Go to the vo utility, then speech. Choose the voices tab, open the "default voice" popup menu, and select the "customize" option. You will be placed in a table with a huge variety of voices, each of which has a checkbox next to it. Check the voices you want, hit the download button, and the voices will download and install. They are huge, so it could take a while for this process to complete. On Jun 26, 2013, at 2:14 PM, "Christina C." <blindmaclo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am running the latest OS on my mac where do I find these Nuance voices? Do > I purchase these somewhere? I don't see these voices anywhere. I only see, > Alex, Victoria, Bruce, Kathy, Fred, and Vicky. > Sent from Christina's iMac :) > > On Jun 26, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That's why I gave up on Alex. He sounds okay in promos or quick snippets, >> but I quickly found him to be annoying for real work. My personal favorites >> for speech are either Lee or Serena. Give those and the other Nuance voices >> a try (assuming you have 10.8) and see what happens. >> On Jun 26, 2013, at 1:56 PM, "Christina C." <blindmaclo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hmmm, one example is that in the subject line of this email, Alex says >>> oddly with a distinctive H sound at the beginning like its spelled HODDLY. >>> If I spell out the last name Solden but I refer to the whole family as the >>> Soldens then Alex speaks "S" it sounds like he actually says es with the s >>> sound drawn out very slowly. Alex does all of these weird things in any >>> environment even if I am typing or having voiceover read something I just >>> typed I do not have caps lock on. I get an alert sound if I type in caps >>> lock. Sometimes VO reads in ways that are difficult to explain. Sometimes >>> it acts as if there are a weird string of characters in the middle of a >>> word. Sometimes Alex just leaves letters from the beginning or the end of >>> words off. I wish I could pin point the problem or the exact time when it >>> happens but it's just all over the place. It's really annoying when I keep >>> thinking I typed a document incorrectly only to find that voiceover is just >>> reading incorrectly and it wastes a ton of my time. I will try to remember >>> more examples. I do notice it the most when using iMessage on my mac though. >>> . >>> Sent from Christina's iMac :) >>> >>> On Jun 26, 2013, at 6:19 AM, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, Christina, >>>> >>>> Can you give an example of a mispronounced word? Are only parts of words >>>> being pronounced? Is Alex only mispronouncing what you type? This has >>>> happened to me when I have caps lock enabled. If you can give any >>>> examples, folks might have more of a handle on what's going on. :) >>>> >>>> HtH, >>>> Teresa >>>> >>>> Winging its way from my iPod >>>> >>>> On Jun 25, 2013, at 10:33 AM, "Christina C." <blindmaclo...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>> >>>>> I don't know what has been going on lately but voiceover has been >>>>> speaking oddly and I can't seem to find any settings anywhere that would >>>>> affect these changes. I am using the voice Alex in the United States. >>>>> Alex will just randomly say words incorrectly then I will back up over >>>>> the word then Alex will speak the word correctly but if I go forward over >>>>> the word Alex speaks it incorrectly. I also cannot find anywhere in the >>>>> settings to get Alex to stop reading roman numerals, particularly the >>>>> letter C or D when it is all alone on a website, Alex will say 300 or 500 >>>>> and it took me forever to figure out that it was actually the letter C or >>>>> D. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for any help, I wasn't sure if I should purchase a new voice or >>>>> something. I don't know. I really don't want to do that. I just want Alex >>>>> fixed. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from Christina's iMac :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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