Click to flash? What is that. Speaking of flash on the mac...how do you use it, or can you, with vo?
thanks... On 2011-03-02, at 2:29 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: > Hi all, > > For one thing, the voices on the mac will be of a higher quality than on iOS. > Apple insider has samples of the voices. I didn't think much of Jill, but > samantha sounded better than she has on any previous platform, and tom was > just fabulous. I think Tom has a good chance of replacing alex for me. For > those having trouble finding the samples, I think having click to flash > installed makes this kind of thing much easier. Here's the link to the > article. > HTTP://Dlvr.it/J1fXf > > Also, I would think that everyone waiting for Alex on iOS will be slightly > disappointed. He will be pleasant to hear for sure, but not up to the > standards we expect of that voice on the mac. I would guess it would be a > marginal improvement over samantha at best. Remember, quality is somewhat > limited by the lower specifications of the device. This is why, for example, > Samantha sounds so terrible on the Victer reader stream and so good on the > iPhone. > > Nobody need worry about Alex going anywhere. Apple knows Alex is the most > popular voice. > > Justin > > On Mar 2, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > I am not a mac user, but I, too, emailed apple about porting Alex over > to the iOS platform since he sounds so much better than Karen or > Samantha. I hope they do not get rid of him, and I doubt they will. I > heard a rumor (a tweet, actually) that he has been improved in the > newest 10.7 beta; not quite as choppy on some syllables and overall > smoother. Remember, everyone, to email [email protected] to > express your desire that Alex not be retired, just to be on the safe > side! > > On 3/2/11, carolyn Haas <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Mary: >> I recently wrote to Apple Accessibility regarding voicing. I inquired about >> the possibility of the Alex voice being made available for the iPad. The >> response I got was encouraging in that Accessibility indicated they had >> gotten a lot of good feedback about Alex, and they couldn't comment as to >> whether he'd be brought over there. Nothing in their response seemed to >> point toward his being retired, but instead, they , mentioned his >> popularity.:) >> >> So, there's a bit of hope for us Alex fans. >> >> >> >> Carolyn >> On Mar 2, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >>> According to the article found at >>> http://www.tuaw.com/ >>> Mac OS 10 offers high quality multi-lingual voices, >>> There are going to be a whole lot of high quality voices, in a variety of >>> languages, available for download in the next iteration of Apple's os. For >>> me, the one possible sour note was the reference to Samantha and Tom as an >>> improvement over Alex that we have now. I hope this will not mean that >>> Apple will decide to retire Alex in favor of what are, for me at least, >>> vastly inferior voices in Samantha and Tom. There will be other English >>> voices, the ones we know on the IPhone. Indeed, it sounds like the voices >>> that are coming to Lion are those we now have on the I-devices. Great for >>> speakers of languages other than English. Great for folks who prefer a >>> non-U.S. English reading voice. But a definite leap backwards if they can >>> Alex in favor of what's on the IPhone now, even if they include the male >>> voice. >>> >>> Mary >>> >>> Mary Otten >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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