Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Seyoon Choi]

My only question is, being a Windows and Mac user I know for the fact that 
those Siri voices are named as “Nicky” and “Aaron” so I am wondering if Apple 
is planning to officially give away the names for these voices or not. I know 
Samantha was officially called out on iOS 9 when you are selecting voice but by 
then everyone knew who she was, haha. 
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> On Mar 16, 2016, at 12:19 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes good point, 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Caitlyn Furness
> Sent: Monday, 14 March 2016 5:58 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> just to add to this, Fuji is also a kind of apple..
> Caitlyn
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:07 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Or, they could do a deal with mcdonalds The big Mac OSX
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
>> Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2016 12:30 AM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> In which case, I’d have named the next Mac OS Cat fish!!!  Next, it would be 
>> Meat Loaf.  After that, Hamburger or maybe Hot Dog.  CAn y’all just imagine 
>> that?
>> 
>> 
>> 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, Verizon 
>> Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 4:37 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I asked Siri where Fuji is located in California. She informed me that 
>>> there is a restaurant by the name of Fuji Suchi in Turlock, California. If 
>>> you ask me, it sounds like the people at Apple were thinking with their 
>>> stomachs lol.
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>>>> 
>>>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn 
>>>>> Krasniuk
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I 
>>>>> hope we'll get to use Siri.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Shawn
>>>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>>> 
>>>>

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Simon Fogarty]

Yes good point, 


-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Caitlyn Furness
Sent: Monday, 14 March 2016 5:58 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

just to add to this, Fuji is also a kind of apple..
Caitlyn

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:07 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> Or, they could do a deal with mcdonalds The big Mac OSX
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
> Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2016 12:30 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> In which case, I’d have named the next Mac OS Cat fish!!!  Next, it would be 
> Meat Loaf.  After that, Hamburger or maybe Hot Dog.  CAn y’all just imagine 
> that?
> 
> 
> 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, Verizon 
> Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 4:37 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I asked Siri where Fuji is located in California. She informed me that there 
>> is a restaurant by the name of Fuji Suchi in Turlock, California. If you ask 
>> me, it sounds like the people at Apple were thinking with their stomachs lol.
>> 
>> Shawn
>> Sent From My White MacBook
>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>>> 
>>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn 
>>>> Krasniuk
>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I 
>>>> hope we'll get to use Siri.
>>>> 
>>>> Shawn
>>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the 
>>>>> default dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  
>>>>> Actually, that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of 
>>>>> us thought it was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered 
>>>>> that in fact the voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got 
>>>>> in to IOS9 that the Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made 
>>>>> available for Voice Over.  So, Looks like both you and I might have to 
>>>>> spring for new Macs: that is, unless I really really want to try pushing 
>>>>> this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  
>>>>> I might just attempt it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my Mac, The only computer with full accessibility for 
>>>>> the blind built-in
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sincerely, 

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Jonathan Cohn]

no, I was referring  o the dictation commands that are now available under 
accessibility. These types of functions have been available for the Macintosh 
for twenty years.

You can add additional commands by using the automator. So for example if you 
had the automator run my AppleScript to hide the preview pane, then you could 
click the dictation shortcut and say hide preview pane and voila it would be 
gone!

> On Mar 14, 2016, at 09:46, Jessica Moss  wrote:
> 
> Ok, are you referring to intellitalk, that I think was a word processor 
> program, that had extremely normal-sounding speech, but was slow as ever?  I 
> loved that as opposed to prowords, that worked with the echo, and so did one 
> of my classmates, so it was kind of a battle over it, and the only drawback I 
> found with it, was you had to have help getting it up and runing, and it 
> always had to catch up when you typed.
>  I wasn’t sure though, if it came with the mac, or if you had to purchase it 
> separately.
>> On Mar 14, 2016, at 8:41 AM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
>> 
>> The spoken interface actually dated back to the v7 days. When UUNET got 
>> Macintosh computers for the sales staff in 94-95 there was already the 
>> ability to give spoken commands and get responses. And in fact if you 
>> remember from the Steve Jobs movie even the first Macintosh ad MacSpeech 
>> which never left the system, but was not very functional beyond saying 
>> “Do you want to play a game”.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 13, 2016, at 19:07, Sabahattin Gucukoglu  wrote:
>>> 
>>> There was also a “Spoken Interface Preview”, which was the precursor to 
>>> VoiceOver, introduced as a separate download for Mac OS X 10.3.
>>> 
>>> Leopard was when things really started to shape up, and when Alex was 
>>> introduced.  It’s when I jumped on board the Macintosh train for sure.
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Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Jessica Moss]

