well for the person wanting extra voices, you could upgrade to lion and would have them available.
On May 3, 2012, at 8:51 PM, May McDonald wrote: > 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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