Hi Daniel, Can you get extra voices for your mac? I have the white macbook running snowleopard. If you can get voices, where do you get them from?
On May 3, 2012, at 5:11 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, there is a way you can remove the voices. I’m going to paste in > instructions. > Using Finders great “Go to Folder” feature of Command+Shift+G enter the > following path: > /System/Library/Speech/Voices/ > You’ll see a list of voices, but notice they come in two formats: Voice and > VoiceCompact, you can keep VoiceCompact because those are just the short > samples, it’s the Voice.SpeechVoice you want to delete to remove the full > voice. > For a quick example we’ll get rid of Samantha – sorry Samantha, you sound > lovely but you take up too much space – so we will be deleting > Samantha.SpeechVoice. Select that folder and either drag it to the Trash or > hit Command+Delete to place it there automatically. Because the voice files > are contained in /System/ you will need to authenticate with the > administrator password in order to delete the file, so type that in, then you > can empty the Trash. No more Samantha! > > I hope this helps! > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krysti .Power > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 5:08 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Deleting voices > > Id like to know this as well > > On 2012-05-03 7:05 AM, "Lisette wesseling" <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > Is it possible to delete the many compact voices one doesn't use? Do these > compact voices slow the Mac computers down at all? I have downloaded a few of > the premium ones but really can't see a use for most of the pre installed > voices. > I suspect the answer will be no but thought it worth asking. > > Thanks to all for help on mailbox issues. All sorted now. > Lisette > > > -- > 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.
