Morning from rainy and cold scandinavia, this day i might as well live in england, I like Anne use Fred, if i need anything mostly nursing books read to me i use ida. If I need to read faster than that ,in english i use eloquence, and yes it is under windows. guys… i will be wet… and i hate it. anyways, hugs too these who wants them , have a nice day… Sandi
On 10/16/14, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > Which I should have done. Ok, I asked this because after installing > Mavericks and doing some tweaks to get it to boot up smoothly, I still > find it problematic for about 30 to 60 seconds. I still have the welcome > message option enabled so its quite evident at that point when Samantha > can barely speak. But after this 30 to 60 seconds, Mavericks seems to be > ok as I have been moving data, changing settings and so on, no issues. I > just let it boot and wait and then start using the Mac. > > I toyed with the idea of using different voices in different > applications but may just stick with one voice. > > From The Believer. . . > . . . what if it were true? > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 10/16/2014 11:37 AM, David Griffith wrote: >> I have changed the subject line as we were drifting into OS. >> The scansoft voices are the modern voices introduced in Lion as I recall >> it. That is voices like Daniel, tom, Samantha etc. >> >> My experience is that my 2011 iMac is snappier with Alex. >> >> I used to have different voices for Mail and Safari etc under activities >> and my Mac started to crawl. after I went to Mavericks So I got rid of all >> activities and just use Alex and I have a fast Mac again. >> >> David griffith >> On 16 Oct 2014, at 18:02, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >>> David, >>> Which ones are the Scansoft voices in Mavericks?? >>> >>> From The Believer. . . >>> . . . what if it were true? >>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> >>> On 10/15/2014 5:10 PM, David Griffith wrote: >>>> I wonder what made you go back to Mountain Lion? I too found the >>>> upgrade >>>> to Mavericks initially disturbing and originally considering trying to >>>> revert but find most things work fine nowadays, even iBooks is more >>>> usable now. >>>> >>>> In my case the key on my 2011 iMac was to >>>> 1. Do a clean install. >>>> 2. Go back to Alex as my default voice. >>>> 3. Stop using Scansoft voices, particularly in conjunction with >>>> activities. >>>> >>>> After that the lagging and busy issue pretty much disappeared and all >>>> seemed to work fine with only minor annoyances which so far have work >>>> around. The file attachment feature of Mail is now more time >>>> consuming because you have to go to save as in the file menu. On my >>>> machine you cannot escape out of the menu bar but have to go to menu >>>> extras and then you can use escape. None of this is show stopping for >>>> me. The major annoyance for me is that the tab feature appears to have >>>> messed up the ability to open multiple windows so if I want to have >>>> multiple windows in Finder open I have to use the open in new window >>>> command from the context menu rather than just use command down arrow. >>>> >>>> David Griffith >>>> On 16/10/2014 00:00, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: >>>>> Superlative little rant, that. :) >>>>> >>>>> For myself, I'm back on Mountain Lion for my primary machine, a mid-11 >>>>> iMac, to get an email client that displays plain text messages, a >>>>> working C compiler compatible with much Open Source software, and no >>>>> bloody iBooks. It's still iOSified, but at least it functions. I am >>>>> thinking about Windows--have been for a while now, actually--as going >>>>> neither further back nor further forward with OS X would appear to be >>>>> options. I would stay with Snow Leopard, but it's not an option, and >>>>> Mavericks+ are where the dumbed-down interfaces get a bit too much for >>>>> anything that isn't basic mucking about. Linux: nope, not on the >>>>> desktop. Windows 7, then? >>>>> >>>>> You can hide U2 easily enough, in iTunes, on your purchases tab. And >>>>> you can hide them from your cloud view by just deleting them and >>>>> taking the option to hide. >>>>> >>>>> As for iOS, I'd suggest you sign up for an Apple Developer account or >>>>> team up with someone who has so you can run the 8.1 beta. You'd be in >>>>> a better position to judge the performance of the bug fixes, and >>>>> complain to Apple about the remainder. Personally, although I think >>>>> iOS is turning into Android, in an unhealthy way, even as OS X turns >>>>> into iOS, I can't complain about my iPhone 6+. It gives me pleasure >>>>> to use it, even if I get annoyed by some of the bugs or can't tell >>>>> which app requires which permissions. I still have an iOS 7-equipped >>>>> iPad and iPod, when I need smooth sailing above all things. The >>>>> initial iOS 8 release and the subsequent minor releases did not enjoy >>>>> good quality control, and not just for VoiceOver users either, but I >>>>> do think we have been punished rather badly compared to previous >>>>> releases. >>>>> >>>>> And yeah, we are the customers, dammit; don't excuse or idolise >>>>> Apple. There is a reason why the folder where my Apple list traffic >>>>> goes into is called "BlindFaith". :) >>>>> >>>>> So anyway, KBO. >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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