Re: InfoVox iVox voices on Bigsur

2020-11-20 Thread 'Matthew Dierckens' via MacVisionaries
All it said in the press release was that they were focussing on argumentative and alternative communication. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified assistive technology specialist Macintosh, iOS, and windows Trainer > On Nov 19, 2020, at 23:57, 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries > wrote: >

Re: InfoVox iVox voices on Bigsur

2020-11-19 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
Really? Wonder what their explanation is for discontinuing them for silicon Macs. Good thing I'm not due for a new computer for a long time. Regards, Shawn, Sent from Sophia, the MacBook Air Want to join my WhatsApp groups such as Echo Enthusiasts, Accessibility Matters, Mac Users And Newbies

InfoVox iVox voices on Bigsur

2020-11-19 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, I am advised by Assistive Ware that support for their Voices will be discontinued on Mac/OS from 31 August 2021 which is a pity as for me they are better than any Apple voice! After installing InfoVox iVox Voice Manager 4.6 from the Assistive Ware web site these Voices now work fine on

Re: infoVox iVox Voices on Bigsur

2020-11-16 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
ote: > > Hello, > FYI the infoVox iVox voices currently do not work on Mac/Os Bigsur. I have > contacted their support team and have been advised that this is a known issue > which will be fixed by an update to their App next week. > Thesed are my favorite voices so that is go

infoVox iVox Voices on Bigsur

2020-11-15 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, FYI the infoVox iVox voices currently do not work on Mac/Os Bigsur. I have contacted their support team and have been advised that this is a known issue which will be fixed by an update to their App next week. Thesed are my favorite voices so that is goodnews. Best … Paul Hopewell

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread Michael Marshall
i'm from australia and no australian sounds like Karen does. She actually sounds a lot like a politician. On 3 Feb 2015, at 4:32 am, CHUCK REICHEL soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, May be they got the Samantha Voice from Aliens? Hence thats why she doesn't sound human! :)

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread Matthew Dierckens
The InfoVox voices are pretty good. Very responsive, sound amazing at very fast rates, and well worth the $20 per voice. God bless. :) Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670, extension 3 work

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, I particularly like Ryan and Heather of the Infovox voices. -- Cheryl Move forward by looking back! Above all, fear the Lord and worship Him faithfully with all your heart; consider the great things He has done for you. (1 Samuel 12:24 (HCSB) On Feb 2, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Anders Holmberg

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! This depends on your liking of course. But you have a lot of english voices built-in. Many use the Alex voice and loves it. I use Moira for english which is also built-in. But i have used and still have a license for the ivox voices. They are quite good and much faster on the mac than on a

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread BBS
: Monday, February 02, 2015 4:34 PM Subject: Re: Infovox iVox Voices Hi! This depends on your liking of course. But you have a lot of english voices built-in. Many use the Alex voice and loves it. I use Moira for english which is also built-in. But i have used and still have a license for the ivox

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Actually, I still like the Infovox voices; have been using them for quite a while. But occasionally Alex somehow takes over and I have to turn voiceover off and back on again to fix this. I don't at all think the Infovox voices now sound like carap but I realize that voices are a very

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi, May be they got the Samantha Voice from Aliens? Hence thats why she doesn't sound human! :) Chuck On Feb 1, 2015, at 3:51 PM, The Believer wrote: Yes that is why I am looking into this. It does not take long for me to tune out, especially when reading repetitive material, like file

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread The Believer
Heh, could be, for she sounds wonderful. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 2/2/2015 9:32 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote: Hi, May be they got the Samantha Voice from Aliens? Hence thats why she doesn't sound human! :) Chuck On Feb 1, 2015, at 3:51

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-01 Thread The Believer
Same voices in Yosemite as in Mavericks? How is Samantha? I tried setting up both her and Alex for different things in Mavericks and found it way too confusing. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 2/1/2015 2:33 PM, Devin Prater wrote: Alex is

Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-01 Thread The Believer
I am currently using Samantha in Mavericks. I have been thinking about trying Infovox. Is anyone using those voices? Worth the extra money? What about the voices in Yosemite? Are there more choices, better quality, etc? From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true?

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-01 Thread BBS
@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 2:51 PM Subject: Re: Infovox iVox Voices Yes that is why I am looking into this. It does not take long for me to tune out, especially when reading repetitive material, like file names. Samantha is good but she ain't human. From The Believer

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-01 Thread BBS
From My White Macbook - Original Message - From: The Believer ancient.ali...@icloud.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 4:55 PM Subject: Re: Infovox iVox Voices Same voices in Yosemite as in Mavericks? How is Samantha? I tried setting up both her

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-01 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi. I'm not too fond about the new Infovox voices. In my opinion, they've replaced quality for features like making exclamations and such. I've reported to this to them and hopefully they'll make better quality voices in the future. Don't get me wrong, I like that ability to get more expressive

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-01 Thread Devin Prater
Alex is better in Yosemite. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 1, 2015, at 2:34 PM, The Believer ancient.ali...@icloud.com wrote: I am currently using Samantha in Mavericks. I have been thinking about trying Infovox. Is anyone using those voices? Worth the extra money? What about the voices

