yes, tom is very good.
I am using tom to.
cheers.

A dignidade pessoal e a honra não podem ser protegidas por outros. Devem ser 
zeladas pelo indivíduo em particular.
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No dia 25/01/2014, às 00:12, Jessica D <[email protected]> escreveu:

> I have never had thisissue. I am currently using Tom because he sounds the 
> most human to me.
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 24, 2014, at 6:47 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I tried using Fred for a while. I didn't notice stuttering, but it is a very 
>> random problem anyway. However, the overall sluggishness of the system 
>> persisted. Good thought though, thanks for the suggestion.
>>> On Jan 24, 2014, at 6:35 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey Daniel,
>>> 
>>> Yup you are right, I can't stand the compact voices. I do have multiple 
>>> voices installed and the sluggishness is with all of them. I am not even 
>>> sure how I would revert to the compact voices, will have to look in to it 
>>> the next time the skipping words happens.
>>>> On Jan 24, 2014, at 5:14 PM, Daniel McGee <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Bryan, I am really sorry you seem to be experiencing such awful chopping 
>>>> issues under Mavericks and VO.
>>>> The only time I have had this occurred with me is when I power up my late 
>>>> 2011 MBP I get VO stuttering as it were through the standard "Welcome to 
>>>> OS 10. Voiceover is on." This is using the higher quality voice.
>>>> After this things settle down for me. The only suggestion I have and if it 
>>>> doesn't work then I am sorry I am unable to think of any other ideas to 
>>>> solve your problem except from the dreaded re-install already mentioned.
>>>> Have you tried using the compact voices to see if that fixes the lag?
>>>> I have found that when I used the Compact Daniel voice I got no lag with 
>>>> the welcome message announced by Voiceover at the log on screen.
>>>> Of course, I'm aware that people yourself maybe included, may not like the 
>>>> compact versions but this is just a testing method as it were to see if 
>>>> the problem occurs  with the compact version.
>>>> 
>>>> Good luck and please do report back even if you've already tried this out.
>>>> 
>>>> Daniel 
>>>>> On 24 Jan 2014, at 21:34, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I know a clean install is not usually necessary, but I can't think of 
>>>>> anything else to try. I have:
>>>>> 
>>>>> * uninstalled Soundflower, which reports suggest can cause audio 
>>>>> processes to run constantly and eat CPU power like crazy
>>>>> * repaired disk permissions multiple times, the most recent from Safe 
>>>>> Mode so I was sure to get everything
>>>>> * reset the PRAM
>>>>> * turned Time Machine off
>>>>> * turned Speakable Items off
>>>>> * looked for runaway processes, and found none since I removed Soundflower
>>>>> 
>>>>> My machine ran fine under Mountain Lion, especially after I gave it 8gb 
>>>>> of ram to play with. It is a 2011 Mini, and a low-end CPU, but, again, it 
>>>>> ran fine four months ago and only has problems now. I hate to revert to 
>>>>> Mountain Lion since there are features of Mavericks I enjoy (tagging, the 
>>>>> new iCloud features, new VO voices, and more). More to the point, though, 
>>>>> I shouldn't have to. Most everyone on this list seems to have gotten the 
>>>>> same or better performance out of Mavericks compared to Mountain Lion, 
>>>>> it's just us lucky few that are running into problems.
