tts bug with some voices Re: New Voices in Mavericks (was, Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?)

2013-10-29 Thread Peter Durieux
Hi listers, Do you all remember the tts bug from some previous versions of osx and ios. The one that misspronaunced emailaddresses and url's. Well those are fixed in ml for the english or french voices. Badly to see that this bug is still around with the dutch voices, are there others that have

Re: New Voices in Mavericks (was, Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?)

2013-10-28 Thread Nicholas Parsons
With the exception of Alex, doesn't it still say the word capital before each letter even with beeps turned on? Whether pitch change or beeps I don't mind, I just don't like it saying capital each time as that three syllable word before each one syllable letter is horribly verbose and slow. --

Re: New Voices in Mavericks (was, Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?)

2013-10-28 Thread BBS
Hi Nick. It’s true that the Nuance voices still say capital before the capital letter. It also says that on the iPhone. Shawn Sent From My White Mac Book On Oct 28, 2013, at 7:08 AM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: With the exception of Alex, doesn't it still say the

Re: New Voices in Mavericks (was, Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?)

2013-10-27 Thread Traci Duncan
Hello, I don’t believe there are any new Australian voices. Just Lee Karen. AS far as the capitol goes, Oliver (the new UK voice), reads capitol T, the same as Compact Samantha. Oddly enough, Alex didn’t indicate capitol or lower-case. I wonder if that is a setting I have created? Traci

Re: New Voices in Mavericks (was, Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?)

2013-10-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Traci, By default, Alex should just change pitch when reading a capital letter but should not say the word capital. This makes reading all caps much easier as you don't get all the unnecessary extra words. The other voices, however, will say capital and change pitch as well, which is

Re: New Voices in Mavericks (was, Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?)

2013-10-27 Thread BBS
Nick, what I’ve done for all the voices, including Alex and the Vocalizer Expressive voices, instead of having it change pitch for capital letters, I have it beep for capital letters. I prefer this behavior because the pitch changes are freaky. Shawn Sent From My White Mac Book On Oct 27,

New Voices in Mavericks (was, Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?)

2013-10-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Two questions: 1. Are there any new Australian English voices? 2. Do the new voices read out capital letters properly, as does Alex, or do they announce both capital and change pitch? On 27/10/2013, at 3:59 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, if you go into Voiceover’s speech settings

Re: New Voices in Mavericks (was, Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?)

2013-10-26 Thread Alex Hall
No, I don’t think there are new Australian voices. No, that capital letter oddity is still present, at least in Ava. On Oct 26, 2013, at 1:24 PM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: Two questions: 1. Are there any new Australian English voices? 2. Do the new voices read out

Re: New Voices in Mavericks (was, Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?)

2013-10-26 Thread BBS
Hi Nick. No, there aren’t any new Australian voices, but Karen sounds new and improved. More human than she ever was. Shawn Sent From My White Mac Book On Oct 26, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: Two questions: 1. Are there any new Australian English