Ok, are you referring to intellitalk, that I think was a word processor 
program, that had extremely normal-sounding speech, but was slow as ever?  I 
loved that as opposed to prowords, that worked with the echo, and so did one of 
my classmates, so it was kind of a battle over it, and the only drawback I 
found with it, was you had to have help getting it up and runing, and it always 
had to catch up when you typed.
  I wasn’t sure though, if it came with the mac, or if you had to purchase it 
separately.
> On Mar 14, 2016, at 8:41 AM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
> 
> The spoken interface actually dated back to the v7 days. When UUNET got 
> Macintosh computers for the sales staff in 94-95 there was already the 
> ability to give spoken commands and get responses. And in fact if you 
> remember from the Steve Jobs movie even the first Macintosh ad MacSpeech 
> which never left the system, but was not very functional beyond saying 
> “Do you want to play a game”.
> 
> 
>> On Mar 13, 2016, at 19:07, Sabahattin Gucukoglu  wrote:
>> 
>> There was also a “Spoken Interface Preview”, which was the precursor to 
>> VoiceOver, introduced as a separate download for Mac OS X 10.3.
>> 
>> Leopard was when things really started to shape up, and when Alex was 
>> introduced.  It’s when I jumped on board the Macintosh train for sure.
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Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Jonathan Cohn]

The spoken interface actually dated back to the v7 days. When UUNET got 
Macintosh computers for the sales staff in 94-95 there was already the ability 
to give spoken commands and get responses. And in fact if you remember from the 
Steve Jobs movie even the first Macintosh ad MacSpeech which never left the 
system, but was not very functional beyond saying 
“Do you want to play a game”.


> On Mar 13, 2016, at 19:07, Sabahattin Gucukoglu  wrote:
> 
> There was also a “Spoken Interface Preview”, which was the precursor to 
> VoiceOver, introduced as a separate download for Mac OS X 10.3.
> 
> Leopard was when things really started to shape up, and when Alex was 
> introduced.  It’s when I jumped on board the Macintosh train for sure.
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Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Carter Temm]

It was officially released in 10.4, although there was a screen reader beta in 
10.3

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 13, 2016, at 9:37 AM, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My memory is that 10.3 had UI Scripting the Macintosh equivalent of 
> Microsoft’s UIA to query applications and provide links for accessibility 
> tools. The next version after that was the one that had VoiceOver, but it did 
> not have nearly as much functionality as our current VoiceOver. 
> 
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 13, 2016, at 10:21, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> You took the words right out of my mouth, I was going to ask when was voice 
>> over introduced.
>>> On 13 Mar 2016, at 13:08, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Really, was voiceover around then? I must have missed something.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 10:13 PM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Actually, Jaguar was either 10.2 or 10.1. Can somebody that has used a Mac 
>>>> longer than I have chime in here?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Shawn
>>>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10
>>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>>> Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper
>>>> Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jessica Moss
>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:38 PM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> Think they forgot “Jaguar,” “lynx,” “bobbcat,” and that may be it after 
>>>> that lol.
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yeah,pantha tiger, lion, mountain goat, snow leopard,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think they ran out of cat types.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Guess there are only a surtain number of names they can use.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:11 PM
>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>>> 
>>>>> A few years ago they were about cats.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring 
>>>&

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Sabahattin Gucukoglu]

There was also a “Spoken Interface Preview”, which was the precursor to 
VoiceOver, introduced as a separate download for Mac OS X 10.3.

Leopard was when things really started to shape up, and when Alex was 
introduced.  It’s when I jumped on board the Macintosh train for sure.

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Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[David Chittenden]

VoiceOver was introduced in OSX Tiger.

David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
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Sent from my iPhone

> On 14 Mar 2016, at 03:21, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> You took the words right out of my mouth, I was going to ask when was voice 
> over introduced.
>> On 13 Mar 2016, at 13:08, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Really, was voiceover around then? I must have missed something.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 10:13 PM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Actually, Jaguar was either 10.2 or 10.1. Can somebody that has used a Mac 
>>> longer than I have chime in here?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10
>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper
>>> Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jessica Moss
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:38 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> Think they forgot “Jaguar,” “lynx,” “bobbcat,” and that may be it after 
>>> that lol.
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Yeah,pantha tiger, lion, mountain goat, snow leopard,
>>>> 
>>>> I think they ran out of cat types.
>>>> 
>>>> Guess there are only a surtain number of names they can use.
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:11 PM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> A few years ago they were about cats.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>>> 
>>>>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>>>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I 
>>>>>> hope we'll get to use Siri.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Shawn
>>>>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>>>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>>>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>>>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>>>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under th

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Caitlyn Furness]

just to add to this, Fuji is also a kind of apple..
Caitlyn

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:07 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> Or, they could do a deal with mcdonalds 
> The big Mac OSX 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
> Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2016 12:30 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> In which case, I’d have named the next Mac OS Cat fish!!!  Next, it would be 
> Meat Loaf.  After that, Hamburger or maybe Hot Dog.  CAn y’all just imagine 
> that?
> 
> 
> 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, Verizon 
> Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 4:37 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I asked Siri where Fuji is located in California. She informed me that there 
>> is a restaurant by the name of Fuji Suchi in Turlock, California. If you ask 
>> me, it sounds like the people at Apple were thinking with their stomachs lol.
>> 
>> Shawn
>> Sent From My White MacBook
>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>>> 
>>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I 
>>>> hope we'll get to use Siri.
>>>> 
>>>> Shawn
>>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the 
>>>>> default dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  
>>>>> Actually, that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of 
>>>>> us thought it was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered 
>>>>> that in fact the voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got 
>>>>> in to IOS9 that the Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made 
>>>>> available for Voice Over.  So, Looks like both you and I might have to 
>>>>> spring for new Macs: that is, unless I really really want to try pushing 
>>>>> this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  
>>>>> I might just attempt it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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, 
>>>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I heard some

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Caitlyn Furness]

Before Jaguar, there was panther..  We didn’t have vo oil tiger.

