Hello, you definitely have a point there. I too reviled Echoe on the apple 2 E and Votrex but I felt it not advantageous to complain as the products were at least accessible. On 2013-06-11, at 8:54 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi folks > People keep talking about voices they don't like, etc. That's ok, but my > first computer was an Apple 2 E with an Echo 2 voice. I used to hate Votrax, > and that was considerably worse than most of the modern voices I have heard. > Since I got used to the Echo 2, I can tollerate almost anything. There are > some voices I don't particularly like, but I would use anything that made my > computer and/or iPhone accessible. Just my 2 cents. > > Regards, > Gigi > > On Jun 11, 2013, at 9:49 AM, Scott Davert <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all. >> I think the voices they were using in the demo were Vocalizer >> Expressive. The male voice, at any rate, sounds like an expressive >> version of Tom. However, for me at least, there was not a long enough >> sample to really be sure that's what it was. >> >> Scott >> >> On 6/11/13, Annie Skov Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Krister. >>> >>> I am a dane, and I agree with you. It is a large part of the good things >>> with an IPhone which we can not use for much, this is a disaster. >>> >>> Best regards Annie. >>> Den Jun 11, 2013 kl. 12:15 PM skrev Krister Ekstrom >>> <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Speaking of international, i wonder how international Siri is going to be. >>>> Personally as a Swede i get quite angry and annoyed that Siri, that can do >>>> so much and apparently gets more and more functions only is fully >>>> available in the "big" language areas such as English, German, French, >>>> Chinese and so on. That was acceptable a couple years back when Siri first >>>> came, but it isn't anymore as i see it. I'm willing to bet that Sweden and >>>> Scandinavia among other small and insignificant language areas will never >>>> see Siri fully implemented and so i think that Apple could as well take >>>> the whole Siri thing away from those phones and pads seeing as we'll never >>>> be able to fully benefit from it. Oh sure we could switch to english and >>>> use it there, but that means we'll lose our high quality VO voice, and i >>>> do not want to do that. >>>> /Krister >>>> >>>> 11 jun 2013 kl. 01:37 skrev Devin Prater <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> Perhaps there are new international voices as well? Or maybe, they are >>>>> just a few of the new expressive voices, which comtain voices from the >>>>> SVox and Loquendo things, which were bought by Neuance? >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPod >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 10, 2013, at 6:34 PM, Ray Foret jr <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> You're assuming it's either one or the other. I guess (and it's only a >>>>>> guess mind you) that, while in the Voice OVer settings, One will be able >>>>>> to choose between the new male and female voices; and, gone is >>>>>> Samantha. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the >>>>>> blind built-in! >>>>>> Sincerely, >>>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray >>>>>> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 10, 2013, at 5:28 PM, Danny Noonan <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Weather the new Siri voices are also going to be new VoiceOver voices >>>>>>> makes the question if not, will the new Siri voice be used at all if >>>>>>> VO is on. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Danny. >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 11/06/2013, at 7:45 AM, Tyler Thompson <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> yes, siri has a new improved voice, and you can change it to a male >>>>>>>> voice >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --apps have always been able to run in the background to some degree >>>>>>>> but now there's smart logic to give priority to apps that you use >>>>>>>> often, it preserves battery life. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jun 10, 2013, at 3:36 PM, "Michael Babcock, Marketing and Sales >>>>>>>> Manager, Commtech LLC" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hey guys, >>>>>>>>> Pretty sure when Siri was being demonstrated at the worldwide >>>>>>>>> developer convention this morning, I heard a much more clearer female >>>>>>>>> voice, alongside with I mail voice that was demonstrated. Therefore, >>>>>>>>> it would be nice if someone would be able to possibly confirm whether >>>>>>>>> or not these features are available in voice over, to utilize these >>>>>>>>> voices. In addition, I noticed that applications have the ability of >>>>>>>>> running in the background now, does this mean and API tie-in for >>>>>>>>> Fleksy? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Michael Babcock >>>>>>>>> Marketing and Sales Manager >>>>>>>>> Commtech LLC >>>>>>>>> Web: http://commtechusa.net >>>>>>>>> phone: (888) 351-5289 Ext. 704 >>>>>>>>> Fax: (480) 535-7649 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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