Hi Stacey, The new (free) voices in various languages are a feature of Lion. Under Snow Leopard and earlier, in order to get voices in languages other than English, you have to purchase them -- typically from Assistiveware or one of their agents (Origin Instruments in Texas is the group that handles this in the U.S. and Canada). These are the Acapela voices (aka Infovox iVox voices). There are a few other sources of voices that I've tried, but they've all had stability/performance issues that are not present with the Infovox voices.
You can find out more about these voices, including samples, at: http://www.assistiveware.com/product/infovox-ivox/voices For most languages they now are sold for about $20/voice. The Scandinavian languages cost more. There are also discounts for larger purchases. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 3, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > 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.
