given the name of the software, nor was I
provided a link where I could go and purchase and install the unlocked
version.
A kind friend who wanted to assist me helped me find some German TTS's
on an Acapella site but after making the purchase and going to the
download link, it turned out that, although the TTS was a German voice
named Sarah, this was a windows software package. The company refunded
my money.
I would very much like and need to unlock the software that is on my Mac
because it works with Voice Over, and it really is quite good.
Below is some of the correspondence I received from the company, but it
still leaves me unclear as to precisely what I need to order to have
Voice Over speaking German on my Mac.
Kindest regards and if anyone can offer some assistance, please read on.
Mike
Michael Busboom wrote:
Hi Beth,
So just to make sure: If I order the German Cepstral voices, they will
work with
Voice Over? Is this correct? In all truthfulness, I am not even sure
if I am interested
in Ghost Reader. Although I have purchased it, I have never used it.
However, I
need to be able to use my Mac and write letters and answer e-mails in
German; this
is crucial!
Kindest regards and thank you,
Mike
On 2010-06-14 17:30, Beth Thorpe wrote:
Michael,
We offer two Text to Speech options for use with mac. Both will include
a language
set of your choice. You can find details about these at:
http://www.nextup.com/mac.html
The GhostReader software will also allow you to add a 2nd language set
for an additional
$20.00 which may be attractive to you. The only problem I can foresee
is that these
voices will not work in other applications as you have noted as necessary.
The Cepstral voices that I recommended earlier are, however, will work
with any application.
Let me know if this does not answer your question completely.
Regards,
Beth Thorpe
NextUp.com
Listen and Learn Anywhere
http://www.NextUp.com
** TextAloud - The world's most popular Text To Speech tool.
http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/
Michael Busboom wrote:
Dear Beth,
Thank you for responding to me so quickly. In order not to make a
similar mistake,
I feel that I should be more specific and err on the side of being
overly thorough
than not being specific enough.
I need the German voice in order to use Voice Over, the built-in screen
reading software
that comes with every Mac Book. It not only has to work in one specific
program
such as Ghost Reader; it should work in all programs where Voice Over
renders the
screen content accessible.
One blind German person who uses the software told me that when I
purchased the German
TTS that worked with Voice Over, one very good English voice was also
supplied as
part of the download. Is this true? Since I do about 75% of my work in
English,
this wouldn't be a bad thing.
Kindest regards from Vienna, Austria,
Mike
On 12,Jun,2010, at 1:45 AM, Beth Thorpe wrote:
Michael,
I do apologize if there was any confusion with your order. We do
actually sell voices
that will work with Mac. There is one good German voice, Katrin you may
like. You
will find these details at:
http://www.nextup.com/Cepstral.html
With regards to your current order, I will have that refunded. You will
need to
enter a new order if you find another voice that you prefer.
Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.
Regards,
Beth Thorpe
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