Hey, I still use the novelty voices - I use one to tell time, for example.
On 2011-03-02, at 8:37 PM, Kaare Dehard wrote: > I doubt ole alex is getting the elbow from apple. They have novelty voices > and other stuff like fred that is still about from the 80s, so given the way > they like to keep stuff alex has a long way to go before getting a divorce > from apple. > On 2011-03-02, at 12:11 PM, carolyn Haas 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. >> > > -- > 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.
