That's my impression as well, Anouk. Donna On Nov 7, 2009, at 3:20 AM, anouk radix wrote:
> > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
