Hi, The "Activities", from the prospective of many, is a mislabelled scroll area. In previous versions of MacOS, this area was known as the Additional Voices area, but now is labelled as Activities. Confusing for some, but once you know what is inside that Scroll area, then immaterial.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 14, 2017, at 09:11, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: Voiceover Utility, Speech category, Voices tab, Activities scroll area. >From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 11/14/2017 8:07 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > I think the person was asking for a little bit more direction on how to find > this activity area, having in fact done the upgrade. > Mary > Sent from my iPhone >> On Nov 14, 2017, at 7:50 AM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> No secrecy whatsoever. Its a change in High Sierra is all. As such, its >> not intuitive until you work in that area. If you have not upgraded to HS it >> will not matter. Just saying. (smiles) >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> >>> On 11/14/2017 7:45 AM, Phil Halton wrote: >>> So, why the veil of secrecy about this activities area? If it so on >>> intuitive, and frankly I’ve never heard of it, maybe you could explain a >>> little bit about it and how to get there. Just saying. Sent from my IPhone >>>> On Nov 14, 2017, at 10:18 AM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> I've compared the compact and high quality versions of Alex and cannot >>>> really tell a difference, can anyone else tell a difference? >>>> Original message: >>>>> Hi E.T., >>>> >>>>> Well, I'll say this, the process is certainly not intuitive, at least, >>>>> not in my opinion. >>>> >>>>> Were it not for your quick reply to my question, I would never have >>>>> thought to look any further than the voice activity table. >>>> >>>>> To be even more honest, I thought that the label, Alex, Compact, was some >>>>> kind of VoiceOver typo. I had no idea that Alex had a compact version. >>>>> (smile) >>>> >>>>> Mark >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. >>>>> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 8:56 PM >>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: Re: Alex, Compact? Is this Correct? >>>> >>>>> Glad to hear it, Mark. It seems it takes a lot to get down in there, >>>>> doesn't it? >>>> >>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >>>>> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >>>>> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >>>>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >>>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>> >>>>>> On 11/13/2017 8:26 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >>>>>> Hello E.T., >>>> >>>>>> Okay, got it. I am downloading it now. >>>> >>>>>> Woo! What a relief. (smile) >>>> >>>>>> Mark >>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. >>>>>> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 8:04 PM >>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: Re: Alex, Compact? Is this Correct? >>>> >>>>>> You will need to drill deep into the what Apple calls Activities and >>>>>> find the enhanced version of Alex and download it. >>>> >>>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>>>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >>>>>> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >>>>>> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >>>>>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >>>>>> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>> >>>>>>> On 11/13/2017 7:59 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >>>>>>> Hello Everyone, >>>> >>>>>>> I made the big plunge and installed High Sierra on my primary partition. >>>>>>> Everything is working well except that Alex sounds a bit strange, kind >>>>>>> of. >>>>>>> (smile). >>>> >>>>>>> Anyway, upon exploring VoiceOver utility, I noticed that the Alex TTS >>>>>>> is listed as Alex, Compact. 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