Hello, hmm i looked in the store but only could find the enlgish voices, would love to hear the obama one, lol. I think their voices sound really natural and interesting but maybe not as high quality as the infovox ones. Greetings, Anouk On Nov 6, 2009, at 4:54 PM, James & Nash wrote:
> > Hi Donna, > > InfoVox is fantastic, but you could also check out www.cereproc.com > They > are based in the UK and there prices are extremely reasonable. They > do not > have the variety of voices hat InfoVox does, but they do have a > Spanish > voice and I am hoping a French voice will come soon. Just for > giggles, they > also have a President Obama voices. They really are excellent at > least on a > par with InfoVox at least in my humble opinion. > > Just my two cents worth > TC > > James > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Esther" <mori...@mac.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 3:34 PM > Subject: Re: Infovox marked improvement > > > > Hi Donna, > > It's actually cheaper to buy a second Infovox iVox language pack. I > think an add-on, non-Scandinavian language pack costs $49.50 (half the > price of a first language pack purchase) with however many voices are > included for that language. There may be less expensive pricing if > you know you are going to get 3 or more languages at once. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > Donna Goodin wrote: > >> >> Hi Esther, >> >> you had written before about Ghost Reader, and honestly, I didn't get >> what the appeal was. But the ability to switch between voices/ >> languages on the fly would be very nice. >> >> Thanks also for explaining the pricing structure. I didn't think I >> had >> seen anywhere that you got five voices, and honestly one per language >> would be sufficient. But it would be handy to have multiple >> languages, >> so perhaps I'll give some thought to the language pack.. >> Best, >> Donna >> On Nov 6, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Esther wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Donna, >>> >>> The Infovox iVox voices are sold packaged for a flat rate by >>> language. Basically, this is the pricing scheme set with the >>> Acapela >>> group, and the development of pronunciation editor, etc. is done by >>> language. What Anne means is that she gets 5 French voices, and >>> they >>> also include the Heather (U.S. English) voice in the foreign >>> language >>> packs. However, if you wanted to buy the French Canadian voice, >>> there's only one. There's only one Russian voice. I think the >>> pricing >>> on the Scandinavian voices is slightly higher. If you are buying a >>> language bundle, you might also look at adding GhostReader for $10 >>> more ($109 instead of $99). Although this is a text-to-speech >>> reader >>> program that is not designed for visually impaired users it has some >>> neat features, particularly the ability to switch between any of the >>> Infovox iVox voices in text, by inserting a control sequence. This >>> provides a great way to read out multiple language dialogues. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi Anne, >>>> >>>> You mention that for $99 you get five voices? I didn't realize >>>> that. >>>> Do all five have to be in the same language, i.e. could I get a >>>> Spanish voice, an Italian Voice, an English voice, etc? >>>> Thanks, >>>> Donna >>>> On Nov 6, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello Kevin, >>>>> >>>>> Infovox iVox is a third-party suite of voices for the Mac. Those >>>>> of >>>>> us >>>>> who use the Mac in a language other than English need these voices >>>>> since Apple only provides English language voices. >>>>> >>>>> A language pack costs ?99 which is very good value for me as a >>>>> French >>>>> language user as I get 5 voices for that price. Some languages >>>>> only >>>>> get 1 voice which makes the cost a bit steep. However, as far as I >>>>> know, Infovox iVox are the only third-party voices that work with >>>>> Snow >>>>> Leopard. >>>>> >>>>> I tried a Cepstral voice with SL but it didn't work. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Anne >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 6, 2009, at 7:34 AM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> What is Info Vox? >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai >>>>>> Svendsen >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 3:27 PM >>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: Re: Infovox marked improvement >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> It's definitely become much more responsive as well. I got it as >>>>>> soon >>>>>> as it was in beta, and even by that point the responsiveness was >>>>>> excellent. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Nic >>>>>> Skype: Kvalme >>>>>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>>>>> AIM: cincinster >>>>>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>>>>> Facebook Profile >>>>>> My Twitter >>>>>> >>>>>> On Nov 5, 2009, at 5:15 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi guys, I just grabbed the ivox 2 demo and most of the >>>>>>> proounsiation >>>>>>> issues I was having are gone. If anything it pronounces some >>>>>>> noteable >>>>>>> things better than the new alex does. Burggrafe has properly >>>>>>> become >>>>>>> burggraaf, to my personal gratification. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Unfortunately, my rockbox utility is not recognizing the ivox >>>>>>> voices. >>>>>>> SL compadibility issue? I wish I could get on the rockbox list, >>>>>>> but >>>>>>> it's not letting me for some reason. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> erik burggraaf >>>>>>> A+ certified technician and user support consultant. >>>>>>> Phone: 888-255-5194 >>>>>>> Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> >> >> >>> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
