Hi. It is a disaster too in danish. Nobody understands the new voice. I mean that it is a catastrophe that voices are developing into something worse.
Best regards Annie. Den Sep 25, 2013 kl. 12:34 PM skrev Rafi Cohen <[email protected]>: > Hi everyone. I could be happy that the new Vocalizer Expressive is integrated > in IOS7 but instead I am mostly frustrated. > I'm a blind software developer from Israel using both Mac and Iphone. During > the last months there were strong rumors that Apple will add a Hebrew TTS to > IOS7 and Mavericks. Yes I know, even a strong rumor is just a rumor. But I > also know that Hebrew TTS _is_ included in Vocalizer Expressive, bot for > reasons I really don't know and understand, Apple decided to exclude it out > and did not integrate Hebrew TTS in IOS7 and so far it is not included in the > Beta versions of Mavericks too. > Most unfortunately, nobody in the Accessibility group of Apple gives us even > a clue why they had to take it out. After all, we did not ask Apple to invent > the wheel. Hebrew TTS is part of Vocalizer Expressive, but still was excluded > from IOS7. > I, for myself can manage well with English but there are hundreds of blind > people who don't know English and were waiting impatiently for the Hebrew > support on IOS7 to buy iphones and now they are left out with much > frustration. > Yes, the Israeli blindness market is small and Apple still has significant > accessibility advantages over Android, but if that Hebrew TTS will be > integrated in Android before IOS, Apple will probably loose that market. > I love Apple products but I'm most unhappy with their behavior towards Hebrew > support and I still hope somebody will give a comprehensive answer to this > issue. > Thanks, Rafi. > > From: [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of BBS > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 12:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Vocalizer Expressive, Was Re: iOS 7, the worse update for norwegians > using VoiceOver > > Hi everyone. I've been meaning to send this out to you guys but I was > catching up on around 85 emails so here goes. I have an explanation of why > the old Norweigion voice that people are used to is no longer used. I > actually read this on the Viphone list and I wanted to inform you as well. > The reason why that voice is no longer in the iPhone is because Nuance has > stopped supporting the Vocalizer Automotive version 5.5 engine, which was > present in iOS6 and I think is present in OS X Mountain Lion. Because of > this, Apple is now using Nuance's new TTS engine, Vocalizer Expressive. This > new version of Vocalizer has new voices, and as some of you that are using > the Australian Karen voice may notice, she sounds way better in this version. > So for people that want the old voices back, it won't happen because like I > said, Vocalizer Automotive 5.5 is no longer supported by Nuance. Also if I > may add, it's inevitable that this new Vocalizer Expressive engine will also > be coming to OS X Mavericks when it comes out. > > Shawn > > Sent From My White MacBook > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email [email protected]. > Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visithttps://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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email [email protected]. > Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visithttps://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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