>>>>>> On Jan 24, 2014, at 3:57 PM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I don't think this is a Mavericks/vo problem per se or at least all by 
>>>>>> itself; there would apparently seem to be some other variable along with 
>>>>>> Mavericks and vo that is triggering this since there are many people who 
>>>>>> are not experiencing the problem along with those who are. I upgraded to 
>>>>>> Mavericks on both my iMac and Macbook Air; I have chosen to go back to 
>>>>>> Mountain Lion on the iMac and may do so on the Macbook Air but neither 
>>>>>> computer had the choppy voiceover problem. If Mavericks is indeed one 
>>>>>> component in why this is happening, maybe you should back up needed 
>>>>>> files and reinstall Mountain Lion. I used superduper to back up both my 
>>>>>> Mavericks and Mountain Lion installation and repaired permissions on 
>>>>>> both (had to switch to the Mountain Lion external to do its 
>>>>>> permissions). Then from the Mountain Lion external drive I ran 
>>>>>> superduper to put Mountain Lion back on the hard drive. I then went 
>>>>>> through the Mavericks drive and copied needed files over that were not 
>>>>>> on the Mountain Lion drive. Finally, I erased the Mavericks backup and 
>>>>>> started Time Machine on it. Sounds complicated but really wasn't bad. Of 
>>>>>> course if you no longer have a Mountain Lion installation or Time 
>>>>>> Machine backup you will have to reinstall Mountain Lion. It seems to me, 
>>>>>> though, that if Mavericks is really a component of the problem and you 
>>>>>> don't want to waste time again if a reinstallation produces the same 
>>>>>> choppiness, going back to Mountain Lion would be a quicker solution if 
>>>>>> your work productivity depends on having things work asap. Just my 
>>>>>> thoughts; I know different people have different approaches with this. I 
>>>>>> think if your Mac is new and came with Mavericks you can't put Mountain 
>>>>>> Lion on but I could be wrong about that.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Cheryl
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf.
>>>>>> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper
>>>>>> thrown in the trash!
>>>>>> Then God gave me a new heart and life:
>>>>>> His joy for my despairing tears!
>>>>>> And now, every day:
>>>>>> "This I call to mind,
>>>>>> and therefore I have hope:
>>>>>> The steadfast love of the Lord
>>>>>> never ceases;
>>>>>> his mercies never come to an end;
>>>>>> they are new every morning;
>>>>>> great is your faithfulness."
>>>>>> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jan 24, 2014, at 2:39 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hey Alex,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Yeah VO worked for two hours without the choppiness but now is back to 
>>>>>>> being ridiculously choppy it is so bad that when you type an email it 
>>>>>>> tells you are word is spelled wrong mid word because VO gets caught or 
>>>>>>> something. Very disappointed with Mavericks and VO. I am a Apple 
>>>>>>> loyalist but I am definitely very disappointed with Apple and the lack 
>>>>>>> of quality in this release.
>>>>>>>> On Jan 24, 2014, at 11:12 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Brian, just so you know, you're not alone. While I can usually read 
>>>>>>>> things fine, VO has also returned to the occasional choppy, broken 
>>>>>>>> speech I have been dealing with ever since Mavericks. Apps are also 
>>>>>>>> still slow to load, and more and more often, emails take longer and 
>>>>>>>> longer to open. My sister just installed Mavericks and loves how "it's 
>>>>>>>> so much faster than Mountain Lion!" Well, she's lucky, because 10.9 
>>>>>>>> was a step backward for me, and apparently you as well. Let us know if 
>>>>>>>> the reinstall helps, as that is looking like my only option as well, 
>>>>>>>> as much as I hate to say it.
>>>>>>>>> On Jan 24, 2014, at 10:53 AM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Sounds like you might want to do an OS reinstall.  Back your drives 
>>>>>>>>> then do the install fresh after hard formatting the principal drive 
>>>>>>>>> your OS was on.  A bit dramatic, takes about two and a half hours, 
>>>>>>>>> but, well worth the effort.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the 
>>>>>>>>> blind built-in!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 
>>>>>>>>> user!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 24, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> This is starting to get unbelievably frustrating as when I get to 
>>>>>>>>>> work I expect to work and not deal with hours of hours of VoiceOver 
>>>>>>>>>> problems. I just did a system repair and all was working fine for 
>>>>>>>>>> two days and now VoiceOver is back to being unbelievably choppy when 
>>>>>>>>>> reading anything. Multiple voices are choppy and it is not just one 
>>>>>>>>>> program where the choppiness occurs. I can't read an email all the 
>>>>>>>>>> way through without having to use VO and the arrows for all the 
>>>>>>>>>> words I can't understand or VO skips. Any ideas? According to Apple 
>>>>>>>>>> customer support and yeah VO just crapped out as I typed the word 
>>>>>>>>>> support I have enough RAM for what I am doing, and they are clueless 
>>>>>>>>>> to what the issue can be. Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>> 
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