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-01 Thread The Believer
Yes that is why I am looking into this. It does not take long for me to tune out, especially when reading repetitive material, like file names. Samantha is good but she ain't human. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 2/1/2015 12:47 PM, Shawn

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-01 Thread Michael Marshall
The Alex voice still does that ridiculous thing where it it spells out some words witch can make things very interesting. Michael On 2 Feb 2015, at 9:55 am, The Believer ancient.ali...@icloud.com wrote: Same voices in Yosemite as in Mavericks? How is Samantha? I tried setting up both her

Re: just thought this might interest some who own infovox ivox voices

2011-09-30 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey where did you hear about Infovox Ivox 3? I went to the Infovox Ivox page in assistiveware's website and couldn't find anything about it. Sounds exciting though, because there's a new voice I've been wanting to try out. Shawn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: just thought this might interest some who own infovox ivox voices

2011-09-30 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi, Well i use this app called unofficial which gives you all the latest on various unreleased applications. Nah, just joking. I asked support for the issue of reactivating all the time when upgrading and other, and got the tidbit. Best Yuma On 1/10/2011, at 3:22 AM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote:

just thought this might interest some who own infovox ivox voices

2011-09-29 Thread Yuma Decaux
I've had issues with the activation sometimes when upgrading or changing systems, cleaning up my permissions tables or other tasks. It seems as though infovox ivox 3 is about to come out which will resolve this issue. If it's a full version upgrade, there must be some goodies waiting :) Best

Re: just thought this might interest some who own infovox ivox voices

2011-09-29 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Yuma. Have you tried installing the patch for the Infovox Ivox voices? It's supposed to let you register the voices with Lion. Shawn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries

Re: just thought this might interest some who own infovox ivox voices

2011-09-29 Thread Yuma Decaux
Yep i've done that. But sometimes i get activation issues randomly obliging me to deactivate and reactivate. But it's all good. That's about to be fixed Best Yuma On 30/09/2011, at 11:32 AM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: Hey Yuma. Have you tried installing the patch for the Infovox Ivox voices

Re: Infovox iVox voices in foreign languages testers needed

2009-09-07 Thread Koumanova Rostislava
hi david , i would like to try the russian voices. can you let me know if i can, i have the russian account and i am considering to buy this aditional language . rossy Il giorno 06/set/2009, alle ore 19.11, David Niemeijer ha scritto: Hi, We now have quite a number of voices in the

Infovox iVox voices in foreign languages testers needed

2009-09-06 Thread David Niemeijer
Hi, We now have quite a number of voices in the Infovox iVox 2 public beta. In addition to the languages made available when the public beta was announced we have now also added Dutch, Flemish/Belgian Dutch and Danish. We could still use some pre-pubic beta testers for the following

Snow Leopard compatible Infovox iVox voices now in public beta

2009-08-28 Thread David Niemeijer
Hi Everyone, Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today announced a public beta of Infovox iVox 2.0. Infovox iVox 2.0 brings Snow Leopard compatibility, significantly improves performance and responsiveness and adds a number of new voices for the following languages: Arabic, French, German,

[Mac-cessibility News] Assistiveware Releases Public Beta of the Infovox iVox Voices

2009-08-28 Thread Maccessibility
Assistiveware Releases Public Beta of the Infovox iVox Voices AssistiveWare today announced a public beta of Infovox iVox v2.0. Version 2.0 brings Snow Leopard compatibility, significant improvements to performance and responsiveness, and adds a number of new voices including Arabic, French

Seeking VoiceOver users to test Infovox iVox voices in foreign languages

2009-08-26 Thread David Niemeijer
Hi, As you may have read we will release Infovox iVox 2.0 for Snow Leopard compatibility as public beta later this week. Not all languages will be available at once as we do want to make sure that each language receives basic testing before it is made available as part of the public

Infovox iVox voices and Snow Leopard

2009-08-24 Thread David Niemeijer
Hi, Infovox iVox 1.3 will not work on Snow Leopard. Infovox iVox 2.0 will be required. This will be a free update. As iVox 2.0 required a major rewrite for compatibility with Snow Leopard and Apple has released Snow Leopard earlier than they had said previously we do not have a final

Re: Infovox iVox voices and Snow Leopard

2009-08-24 Thread william lomas
which new voices are included? just curious? again many thanks will On 24 Aug 2009, at 17:24, David Niemeijer wrote: Hi, Infovox iVox 1.3 will not work on Snow Leopard. Infovox iVox 2.0 will be required. This will be a free update. As iVox 2.0 required a major rewrite for compatibility

Re: Infovox iVox voices and Snow Leopard

2009-08-24 Thread David Niemeijer
Will, On Aug 24, 2009, at 7:02 PM, william lomas wrote: which new voices are included? just curious? Just wait a few more days and you will see what new languages and voices are available... Patience is supposed to be a virtue :-) david.