I use Fred, although you said you don't care for the voices included with VO. I find it is more responsive than Alex. Also, I am updating my computer right now, and there are several voice updates -- Paulina is one, but I don't know about Alex, since I don't use him. For Paulina, it mentioned improved clarity and pronunciation; I'm not sure about responsiveness. i will let you know once it all finishes downloading.
HTH, Harry On Jul 25, 2012, at 7:13 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> 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.
