Ah, that's simple. The reason is because I always am barefooted while at home; either inside or outside! no better way to be.
Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Oct 27, 2011, at 3:00 PM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: > Hey Ray, > > I have a different, but related, question for you. > Why do you say that you're constantly barefooted? :P > I really find it quite amusing. > > > On 28/10/2011, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: >> With respect to the weird pitch changes on the Nuance voices, there aint >> nothin you need to do. That's a weirdness we're all anoid about. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >> >> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >> >> Skype name: >> barefootedray >> >> Facebook: >> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 >> >> >> >> On Oct 27, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Thanks for the help with voices. I will try Serena for the day and see how >>> much she annoys me. I'm surprised how used to Alex I've become in 24 >>> hours. When I listened to the Samantha sample yesterday I wasn't >>> impressed, but since it's free, I might try her out over the weekend too >>> and then make my choice. I have the Samantha (Jill) on my IPhone currently >>> and she's ok but she sounded more horrible in the sample on here. >>> With regard to Sarena, I am noticing even in this short time sometimes she >>> changes pitch wildly, she is fairly middling but then she goes quite low >>> and then at other times she sort of sounds like a chipmunk or Smerf. I >>> haven't made any changes and I didn't notice Alex doing this. Do I need to >>> do something with Pitch and Intonation? I think they are both set to 50, >>> which I think is the default. >>> Thanks. >>> Kirsten. >>> >>> On 27 Oct 2011, at 19:04, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Kirsten. Serena and the other Nuance voices are indeed free. When you >>>> download a voice, you'll have a software update dialog box asking you if >>>> you want to install the voices you selected. And yes, you can go back to >>>> using Alex if you don't like Serena. Simply go toy your VO utilities and >>>> go back to speech. then when you go to that pop up with all the voices, >>>> select Alex. However there is a faster way of changing stuff like voice, >>>> pitch and rate. If you hold the VO and command keys and press any of the >>>> arrow keys, you'll go to a roter that will allow you to change this >>>> stuff. HTH and welcome to the Mac. By the way, I think Samantha sounds >>>> better on here than Serena. >>>> >>>> Shawn >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. > -- 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.