Caitlyn

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:38 PM, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Think they forgot “Jaguar,” “lynx,” “bobbcat,” and that may be it after that 
> lol.
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah,pantha tiger, lion, mountain goat, snow leopard,
>> 
>> I think they ran out of cat types.
>> 
>> Guess there are only a surtain number of names they can use.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:11 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> A few years ago they were about cats.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>>> 
>>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I 
>>>> hope we'll get to use Siri.
>>>> 
>>>> Shawn
>>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the 
>>>>> default dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  
>>>>> Actually, that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of 
>>>>> us thought it was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered 
>>>>> that in fact the voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got 
>>>>> in to IOS9 that the Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made 
>>>>> available for Voice Over.  So, Looks like both you and I might have to 
>>>>> spring for new Macs: that is, unless I really really want to try pushing 
>>>>> this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  
>>>>> I might just attempt it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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, 
>>>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that 
>>>>>> Nuance was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and 
>>>>>> the other was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. 
>>>>>> I just hope that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of 
>>>>>> mine said that me upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it 
>>>>>> and that I should've stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will 
>>>

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

['Jason White' via MacVisionaries]

Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
> My memory is that 10.3 had UI Scripting the Macintosh equivalent of
> Microsoft’s UIA to query applications and provide links for accessibility
> tools. The next version after that was the one that had VoiceOver, but it
> did not have nearly as much functionality as our current VoiceOver. 


For completeness, it's worth noting that Apple redesigned their accessibility
API for version 10.10.

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Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Jonathan Cohn]

My memory is that 10.3 had UI Scripting the Macintosh equivalent of Microsoft’s 
UIA to query applications and provide links for accessibility tools. The next 
version after that was the one that had VoiceOver, but it did not have nearly 
as much functionality as our current VoiceOver. 



Best wishes,

Jonathan



> On Mar 13, 2016, at 10:21, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> You took the words right out of my mouth, I was going to ask when was voice 
> over introduced.
>> On 13 Mar 2016, at 13:08, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:junglebookfa...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Really, was voiceover around then? I must have missed something.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 10:13 PM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com 
>>> <mailto:bbssh...@icloud.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Actually, Jaguar was either 10.2 or 10.1. Can somebody that has used a Mac 
>>> longer than I have chime in here?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10
>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper
>>> Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com <mailto:bbssh...@icloud.com>
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Jessica Moss
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:38 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> Think they forgot “Jaguar,” “lynx,” “bobbcat,” and that may be it after 
>>> that lol.
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com 
>>>> <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Yeah,pantha tiger, lion, mountain goat, snow leopard,
>>>> 
>>>> I think they ran out of cat types.
>>>> 
>>>> Guess there are only a surtain number of names they can use.
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:11 PM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> A few years ago they were about cats.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com 
>>>>> <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> 
>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>>> 
>>>>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com 
>>>>>> <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> 
>>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>&g

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Kawal Gucukoglu]

You took the words right out of my mouth, I was going to ask when was voice 
over introduced.
> On 13 Mar 2016, at 13:08, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Really, was voiceover around then? I must have missed something.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 10:13 PM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Actually, Jaguar was either 10.2 or 10.1. Can somebody that has used a Mac 
>> longer than I have chime in here?
>> 
>> 
>> Shawn
>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10
>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>> Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper
>> Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jessica Moss
>> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:38 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> Think they forgot “Jaguar,” “lynx,” “bobbcat,” and that may be it after that 
>> lol.
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yeah,pantha tiger, lion, mountain goat, snow leopard,
>>> 
>>> I think they ran out of cat types.
>>> 
>>> Guess there are only a surtain number of names they can use.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:11 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> A few years ago they were about cats.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>>>> 
>>>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I 
>>>>> hope we'll get to use Siri.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Shawn
>>>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the 
>>>>>> default dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  
>>>>>> Actually, that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of 
>>>>>> us thought it was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered 
>>>>>> that in fact the voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got 
>>>>>> in to IOS9 that the Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made 
>>>>>> available for Voice Over.  So, Looks like both you and I might have to 
>>>>>> spring for new Macs: that is, unless I r

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Jessica Moss]

Really, was voiceover around then? I must have missed something.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 10:13 PM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> Actually, Jaguar was either 10.2 or 10.1. Can somebody that has used a Mac 
> longer than I have chime in here?
> 
> 
> Shawn
> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10
> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
> Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper
> Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jessica Moss
> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:38 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> Think they forgot “Jaguar,” “lynx,” “bobbcat,” and that may be it after that 
> lol.
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah,pantha tiger, lion, mountain goat, snow leopard,
>> 
>> I think they ran out of cat types.
>> 
>> Guess there are only a surtain number of names they can use.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:11 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> A few years ago they were about cats.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>>> 
>>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I 
>>>> hope we'll get to use Siri.
>>>> 
>>>> Shawn
>>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the 
>>>>> default dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  
>>>>> Actually, that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of 
>>>>> us thought it was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered 
>>>>> that in fact the voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got 
>>>>> in to IOS9 that the Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made 
>>>>> available for Voice Over.  So, Looks like both you and I might have to 
>>>>> spring for new Macs: that is, unless I really really want to try pushing 
>>>>> this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  
>>>>> I might just attempt it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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, 
>>>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>>>> 
>>

