Thanks for this help! Worked perfectly. - Kirsten Sent from my iPhone
On 2013-06-26, at 2:21 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> 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> 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. > 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. 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