Guys relax. I heard a sample of the voices and sorry I should have posted the article, but someone will. I have to say the new voices sound great and certainly no worse than Alex. So, I think we're going to be in for a real treat. In fact the voices will be a download option as well, so you won't have to have every voice on your machine. I really think folks will like them. Of course I don't mind the Samantha voice on the iOS platform all that much, but hell she grows on you after a while; sort of like mold. :) Scott
On Mar 2, 2011, at 12:58 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Well, voices are totally subjective, and I can't speak for other languages, > but I'd much rather have US espeak than tom or samantha. To me those voices > sound like complete garbage. > > Every ear is different though. Some of my clients love those voices. > Personally I think it will be a grand day when alex is ported to IOS. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > User support consultant, > Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, > 1-888-255-5194 > http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2011-03-02, at 12:42 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > >> Oh come on, the scansoft voices ain't so bad, be thankful it isn't espeak or >> Orpheus. I for one think that the swedish scansoft voices are way way better >> in terms of language treatment than the Infovox ones. >> /Krister >> >> 2 mar 2011 kl. 17.46 skrev Mary Otten: >> >>> According to the article found at >>> http://www.tuaw.com/ >>> Mac OS 10 offers high quality multi-lingual voices, >>> There are going to be a whole lot of high quality voices, in a variety of >>> languages, available for download in the next iteration of Apple's os. For >>> me, the one possible sour note was the reference to Samantha and Tom as an >>> improvement over Alex that we have now. I hope this will not mean that >>> Apple will decide to retire Alex in favor of what are, for me at least, >>> vastly inferior voices in Samantha and Tom. There will be other English >>> voices, the ones we know on the IPhone. Indeed, it sounds like the voices >>> that are coming to Lion are those we now have on the I-devices. Great for >>> speakers of languages other than English. Great for folks who prefer a >>> non-U.S. English reading voice. But a definite leap backwards if they can >>> Alex in favor of what's on the IPhone now, even if they include the male >>> voice. >>> >>> Mary >>> >>> Mary Otten >>> motte...@gmail.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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