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Simon Fogarty]

Tiger was 10.4 leopard 10.5, snow leopard 10.6 
I think pantha was 10.3 

Infact wikapedia  gives the following:


Cheetah (10.0) · 
 Puma (10.1) · 
 Jaguar (10.2) · 
 Panther (10.3) · 
 Tiger (10.4) · 
 Leopard (10.5) · 
 Snow Leopard (10.6) · 
 Lion (10.7) · 
 Mountain Lion (10.8) · 
 Mavericks (10.9) · 
 Yosemite (10.10) · 
 El Capitan (10.11)
  
-

Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of BBS
Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2016 4:14 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Actually, Jaguar was either 10.2 or 10.1. Can somebody that has used a Mac 
longer than I have chime in here?


Shawn
Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10 Twitter Handle: 
shawnk_aka_bbs Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Skype Username: 
bbstheblindrapper Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Jessica Moss
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:38 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Think they forgot “Jaguar,” “lynx,” “bobbcat,” and that may be it after that 
lol.
> On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeah,pantha tiger, lion, mountain goat, snow leopard,
> 
> I think they ran out of cat types.
> 
> Guess there are only a surtain number of names they can use.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:11 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> A few years ago they were about cats.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>> 
>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope 
>>> we'll get to use Siri.
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
>>>> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
>>>> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought 
>>>> it was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact 
>>>> the voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that 
>>>> the Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice 
>>>> Over.  So, Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: 
>>>> that is, unless I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book 
>>>> pro in to the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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, 
>>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>>> 
>>>>> On 

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[BBS]

Actually, Jaguar was either 10.2 or 10.1. Can somebody that has used a Mac 
longer than I have chime in here?


Shawn
Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10
Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper
Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Jessica Moss
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:38 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Think they forgot “Jaguar,” “lynx,” “bobbcat,” and that may be it after that 
lol.
> On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeah,pantha tiger, lion, mountain goat, snow leopard,
> 
> I think they ran out of cat types.
> 
> Guess there are only a surtain number of names they can use.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:11 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> A few years ago they were about cats.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>> 
>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope 
>>> we'll get to use Siri.
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
>>>> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
>>>> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought 
>>>> it was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact 
>>>> the voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that 
>>>> the Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice 
>>>> Over.  So, Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: 
>>>> that is, unless I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book 
>>>> pro in to the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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, 
>>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that 
>>>>> Nuance was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the 
>>>>> other was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I 
>>>>> just hope that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine 
>>>>> said that me upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and 
>>>>> that I should've stayed on Yosemite. So I won

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Jessica Moss]

Think they forgot “Jaguar,” “lynx,” “bobbcat,” and that may be it after that 
lol.
> On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeah,pantha tiger, lion, mountain goat, snow leopard,
> 
> I think they ran out of cat types.
> 
> Guess there are only a surtain number of names they can use.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:11 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> A few years ago they were about cats.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>> 
>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope 
>>> we'll get to use Siri.
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
>>>> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
>>>> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought 
>>>> it was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact 
>>>> the voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that 
>>>> the Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice 
>>>> Over.  So, Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: 
>>>> that is, unless I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book 
>>>> pro in to the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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, 
>>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that 
>>>>> Nuance was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the 
>>>>> other was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I 
>>>>> just hope that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine 
>>>>> said that me upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and 
>>>>> that I should've stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be 
>>>>> able to handle Fuji? If not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Shawn
>>>>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10 Twitter
>>>>> Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Skype
>>>>> Username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.co

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Simon Fogarty]

Apple Pie and hokey Pokey icecream!

Dam I'm getting hungry!

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Devin Prater
Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2016 5:37 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Hmm, but then they'd be thinking more like Google, with their dessert stuff.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 5:30 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> In which case, I’d have named the next Mac OS Cat fish!!!  Next, it would be 
> Meat Loaf.  After that, Hamburger or maybe Hot Dog.  CAn y’all just imagine 
> that?
> 
> 
> 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, 
> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 4:37 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I asked Siri where Fuji is located in California. She informed me that there 
>> is a restaurant by the name of Fuji Suchi in Turlock, California. If you ask 
>> me, it sounds like the people at Apple were thinking with their stomachs lol.
>> 
>> Shawn
>> Sent From My White MacBook
>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>>> 
>>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-----
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn 
>>>> Krasniuk
>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I 
>>>> hope we'll get to use Siri.
>>>> 
>>>> Shawn
>>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the 
>>>>> default dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  
>>>>> Actually, that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of 
>>>>> us thought it was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered 
>>>>> that in fact the voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got 
>>>>> in to IOS9 that the Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made 
>>>>> available for Voice Over.  So, Looks like both you and I might have to 
>>>>> spring for new Macs: that is, unless I really really want to try pushing 
>>>>> this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  
>>>>> I might just attempt it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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, 
>>>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I hea

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Simon Fogarty]

Or, they could do a deal with mcdonalds 
The big Mac OSX 


-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2016 12:30 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

In which case, I’d have named the next Mac OS Cat fish!!!  Next, it would be 
Meat Loaf.  After that, Hamburger or maybe Hot Dog.  CAn y’all just imagine 
that?


