Then we have the Norwegian, Israel and Danish voices and maybe a couple more. Together the market grows. From the Apple side there should be an conscience share too, not only a stock share They own Voice Over. We have paid for the hardware. I believe Apple will fix this after some pressure if many enough countries users and organizations make them pay attention to this problem.
Take care 25. sep. 2013 kl. 18:04 skrev Annie Skov Nielsen <[email protected]>: > 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. -- 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.
