unnecissary voices?

2009-08-25 Thread william lomas
hi all I know bad news, bells etc. are commical voices but aren't they a waste of space in the OS, really? Thoughts? Will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to

Re: unnecissary voices?

2009-08-25 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
Outside of Alex and Vickie, all the other voices take up so little space that it is negligible. If you're looking to save a significant amount of space, I recommend eliminating some of the localizations that you won't be using. For example, if you don't speak Japanese, don't install the

Re: unnecissary voices?

2009-08-25 Thread Marie Howarth
personally, I think they're fun and I use them for a variety of reasons. everyone's prefernce, and although I would never have bad luck read my writing or an article, apart from effect, they just make it what it is. :) On Aug 25, 2009, at 3:16 PM, william lomas wrote: hi all I

Re: unnecissary voices?

2009-08-25 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, I think they're fun as well. A couple of them would be great alien characters in a sci fi radio drama. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group,

Re: unnecissary voices?

2009-08-25 Thread Scott Howell
I think those voices were included for other reasons and happen to work with VO. Of course Bells for example serves no purpose for users really, but I suspect they are again there for other purposes. Of course you could always suggest to Apple they remove those voices if no one really

Re: unnecissary voices/foreign language synthesis

2009-08-25 Thread Justin Harford
I've been thinking more about this other language synthesizers issue. I wonder how hard it would be for apple to include by default the voices that it uses for the iPhone on the installation CD of its operating system. That way, a blind person could manage bios and system installation

Re: unnecissary voices/foreign language synthesis

2009-08-25 Thread Scott Howell
And as I keep saying, make your concerns known. It's one thing to state your feelings here, but quite another in stating them to Apple. If enough people really want this and write to Apple, then there is a very good chance it will appear on the right radar screens. There is a number of

Re: unnecissary voices/foreign language synthesis

2009-08-25 Thread Justin Harford
If you checked the sending information for tha message, you would see that I CCed accessibility, along with the other messages I and others have sent them in the past. Regards Justin On Aug 25, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Scott Howell wrote: And as I keep saying, make your concerns known. It's

Re: unnecissary voices/foreign language synthesis

2009-08-25 Thread Justin Harford
Hi there Will It's as Anne said, it's quite disingenuous of them to act as though they never knew we wanted those voices to be included. Of course they knew. There must be a reason behind the decision not to include them be it technical or political. Did Anne give you a french braille