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, Verizon 
Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 4:37 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> I asked Siri where Fuji is located in California. She informed me that there 
> is a restaurant by the name of Fuji Suchi in Turlock, California. If you ask 
> me, it sounds like the people at Apple were thinking with their stomachs lol.
> 
> Shawn
> Sent From My White MacBook
> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>> 
>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope 
>>> we'll get to use Siri.
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
>>>> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
>>>> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought 
>>>> it was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact 
>>>> the voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that 
>>>> the Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice 
>>>> Over.  So, Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: 
>>>> that is, unless I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book 
>>>> pro in to the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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, 
>>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that 
>>>>> Nuance was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the 
>>>>> other was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I 
>>>>> just hope that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine 
>>>>> said that me upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and 
>>>>> that I should've stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be 
>>>>> able to handle Fuji? If not, I guess I'll have

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Simon Fogarty]

I guess tim cook will tell us in june 

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 11:37 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

I asked Siri where Fuji is located in California. She informed me that there is 
a restaurant by the name of Fuji Suchi in Turlock, California. If you ask me, 
it sounds like the people at Apple were thinking with their stomachs lol.

Shawn
Sent From My White MacBook
Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
> 
> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> 
>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for the 
>> public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope 
>> we'll get to use Siri.
>> 
>> Shawn
>> Sent From My White MacBook
>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
>>> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
>>> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought it 
>>> was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact the 
>>> voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that the 
>>> Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice Over.  
>>> So, Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: that is, 
>>> unless I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to 
>>> the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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, 
>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that 
>>>> Nuance was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the 
>>>> other was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I just 
>>>> hope that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine said 
>>>> that me upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and that I 
>>>> should've stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be able to 
>>>> handle Fuji? If not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Shawn
>>>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10 Twitter
>>>> Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Skype
>>>> Username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:10 PM
>>>> To: Mac Visionaries List
>>>> Subject: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> While this article doesn’t say anything abou

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Simon Fogarty]

Yeah,pantha tiger, lion, mountain goat, snow leopard,

 I think they ran out of cat types.

 Guess there are only a surtain number of names they can use.

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Devin Prater
Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:11 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

A few years ago they were about cats.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
> 
> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> 
>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for the 
>> public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope 
>> we'll get to use Siri.
>> 
>> Shawn
>> Sent From My White MacBook
>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
>>> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
>>> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought it 
>>> was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact the 
>>> voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that the 
>>> Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice Over.  
>>> So, Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: that is, 
>>> unless I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to 
>>> the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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, 
>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that 
>>>> Nuance was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the 
>>>> other was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I just 
>>>> hope that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine said 
>>>> that me upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and that I 
>>>> should've stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be able to 
>>>> handle Fuji? If not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Shawn
>>>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10 Twitter
>>>> Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Skype
>>>> Username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:10 PM
>>>> To: Mac Visionaries List
>>>> Subject: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> While this article doesn’t say anything about the voices for Siri that we 
>>>> use on the iPHone such as Aaron and some of the other new voices we like 
>>>> there, I kind of wonder if at long last we might be seeing these new 
>>>> vo

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Michael Marshall]

what i really want more than anything is language switching, i know it's on IOS 
but that is the one thing i loved about JAWS. if you came to a german word the 
German speech synthesiser would read it to make it sound authentic.
> On 12 Mar 2016, at 6:43 PM, Shawn Krasniuk  wrote:
> 
> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for the 
> public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope we'll 
> get to use Siri.
> 
> Shawn
> Sent From My White MacBook
> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr  wrote:
>> 
>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
>> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
>> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought it 
>> was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact the 
>> voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that the 
>> Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice Over.  So, 
>> Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: that is, unless 
>> I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the 
>> realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
>> 
>> 
>> 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, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that Nuance 
>>> was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the other 
>>> was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I just hope 
>>> that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine said that me 
>>> upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and that I should've 
>>> stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be able to handle Fuji? 
>>> If not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10
>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper
>>> Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
>>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:10 PM
>>> To: Mac Visionaries List
>>> Subject: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> While this article doesn’t say anything about the voices for Siri that we 
>>> use on the iPHone such as Aaron and some of the other new voices we like 
>>> there, I kind of wonder if at long last we might be seeing these new voices 
>>> come to the Mac in the fall.  
>>> 
>>> http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/24/apple-siri-osx-10-12-2016/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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, Verizon 
>>> Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>> 
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Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Carter Temm]

I must say, apple has a strange way of naming the os X operating system, but so 
does google. As for Aaron and Nikki on the mac, it would not be impossible 
considering they are already available for iOS, and NVDA.
I'm actually surprised no one has figured out how to do this yet. All would be 
needed is the folder for the speech voice on iOS, which could easily be 
obtained using a jailbreak. Considering iOS is 64 bit, the process would most 
likely be pretty straightforward assuming you know what you're doing

