Hello Thuy,
This is a very good question,
According to my research, it is possible to use a third-party synthesizer as
the voice used on the Nanno when syncing from a Mac. However, from what I
can tell, in order to accomplish this, in addition to having the latest
version of iTunes, you must also have an iPod Nanno 5th generation device.
Of course, Apple makes no guarantees as to the compatibility of third party
speech engines.
Mark
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thuy
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 3:04 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Finding An Old Love On A New Device
Hey Mark. Is it possible to generate voice clips with other TTS
engines on the Mac? When I set up my girlfriend's shuffle with VO, it
automatically used Alex, and I didn't have any choices. I wanted to
use one of the Acapella voices from Infovox, but wasn't able to do
that even when I had set up the system voice to Lucy or Rachel. Any
ideas?
Cheers
Thuy
On 10/05/2010, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote:
Hello Everyone,
I am cross-posting this to both the Mac and iPhone mailing lists for
reasons
that I hope members of both will understand. If not, then, I hope you
will
appreciate the mystery. (Smile)
CHAPTER 1:
As my iPhone 3GS is my primary means of communicating with the outside
world, VoiceOver is the synthesizer I use the most. As we all know, the
lovely Samantha is the US English voice/personality. Unlike many I have
talked to, I really adore her and for quite a while have been searching
for
a way to bring her to my MacBook Pro. The search has not gone well.
CHAPTER 2:
I exercise 5 days out of the week. I run between 6 to 7 miles during each
session. Until recently, I was moderately satisfied with an off-the-shelf
MP3 player, used to listen to either music or podcasts during my runs. It
had always been my intention to purchase RockBox but, as I do not own a
compatible device, the purchase had been placed on the virtual shelf, to
coin a phrase.
CHAPTER 3:
Three days ago, I stopped in at one of my local Apple stores. While
there,
I decided to purchase a 16GB Black 5th Generation iPod Nanno.
Upon attaching the Nanno to my Windows iTunes PC, I discovered that I
could
generate the menu and items voice from any of my computer system's
installed
voices. As I have both ZoomText and Jaws installed on the computer in
question, I have a wide variety of high quality SAPI 5 voices from which
to
choose. I was almost ready to make a selection when I discovered that
there
is an option to generate the Nanno's spoken menu and items synthesizer
using
VoiceOver.
Generating spoken menus and items using VoiceOver via a Windows
computer? Yep!!! You heard me right.
Ever the Curious George, I selected this option.
Imagine my delight to discover that after iTunes and the Nanno danced the
Technology Tango, I found that my old love, Samantha, is the synthesized
voice on my new Nanno.
CHAPTER 4:
So, instead of purchasing both a new MP3 player and a copy of RockBox, I
will now use my new Nanno, graced with the presence of my beloved
Samantha,
to, as the saying should have gone, Run west, young man, run west.
Oh! And for those of you who may be wondering why I simply don't use my
iPhone 3GS as an MP3 player during my runs? It's because I can more
easily
protect the Nanno against sweat and damage. Also, I prefer to conserve as
much battery power on my 3GS as possible.
The End
Mark
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