As a language lover, I am surprised that Apple would reject a voice. However, 
Apple does have Vina, Susan, and Olivou which NVDA does not have. I disonder 
why this is? Also, some vocalizer voices can speak other languages, sort of. 
Karen seems to have learned Russian, for example.

Rafi Cohen <[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi Greg and others, there is not official support for Hebrew neither through
>voice nor braille.
>However, I found out that when you choose a European non-English braille
>table (German, Spanish etc) you can read Hebrew text in braille. This is
>true both for Mac and IOS devices. The drawback is to get used to European
>notation for digits, punctuations and other symbols, but except that it
>works well.
>The cecimac tables are not relevant beyond Snow Leopard.
>Concerning voice, for now there is no solution.
>Vocalizer Expressive includes a Hebrew voice named Karmit but rumors say
>that Apple insists that Nuance will build a voice separation mechanism. By
>voice separation I mean that English text will be spoken by English voice
>and Hebrew text by Hebrew voice.
>Whether this rumor is true ot not, I hope Apple will include Hebrew support
>to Voiceover as soon as possible.
>Thanks, Rafi.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Aikens
>Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 5:22 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Hebrew voice and hebrew braille for mac
>
>Hello all,
>I'm trying to find a way to read hebrew braille on my mac.  I found an old
>post in the archives that list a supported package for international braille
>codes but it looked like it was for Snow Leopard.  The link is
>http://www.cecimac.org/english.htm
>
>Does anyone know of anything more recent or will this package still work for
>me in mavericks?  In VO utility I see support for many international braille
>codes but not hebrew.  
>
>A TTS voice would be a nice bonus, but the braille is more important to me.
>Any tips?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Greg
>
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