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 10:36 AM, Devin Prater <d.pra...@me.com> wrote:
> 
> Hmm, but then they'd be thinking more like Google, with their dessert stuff.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 5:30 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> In which case, I’d have named the next Mac OS Cat fish!!!  Next, it would be 
>> Meat Loaf.  After that, Hamburger or maybe Hot Dog.  CAn y’all just imagine 
>> that?
>> 
>> 
>> 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, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 4:37 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I asked Siri where Fuji is located in California. She informed me that 
>>> there is a restaurant by the name of Fuji Suchi in Turlock, California. If 
>>> you ask me, it sounds like the people at Apple were thinking with their 
>>> stomachs lol.
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>>>> 
>>>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I 
>>>>> hope we'll get to use Siri.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Shawn
>>>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the 
>>>>>> default dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  
>>>>>> Actually, that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of 
>>>>>> us thought it was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered 
>>>>>> that in fact the voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got 
>>>>>> in to IOS9 that the Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made 
>>>>>> available for Voice Over.  So, Looks like both you and I might have to 
>>>>>> spring for new Macs: that is, unless I really really want to try pushing 
>>>>>> this mid 2009 Mac book pro i

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Devin Prater]

Hmm, but then they'd be thinking more like Google, with their dessert stuff.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 5:30 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> In which case, I’d have named the next Mac OS Cat fish!!!  Next, it would be 
> Meat Loaf.  After that, Hamburger or maybe Hot Dog.  CAn y’all just imagine 
> that?
> 
> 
> 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, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 4:37 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I asked Siri where Fuji is located in California. She informed me that there 
>> is a restaurant by the name of Fuji Suchi in Turlock, California. If you ask 
>> me, it sounds like the people at Apple were thinking with their stomachs lol.
>> 
>> Shawn
>> Sent From My White MacBook
>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>>> 
>>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-----
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I 
>>>> hope we'll get to use Siri.
>>>> 
>>>> Shawn
>>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the 
>>>>> default dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  
>>>>> Actually, that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of 
>>>>> us thought it was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered 
>>>>> that in fact the voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got 
>>>>> in to IOS9 that the Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made 
>>>>> available for Voice Over.  So, Looks like both you and I might have to 
>>>>> spring for new Macs: that is, unless I really really want to try pushing 
>>>>> this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  
>>>>> I might just attempt it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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, 
>>>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that 
>>>>>> Nuance was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and 
>>>>>> the other was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. 
>>>>>> I just hope that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of 
>>>

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Ray Foret jr]

In which case, I’d have named the next Mac OS Cat fish!!!  Next, it would be 
Meat Loaf.  After that, Hamburger or maybe Hot Dog.  CAn y’all just imagine 
that?


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, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 4:37 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> I asked Siri where Fuji is located in California. She informed me that there 
> is a restaurant by the name of Fuji Suchi in Turlock, California. If you ask 
> me, it sounds like the people at Apple were thinking with their stomachs lol.
> 
> Shawn
> Sent From My White MacBook
> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
>> 
>> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for 
>>> the public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope 
>>> we'll get to use Siri.
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> Sent From My White MacBook
>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
>>>> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
>>>> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought 
>>>> it was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact 
>>>> the voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that 
>>>> the Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice 
>>>> Over.  So, Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: 
>>>> that is, unless I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book 
>>>> pro in to the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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, 
>>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that 
>>>>> Nuance was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the 
>>>>> other was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I 
>>>>> just hope that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine 
>>>>> said that me upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and 
>>>>> that I should've stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be 
>>>>> able to handle Fuji? If not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Shawn
>>>>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10 Twitter
>>>>> Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Skype
>>>>> Username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime Username: bbssh...@iclo

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Shawn Krasniuk]

I asked Siri where Fuji is located in California. She informed me that there is 
a restaurant by the name of Fuji Suchi in Turlock, California. If you ask me, 
it sounds like the people at Apple were thinking with their stomachs lol.

Shawn
Sent From My White MacBook
Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
> 
> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> 
>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for the 
>> public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope 
>> we'll get to use Siri.
>> 
>> Shawn
>> Sent From My White MacBook
>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
>>> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
>>> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought it 
>>> was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact the 
>>> voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that the 
>>> Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice Over.  
>>> So, Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: that is, 
>>> unless I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to 
>>> the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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, 
>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that 
>>>> Nuance was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the 
>>>> other was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I just 
>>>> hope that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine said 
>>>> that me upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and that I 
>>>> should've stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be able to 
>>>> handle Fuji? If not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Shawn
>>>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10 Twitter
>>>> Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Skype
>>>> Username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:10 PM
>>>> To: Mac Visionaries List
>>>> Subject: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> While this article doesn’t say anything about the voices for Siri that we 
>>>> use on the iPHone such as Aaron and some of the other new voices we like 
>>>> there, I kind of wonder if at long last we might be seeing these new 
>>>> voices come to the Mac in the fall.  
>>>> 
>>>> http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Devin Prater]

