Hi Kelly, I guess everybody has different perceptions as far as voices are concerned. I think the American English Voiceover voice is quite OK. On the other hand a lot of people made a big fuss about all the Ivona voices available in Voicedream Reader. I listened to all the previews and there is not a single one among them I like.
Anyhow, with 64 bit architecture and all that I wouldn't be all that surprised if Apple added some more voices, maybe that add that male Mac voice, Alex I think it is. We'll find out on Monday. Regards, SieghardI could see -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 6:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: I've been off the list for a while and I have a VO related question We can also anticipate people with disabilities being featured quite prominently in Apple's video to the developers. In each of the last two or three years, Apple has shown a video on how developers have transformed the lives of people around the world, including those with disabilities. One of these videos featured a European blind man who used a navigation app to travel in a forest by his home independently for the first time. I’m looking forward to the 2014 developer video. I personally hope Apple offers another American voice for VoiceOver. The current voice comes across as bitchy. If Apple decides to keep the voice, I will switch to another English language voice, although I don’t know if I would feel comfortable with the other forms of English. I wish the SIRI male American voice were available for VoiceOver. The man is so laid back and gentle. Kelly On 5/30/14, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > What will be mentioned is speculation at this point since nobody knows > what Apple will surprise us with. Accessibility in general and > Voiceover in particular have been mentioned in the past, but unless > there is a major new break-through or feature like a revolutionary new > voice or maybe if Apple would allow for voices to be downloaded (which > is unlikely) they may mention it. > The rumours are heavy towards Apple revealing some sort of new health > oriented app which people think will be called Healthbook since they > already have the Passbook app and that said app will aggregate > information from all sorts of other Health apps. > There is also talk about a new focus on home automation and > controlling various aspects of your connected home with your iPhone. > Except for that one article where somebody threw out some link bate > that there will be a new iPhone announcement I have heard nothing of > that sort from any other sources. I still believe if there were a new > iPhone there would have been a lot more leaks about it in the last month. > > Apple is streaming the event live, you can go to www.Apple.com to find > it, it should be easy to find right on the home page and for those who > have a second or third generation Apple TV you can also watch it or > listen to it via your Apple TV. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Joseph > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: I've been off the list for a while and I have a VO related > question > > Hello List, > Does anyone know if anything is going to be mentioned in regards to > VoiceOver for iOS 8 next week at the Apple Presentation? > Thanks. > > > Sent from my Sprint iPhone 4S. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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