I do not like Alex very much and although I am not a fan of Jaws because of the loss of lives an copy protection, am use to the excellent voice of eloquence om it as people point out the expressions are said just right.
On 9 Jan 2012, at 03:13 PM, Daniel Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > What’s wrong with Alex? I find him vastly superior to eloquence, actually. > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Holton > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 7:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence > > Count me in. > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Emrah > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 7:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence > > Hey all, > > Glad to hear that I am not alone in my frustration. > > Nuance Communications owns ETI Eloquence, but rare are the people over there > who know about its existence. > > I will try and get hold of a Nuance developer to discuss SDK options and > licensing, and revert back to you with a digest of my phone calls and email > correspondence. > If Apple refuses to integrate Eloquence, I am thinking we could start a > little fund raising and put a budget together to hire someone to work on an > independent port. > > What do you think? > > E > -- > Emrah > > “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.” > Albert Einstein > > On Jan 9, 2012, at 12:28 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > > > Yes, I requested such a thing many, many moons ago. > > I don’t think it is going to happen. If we, as low-vision Zoom users, cannot > convince Apple to allow us to truly customize basic color schemes instead of > the “one-size-fits-all” reverse color technique, I doubt if they are going to > implement what they must consider to be an inferior TTS. > > I could be wrong or at least, I wish I were. (Smile). > > Mark > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Blake Sinnett > Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 8:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence > > Has anyone written to Apple accessibility about this? I did a long time ago > about getting it on the iPhone. > > > Subject: Re: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI > > Eloquence > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 20:33:58 -0800 > > To: [email protected] > > > > I don't know about the legal issues but I can tell you that I would love > > nothing more than to enjoy Eloquence on my Mac and, for that matter, my > > iPhone. > > > > Mark > > On Jan 8, 2012, at 6:06 AM, Emrah wrote: > > > > > Hi listers, > > > > > > I hope this message does not offend anybody allergic to Windows. > > > > > > The version of ETI Eloquence bundled with Jaws on Windows has always been > > > my favorite voice synthesizer. I used to be able to listen (read) > > > thousands and thousands of pages without ever getting tired of it. The > > > intonations were amazingly good and compared to most of the TTS out > > > there, it knew how to tone the exclamations. > > > > > > Anyway, I am writing to inquire if any of you have tried to run Eloquence > > > on your Mac? > > > Some folks "ported" it to Linux. http://voxin.oralux.net > > > > > > Any idea f something similar exists on Mac? > > > > > > I am sure it could be done… > > > > > > All the best, > > > E > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://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 > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://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 > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://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 > [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. 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