A few years ago they were about cats.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?
> 
> Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater
> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> That's the rumored name of the next OS.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>> 
>> So folks, what is Fuji?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
>> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for the 
>> public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope 
>> we'll get to use Siri.
>> 
>> Shawn
>> Sent From My White MacBook
>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
>>> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
>>> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought it 
>>> was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact the 
>>> voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that the 
>>> Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice Over.  
>>> So, Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: that is, 
>>> unless I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to 
>>> the realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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, 
>>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that 
>>>> Nuance was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the 
>>>> other was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I just 
>>>> hope that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine said 
>>>> that me upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and that I 
>>>> should've stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be able to 
>>>> handle Fuji? If not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Shawn
>>>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10 Twitter
>>>> Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Skype
>>>> Username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:10 PM
>>>> To: Mac Visionaries List
>>>> Subject: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> While this article doesn’t say anything about the voices for Siri that we 
>>>> use on the iPHone such as Aaron and some of the other new voices we like 
>>>> there, I kind of wonder if at long last we might be seeing these new 
>>>> voices come to the Mac in the fall.  
>>>> 
>>>> http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/24/apple-siri-osx-10-12-2016/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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, Verizon 
>>>> Wireless iPhone6+ and A

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Simon Fogarty]

Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks?

Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese!



-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Devin Prater
Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

That's the rumored name of the next OS.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> So folks, what is Fuji?
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for the 
> public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope we'll 
> get to use Siri.
> 
> Shawn
> Sent From My White MacBook
> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
>> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
>> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought it 
>> was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact the 
>> voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that the 
>> Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice Over.  So, 
>> Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: that is, unless 
>> I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the 
>> realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
>> 
>> 
>> 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, 
>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that Nuance 
>>> was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the other 
>>> was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I just hope 
>>> that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine said that me 
>>> upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and that I should've 
>>> stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be able to handle Fuji? 
>>> If not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10 Twitter
>>> Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Skype
>>> Username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
>>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:10 PM
>>> To: Mac Visionaries List
>>> Subject: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> While this article doesn’t say anything about the voices for Siri that we 
>>> use on the iPHone such as Aaron and some of the other new voices we like 
>>> there, I kind of wonder if at long last we might be seeing these new voices 
>>> come to the Mac in the fall.  
>>> 
>>> http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/24/apple-siri-osx-10-12-2016/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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, Verizon 
>>> Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>> 
>>> --
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>>> 
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>>> 
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>>> Cara

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Devin Prater]

That's the rumored name of the next OS.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
> 
> So folks, what is Fuji?
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
> Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for the 
> public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope we'll 
> get to use Siri.
> 
> Shawn
> Sent From My White MacBook
> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
>> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
>> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought it 
>> was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact the 
>> voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that the 
>> Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice Over.  So, 
>> Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: that is, unless 
>> I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the 
>> realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
>> 
>> 
>> 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, 
>> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that Nuance 
>>> was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the other 
>>> was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I just hope 
>>> that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine said that me 
>>> upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and that I should've 
>>> stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be able to handle Fuji? 
>>> If not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10 Twitter 
>>> Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Skype 
>>> Username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
>>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:10 PM
>>> To: Mac Visionaries List
>>> Subject: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> While this article doesn’t say anything about the voices for Siri that we 
>>> use on the iPHone such as Aaron and some of the other new voices we like 
>>> there, I kind of wonder if at long last we might be seeing these new voices 
>>> come to the Mac in the fall.  
>>> 
>>> http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/24/apple-siri-osx-10-12-2016/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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, Verizon 
>>> Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>> 
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RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Simon Fogarty]

So folks, what is Fuji?



-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk
Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for the 
public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope we'll 
get to use Siri.

Shawn
Sent From My White MacBook
Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought it 
> was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact the 
> voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that the 
> Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice Over.  So, 
> Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: that is, unless 
> I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the 
> realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
> 
> 
> 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, 
> Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that Nuance 
>> was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the other was 
>> called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I just hope that 
>> older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine said that me 
>> upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and that I should've 
>> stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be able to handle Fuji? 
>> If not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
>> 
>> 
>> Shawn
>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10 Twitter 
>> Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Skype 
>> Username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:10 PM
>> To: Mac Visionaries List
>> Subject: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> While this article doesn’t say anything about the voices for Siri that we 
>> use on the iPHone such as Aaron and some of the other new voices we like 
>> there, I kind of wonder if at long last we might be seeing these new voices 
>> come to the Mac in the fall.  
>> 
>> http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/24/apple-siri-osx-10-12-2016/
>> 
>> 
>> 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, Verizon 
>> Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>> 
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RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Simon Fogarty]

I thought the rumour was that apple were working towards having one operating 
system for all devices, so along the lines of what you have on your iPhone or 
iPad will also be the same os on your mac book eventually.

 Can't see what the problems would be and everything would be constant 

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:38 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought it was 
strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact the voice was 
on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that the Siri voices 
(the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice Over.  So, Looks like 
both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: that is, unless I really 
really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the realm of Foji.  
And you know what?  I might just attempt it.


