On this note, I noticed Alex can at least sound like he can speak German, when He announces "Dentaku" by Kraftwerk, but he sure can't do anything with Spanish or Basque Song titles. Oh and of course he's ok with english.
On Nov 6, 2009, at 12:22 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Gee, that's not bad at all. I haven't quite decided to take the > plunge yet, but I'm getting closer to at least downloading the demo. > I'm currently using Victoria, and I've gotten pretty used to her, but > her pronunciation of Spanish really is pretty awful. :) > Take care, > Donna > On Nov 6, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Esther wrote: > >> >> 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 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> >> > > > > Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'day, Mates) Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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