Hmmm, that's interesting Ray. I don't notice a difference at all when using both the Apple and Acapela voices. This is on a mid 2010 white MacBook with 4 GB of ram using Yosemite.
Shawn Sent from my White MacBook > On May 16, 2015, at 1:23 PM, Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote: > > No, I don't think so. I think that's a Nuance voice. > > I note the compact and non compact versions: thus my conclution that it's a > Nuance voice. > > Speaking of voices and their responsivness, here's what I have found in the > last few days. > > The Apple voices are the quickest to respond to key presses and commands. > The Acapella voices are a distant second. Now, here's the shock. The Nuance > voices, which many of us have used for a while and which used to be the > fastest and most responsive now trail a distant third place. At least, on my > Mac book Pro which dates from November 2009 they do. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > > Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! > > Sent from my Mac, > the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in > >> On May 16, 2015, at 11:41 AM, Jean <radiofore...@gmail.com >> <mailto:radiofore...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hello All: >> >> >> I am using Serena and I think that is an Apple voice. This is something >> that has only developed in the last three or four days. >> Jean >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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 > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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.