I find the Nuance voices; especially US English Tom (the premium version) to be much faster in responseivness under Lion. As for ML, can't say just yet as the installer is now in residence in my app folder awaiting use.
Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Jul 25, 2012, at 8:13 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > I don't know if this has changed in Mountain Lion, but in Lion vo is > usually a bit sluggish. It's useable, but it isn't as responsive as a > Windows screen reader, and I can't help wondering if part of the > problem is Alex. He sounds great, but are there other voices, whether > the ones you cna download under speech preferences or third-party > ones, that make vo respond better? Ideally, a lightweight synth like > ESpeak would be wonderful (I know, most people hate ESpeak). I'm not a > fan of any other mac voices, though I haven't yet tried the Nuance > ones you can download. Any thoughts? Did 10.8 improve things at all in > this regard? I'm using a mini with 2gb ram, but I have seen the same > thing on an Air with 4gb ram and even a 2011 Pro. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > mehg...@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.
