Hi,

Just do a time machine backup before upgrading and you shouldn't have anything 
to worry about.

Ricardo Walker
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On Sep 8, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Rachel magario wrote:

> Thanks Anne!
> I am totally blind my self too, maybe this is why I did not see much of a 
> change when I installed visiovoice.
> I am thinking I will have to be courageous and up grade to lion here very 
> soon. But, I'll see if my awesome mother let me test drive lion on her mac 
> before I bring it on mine. If things go crazy on my computer during thesis, 
> it would be horrible! But if lion behaves well, it might actually be a 
> blessing, and things might run even better and somewhat more  organized.
> Thanks! :)
> Rachel
> 
> On Sep 8, 2011, at 8:14 AM, Anne Robertson wrote:
> 
>> Hello Rachel,
>> 
>> For Snow Leopard and below, the only voices that work properly without 
>> crashing the system are the Infovox iVox voices made by Acapela and sold by 
>> Assistiveware. They cost €99 for the first language pack and €49.50 for 
>> subsequent packs. That's why I said you'd be better off upgrading to Lion 
>> where you can get as many voices as you like for no extra cost. I've been 
>> enjoying being able to add German, Spanish and Italian to my collection of 
>> voices. Previously, I just had English and French.
>> 
>> I still prefer the Acapela voices, but probably wouldn't have bothered 
>> getting them had French voices been available from Apple.
>> 
>> I remember you asked about VisioVoice. This is software for low vision 
>> users. I'm afraid I don't understand it very well, being totally blind 
>> myself. But my husband helps low vision users set up VisioVoice to their 
>> liking.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Anne
>> 
>> 
>> On 8 Sep 2011, at 15:03, Rachel magario wrote:
>> 
>>> thanks Anne,
>>> 
>>> Right now I am actully pressing for portuguese and spanish. I have not 
>>> being doing much with chinese and arabic right now. but I have loads of 
>>> stuff to read in portuguese and spanish at the moment.
>>> If I did want to buy a couple of voices, where would I go for that?
>>> thanks again.
>>> Rachel.
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