Mac and languages.

2011-06-12 Thread mostafa almahdy
Hello ; I' am from Egypt ; the mac box is expensive here ; in the United States ; it is almost half of the cost ; I have the possibility to get from there ; but ; a question: Will I still be able to use Arabic on that machine? ; of course with voice ; please advice. Mostafa Al'mahdy ; skype:

Re: Mac and languages.

2011-06-12 Thread Georges Zaynoun
I am using it in Arabic but in braille, I don't know if Acapela have same voices in Arabic as for Windows for Mac OS X 10.6.7 but if nattiq.com can benefit you then ask them, cheers. Original message: Hello ; I' am from Egypt ; the mac box is expensive here ; in the United States ; it is

Re: Mac and languages.

2011-06-12 Thread mostafa almahdy
Oh ; that's interesting ; are you in the U.S? ; bought it from there? ; well: Nattiq support not the Mac My alternative is to consult Acapela group ; or I will google it. Thanks for info ; Mostafa Al'mahdy. skype: mostafa-the-speaker On 6/12/11, Georges Zaynoun humorlessg...@samobile.net wrote:

Re: Mac and languages.

2011-06-12 Thread Georges Zaynoun
No I am from Lebanon but living in Sweden, my skype name is humorlessgeza should you feel to talk. Original message: Oh ; that's interesting ; are you in the U.S? ; bought it from there? ; well: Nattiq support not the Mac My alternative is to consult Acapela group ; or I will google it. Thanks

Re: Mac and languages.

2011-06-12 Thread Ahmed Alomran
Hi Acapela sells Arabic tts voices through assist beware website. But I highly advice you to wait until the release of Mac OSS 10.7 which will include built in Arabic speech and Braille support Kind regard Ahmed Sent from my iPad On 12 Jun 2011, at 11:15, mostafa almahdy

Re: Mac and languages.

2011-06-12 Thread mostafa almahdy
Thanks indeed for this fruitful advice ; I truly appreciated. Mostafa Al'mahdy ; skype: mostafa-the-speaker On 6/12/11, Ahmed Alomran ahmad.a.alom...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Acapela sells Arabic tts voices through assist beware website. But I highly advice you to wait until the release of Mac OSS

Re: Mac and languages.

2011-06-12 Thread joseph
yes there are arabic voices for the mac, however, i am not sure if they would be shipped in with the new lion. best On 12 Jun 2011, at 08:47, mostafa almahdy wrote: Oh ; that's interesting ; are you in the U.S? ; bought it from there? ; well: Nattiq support not the Mac My alternative is to

Re: Mac and languages.

2011-06-12 Thread Ahmed Alomran
well, I hope that arabic voices will be shiped with mac lion. what might keep me hope is the fact that mac lion will be shiped with many high quality voices that support more than 23 languages. nevertheless, I listened to a podcast which demonstrated the latest accessibility features

Re: Mac and languages.

2011-06-12 Thread joseph
yes, i heard the same podcast but when i checked the new notes of lion regarding the 23 additional languages, arabic, unfortunately, was not included. best On 12 Jun 2011, at 14:31, Ahmed Alomran wrote: well, I hope that arabic voices will be shiped with mac lion. what might keep me hope is

Re: Mac and languages.

2011-06-12 Thread Ahmed Alomran
well, that is really disappointing . I wrote to apple many times but i can't figure out why apple is ignoring blind arab mac users. i have been using mac voice over for more than two years. when snow lepard was released in 2009, I was interested to know whether there is an intention from

Re: Mac and languages.

2011-06-12 Thread mostafa almahdy
Well ; thanks so much for this useful information ; however ; I will try to look that podcast up ; regarding the voice over supporting to Arabic ; I assert that's apple is honored manufacturer ; and it considers justly it's customer as a high treasure. Thank you so much and have a blessing day.

Re: Mac and languages.

2011-06-12 Thread joseph
well you know how it is with apple. all we can do is wait and see what happens and what is available on lion. best On 12 Jun 2011, at 19:09, Ahmed Alomran wrote: well, that is really disappointing . I wrote to apple many times but i can't figure out why apple is ignoring blind arab mac