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 > >-- >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. -- 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.
