One thought, I chose the announce time each quarter hour using the daniel
voice. This was done in the configuration area where that time
choice is made, there was also a voice option there. This was to make it sound
distinct fromn the default voice so it was brought to my
attention in the
Of Michael Busboom
Sent: Saturday, 12 January 2019 5:54 AM
To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries
Subject: Re: Frustrating issue with the Daniel voice, and how do I get rid of
it?
Hello Simon,
Although I am sorry you are having the same issue, I feel somewhat vindicated,
since I had been the only person
If you switch your language roar to be in English US, do you still get Daniel
on occasion?
What voice do you have defined to read system alerts? (System
Preferences->Dictation & Speech->Text to speech tab->System Voice)
And also in that pane uncheck: Announce when alerts are displayed checkbox
Hi,
>From what I recall from previous threads on this subject, deleting Daniel from
>the System voices folder will do the trick. It's not a place that people
>usually go and may give you grief when you try to delete him, but it's worth a
>try.
Go to System, Library, Speech, Voices. Daniel
I don't know if this will work but can't hurt to try it. Find the
Voices folder in the library and delete Daniel.
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On 1/11/2019 8:54 AM, Michael Busboom wrote:
Hello Simon,
Although I am sorry you are having the same issue, I feel somewhat vindicated,
since I had been the only person I know of who was experiencing this issue.
Despite some feedback from this list, the problem persists whenever I work in
English. I hate the Daniel voice, so I
Yeah I also would like this answered,
I've only started noticing it recently on a machine I'm setting up for work,
I've changed my default to alex but Daniel keeps sticking his nose in to
things.
I'd like to get rid of what I assume is a form of alert voice.
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Hello,
You mention that one place you are hearing Daniel is on system messages. There
is an option in system settings under Dictation and Speech to read system
messages. This willies the default system voice not VoiceOver voices. So this
might be your issue.
Two other possibilities:
1.
Michael,
Go to Voiceover utility with vo+f8 and choose speech category. In the scroll
area, find the default voice and activate the edit button which allows you to
adjust all possible features of your default voice. If necessary, expand the
dialog as it may be collapsed. You can then go
