So what would you recommend for 10.6.8? I'll happily purchase something
that works, though getting to try a trial version first would help a lot
with that. I don't notice all the weird pronunciations being mentioned,
but I do notice Alex dropping words, e.g. while reading web pages. It's
annoying, and if I can get a voice that doesn't do that, and doesn't
sound horrible, I'd gladly pay for it, assuming it's not crazy
expensive. 10.6.8 is the latest my machine can run. I keep meaning to
grab one of the new Cepstral voices, I think they do a trial, to see how
they'll work, but I'll take any other recommendations.
On 6/26/2013 13:21, Alex Hall wrote:
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
<mailto: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
<mailto: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
<mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 :)
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