Restated: Where Is Anna, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread M. Taylor
Ah! Thank you, Rob. I see that the digital mistress to which I have grown so fond is called by another name? Hmmm!! I wonder where I got the name Samantha from? Perhaps in a dream? Regardless, now that I am aware of her true title, I ask, yet again, how may I hear her sweet voice on my

Re: Restated: Where Is Anna, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread Rob Lambert
Steve Jobs did a little thing on TTS prior to the release of Leopard at the Apple keynote. He demoed TTS engines, including Alex. When Anna read through the file he put up, she couldn't pronounce things like iPod or iTunes properly, and instead of web page, it almost sounds like webbage so...I

Re: Restated: Where Is Anna, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Anna sounds like she's speaking into a pillow, anyway. She sounds ok, but unfortunately, SAPI voices are not exactly responsive. I remember the thing where he demoed two voices. Alex and Anna speaking the same thing. It was awesome. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN

Re: Restated: Where Is Anna, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread Carolyn
, April 21, 2010 12:41 AM Subject: Restated: Where Is Anna, on the Mac? Ah! Thank you, Rob. I see that the digital mistress to which I have grown so fond is called by another name? Hmmm!! I wonder where I got the name Samantha from? Perhaps in a dream? Regardless, now that I am

Re: Restated: Where Is Anna, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread Brandon Misch
samantha is a nuance realspeak voice. On Apr 21, 2010, at 2:41 AM, M. Taylor wrote: Ah! Thank you, Rob. I see that the digital mistress to which I have grown so fond is called by another name? Hmmm!! I wonder where I got the name Samantha from? Perhaps in a dream? Regardless,

RE: Restated: Where Is Anna, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread Bryan Smart
...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:11 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Restated: Where Is Anna, on the Mac? Hi, Anna sounds like she's speaking into a pillow, anyway. She sounds ok, but unfortunately, SAPI voices are not exactly responsive. I

Re: Restated: Where Is Anna, on the Mac?

2010-04-21 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
systems. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:11 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Restated: Where Is Anna, on the Mac? Hi, Anna