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, Verizon 
Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that Nuance 
> was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the other was 
> called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I just hope that 
> older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine said that me 
> upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and that I should've 
> stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be able to handle Fuji? If 
> not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
> 
> 
> Shawn
> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10 Twitter Handle: 
> shawnk_aka_bbs Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Skype Username: 
> bbstheblindrapper Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:10 PM
> To: Mac Visionaries List
> Subject: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> While this article doesn’t say anything about the voices for Siri that we use 
> on the iPHone such as Aaron and some of the other new voices we like there, I 
> kind of wonder if at long last we might be seeing these new voices come to 
> the Mac in the fall.  
> 
> http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/24/apple-siri-osx-10-12-2016/
> 
> 
> 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, Verizon 
> Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
> 
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Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Devin Prater]

Aaron, yes. But Zoey isn't the name of the female voice. The female voice is 
Nikki.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:43 AM, Shawn Krasniuk  wrote:
> 
> Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for the 
> public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope we'll 
> get to use Siri.
> 
> Shawn
> Sent From My White MacBook
> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper
> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr  wrote:
>> 
>> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
>> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
>> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought it 
>> was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact the 
>> voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that the 
>> Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice Over.  So, 
>> Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: that is, unless 
>> I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the 
>> realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
>> 
>> 
>> 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, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that Nuance 
>>> was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the other 
>>> was called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I just hope 
>>> that older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine said that me 
>>> upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and that I should've 
>>> stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be able to handle Fuji? 
>>> If not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Shawn
>>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10
>>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>>> Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper
>>> Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
>>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:10 PM
>>> To: Mac Visionaries List
>>> Subject: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>>> 
>>> While this article doesn’t say anything about the voices for Siri that we 
>>> use on the iPHone such as Aaron and some of the other new voices we like 
>>> there, I kind of wonder if at long last we might be seeing these new voices 
>>> come to the Mac in the fall.  
>>> 
>>> http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/24/apple-siri-osx-10-12-2016/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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, Verizon 
>>> Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
>>> 
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Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Shawn Krasniuk]

Oh yeah. So will I. I'll probably be one of the first ones to spring for the 
public beta once it's released. And if our Macs can handle Fuji, I hope we'll 
get to use Siri.

Shawn
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> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Ray Foret jr  wrote:
> 
> Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
> dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
> that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought it 
> was strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact the 
> voice was on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that the 
> Siri voices (the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice Over.  So, 
> Looks like both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: that is, unless 
> I really really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the 
> realm of Foji.  And you know what?  I might just attempt it.
> 
> 
> 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, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS  wrote:
>> 
>> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that Nuance 
>> was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the other was 
>> called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I just hope that 
>> older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine said that me 
>> upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and that I should've 
>> stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be able to handle Fuji? 
>> If not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
>> 
>> 
>> Shawn
>> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10
>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
>> Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper
>> Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
>> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:10 PM
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>> Subject: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
>> 
>> While this article doesn’t say anything about the voices for Siri that we 
>> use on the iPHone such as Aaron and some of the other new voices we like 
>> there, I kind of wonder if at long last we might be seeing these new voices 
>> come to the Mac in the fall.  
>> 
>> http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/24/apple-siri-osx-10-12-2016/
>> 
>> 
>> 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, Verizon 
>> Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
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Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[Ray Foret jr]

Well, got news for yuh, Aaron is already on the iPHone.  Under the default 
dialect, you’d click on what Apple calls the “male Siri” voice.  Actually, 
that’s the newer Siri voice we got back with IOS8 but many of us thought it was 
strictly server side until a jail breaker discovered that in fact the voice was 
on the phone itself.  It wasn’t until we got in to IOS9 that the Siri voices 
(the newer ones I mean) were made available for Voice Over.  So, Looks like 
both you and I might have to spring for new Macs: that is, unless I really 
really want to try pushing this mid 2009 Mac book pro in to the realm of Foji.  
And you know what?  I might just attempt it.


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, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!

> On Mar 12, 2016, at 1:01 AM, BBS  wrote:
> 
> I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that Nuance 
> was developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the other was 
> called Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I just hope that 
> older Macs will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine said that me 
> upgrading to El Capitan on this thing was pushing it and that I should've 
> stayed on Yosemite. So I wonder if this thing will be able to handle Fuji? If 
> not, I guess I'll have to save up for a new Mac.
> 
> 
> Shawn
> Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10
> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
> Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper
> Facetime Username: bbssh...@icloud.com
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:10 PM
> To: Mac Visionaries List
> Subject: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?
> 
> While this article doesn’t say anything about the voices for Siri that we use 
> on the iPHone such as Aaron and some of the other new voices we like there, I 
> kind of wonder if at long last we might be seeing these new voices come to 
> the Mac in the fall.  
> 
> http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/24/apple-siri-osx-10-12-2016/
> 
> 
> 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, Verizon 
> Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
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RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

[BBS]

I heard something similar to that extent from a friend. I heard that Nuance was 
developing new voices for the Mac. One was called Zoey and the other was called 
Aaron. That would be cool if the rumors were true. I just hope that older Macs 
will be able to handle Fuji. A friend of mine said that me upgrading to El 
Capitan on this thing was pushing it and that I should've stayed on Yosemite. 
So I wonder if this thing will be able to handle Fuji? If not, I guess I'll 
have to save up for a new Mac.


Shawn
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Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs
Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk
Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper
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-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 9:10 PM
To: Mac Visionaries List
Subject: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

While this article doesn’t say anything about the voices for Siri that we use 
on the iPHone such as Aaron and some of the other new voices we like there, I 
kind of wonder if at long last we might be seeing these new voices come to the 
Mac in the fall.  

http://9to5mac.com/2016/02/24/apple-siri-osx-10-12-2016/


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