There's extra voices for Lion? How do I get those? Sorry if I've missed this answer.
May and Prince Noah On 2012-05-03, at 8:48 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > Helps a lot. > Thanks much. > > On May 3, 2012, at 4:20 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > >> Actually, it is possible to get additional voices for Snow Leopard, but >> unfortunately, they're not free. They're the acapella voices, and are very >> high quality. You can check them out at the following web site. >> http://www.assistiveware.com >> They're a bit pricy, but you can get 30 day trials for whatever voices >> you're interested in and then buy them after you've seen if they meet your >> needs. I ended up buying all of the English speaking acapella voices, and >> use Tracy as my system voice, although I still prefer Alex for Voceover. >> Good luck, and I hope this helps. >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson >> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 4:42 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Getting other voices for your mac. >> >> Oh, I see. >> Thanks. >> I'm really happy with Alex. >> I was just curious. >> On May 3, 2012, at 3:33 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> The extra voices are only for OS X Lion, unfortunately. >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson >>> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 3:31 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Getting other voices for your mac. >>> Hi Daniel, >>> Can you get extra voices for your mac? >>> I have the white macbook running snowleopard. >>> If you can get voices, where do you get them from? >>> On May 3, 2012, at 5:11 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> Yes, there is a way you can remove the voices. I’m going to paste in >>> instructions. >>> Using Finders great “Go to Folder” feature of Command+Shift+G enter the >>> following path: >>> /System/Library/Speech/Voices/ >>> You’ll see a list of voices, but notice they come in two formats: Voice and >>> VoiceCompact, you can keep VoiceCompact because those are just the short >>> samples, it’s the Voice.SpeechVoice you want to delete to remove the full >>> voice. >>> For a quick example we’ll get rid of Samantha – sorry Samantha, you sound >>> lovely but you take up too much space – so we will be deleting >>> Samantha.SpeechVoice. Select that folder and either drag it to the Trash or >>> hit Command+Delete to place it there automatically. Because the voice files >>> are contained in /System/ you will need to authenticate with the >>> administrator password in order to delete the file, so type that in, then >>> you can empty the Trash. No more Samantha! >>> I hope this helps! >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Krysti .Power >>> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 5:08 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Deleting voices >>> Id like to know this as well >>> >>> On 2012-05-03 7:05 AM, "Lisette wesseling" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> Hi >>> Is it possible to delete the many compact voices one doesn't use? Do these >>> compact voices slow the Mac computers down at all? I have downloaded a few >>> of the premium ones but really can't see a use for most of the pre >>> installed voices. >>> I suspect the answer will be no but thought it worth asking. >>> >>> Thanks to all for help on mailbox issues. 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