Hmm, I'll have to take a look at this. I must say though, I love having two different os's to browse the web with. In windows, for example, I could do a few things the mac couldn't - but on the mac, it went the same way.
Very interesting. Still new to safari, and I still find myself using the virtual machine more than I like for web browsing. (Safari continuously tells me busy!) and it gets frustrating... On 2011-03-03, at 10:15 AM, carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Tyler: > Click to flash is a plugin extenuation that, as I understand it, prevents > flash images from getting in the way of text content on a webpage. > Flash content on the Mac with voiceover is a no-go. I also had an > experience where eventhough I had disabled click to flash, the page images > were blocked, which seems strange to me. > > Carolyn H > On Mar 2, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Tyler wood wrote: > >> Click to flash? What is that. >> >> Speaking of flash on the mac...how do you use it, or can you, with vo? >> >> thanks... >> >> >> On 2011-03-02, at 2:29 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> For one thing, the voices on the mac will be of a higher quality than on >>> iOS. Apple insider has samples of the voices. I didn't think much of Jill, >>> but samantha sounded better than she has on any previous platform, and tom >>> was just fabulous. I think Tom has a good chance of replacing alex for me. >>> For those having trouble finding the samples, I think having click to flash >>> installed makes this kind of thing much easier. Here's the link to the >>> article. >>> HTTP://Dlvr.it/J1fXf >>> >>> Also, I would think that everyone waiting for Alex on iOS will be slightly >>> disappointed. He will be pleasant to hear for sure, but not up to the >>> standards we expect of that voice on the mac. I would guess it would be a >>> marginal improvement over samantha at best. Remember, quality is somewhat >>> limited by the lower specifications of the device. This is why, for >>> example, Samantha sounds so terrible on the Victer reader stream and so >>> good on the iPhone. >>> >>> Nobody need worry about Alex going anywhere. Apple knows Alex is the most >>> popular voice. >>> >>> Justin >>> >>> On Mar 2, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >>> >>> I am not a mac user, but I, too, emailed apple about porting Alex over >>> to the iOS platform since he sounds so much better than Karen or >>> Samantha. I hope they do not get rid of him, and I doubt they will. I >>> heard a rumor (a tweet, actually) that he has been improved in the >>> newest 10.7 beta; not quite as choppy on some syllables and overall >>> smoother. Remember, everyone, to email accessibil...@apple.com to >>> express your desire that Alex not be retired, just to be on the safe >>> side! >>> >>> On 3/2/11, carolyn Haas <chaas0...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hi Mary: >>>> I recently wrote to Apple Accessibility regarding voicing. I inquired >>>> about >>>> the possibility of the Alex voice being made available for the iPad. The >>>> response I got was encouraging in that Accessibility indicated they had >>>> gotten a lot of good feedback about Alex, and they couldn't comment as to >>>> whether he'd be brought over there. Nothing in their response seemed to >>>> point toward his being retired, but instead, they , mentioned his >>>> popularity.:) >>>> >>>> So, there's a bit of hope for us Alex fans. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Carolyn >>>> On Mar 2, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >>> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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