I think they compare very favorably indeed. At this moment, I'm using the American English Heather: and, to tell you the truth, I find this voice actually more responsive than Alex. The Nuance voices-such as come free with Lion or above-are next in line to the quickness of response of the Acapella voices. So, are they worth what you pay? Well, I think so.
Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:55 PM, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, OK. When I get some money, I might try them. But how do they compare with > Alex? > On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That's their Australian male voice-part of their latest group of new voices. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray >> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! >> >> On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:44 PM, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Tyler? Never heard of that one. >>> On Jan 26, 2013, at 6:43 PM, May and Noah <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> My favourite from infovox are Tyler and Heather. >>>> >>>> I use Karen as well. There's another but I can't think of her name at the >>>> moment. >>>> >>>> May and Prince Noah >>>> www.canadianlynx.ca >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> On 2013-01-26, at 2:19 PM, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yes, I almost forgot I had those. The Neuance voices are everywhere now, >>>>> LOL. They aren't anywhere as good as Alex though, and the premium voices >>>>> have the strange pitch issue. I do like how Tom handles commas. >>>>> On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> There are also the free ones you get via download if you're running Lion >>>>>> or later. Those are Nuance and are supplied free by Apple. You have to >>>>>> pay extra for those if you want to run them using, say NVDA on Windows. >>>>>> I wish we had Ivona for Mac. But at least the Mac has Alex, which is >>>>>> excellent. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mary >>>>>> >>>>>> Mary Otten >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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]. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > 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]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
