Helps a lot. Thanks much. On May 3, 2012, at 4:20 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote:
> Actually, it is possible to get additional voices for Snow Leopard, but > unfortunately, they're not free. They're the acapella voices, and are very > high quality. You can check them out at the following web site. > http://www.assistiveware.com > They're a bit pricy, but you can get 30 day trials for whatever voices you're > interested in and then buy them after you've seen if they meet your needs. I > ended up buying all of the English speaking acapella voices, and use Tracy as > my system voice, although I still prefer Alex for Voceover. > Good luck, and I hope this helps. > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 4:42 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Getting other voices for your mac. > > Oh, I see. > Thanks. > I'm really happy with Alex. > I was just curious. > On May 3, 2012, at 3:33 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: > >> Hi, >> The extra voices are only for OS X Lion, unfortunately. >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson >> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 3:31 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Getting other voices for your mac. >> 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. 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