Hi Terje. I downloaded the norwegian voice yesterday. This is something like the danish voice, I am not good at norwegian, but I can hear that it is just as terrible as the danish voice.
Best regards Annie. Den Sep 29, 2013 kl. 11:54 PM skrev Terje Strømberg <terjestrmb...@gmail.com>: > Then we have the Norwegian, Israel and Danish voices and maybe a couple more. > Together the market grows. From the Apple side there should be an conscience > share too, not only a stock share They own Voice Over. We have paid for the > hardware. I believe Apple will fix this after some pressure if many enough > countries users and organizations make them pay attention to this problem. > > Take care > > 25. sep. 2013 kl. 18:04 skrev Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com>: > >> Hi. >> >> It is a disaster too in danish. Nobody understands the new voice. I mean >> that it is a catastrophe that voices are developing into something worse. >> >> Best regards Annie. >> Den Sep 25, 2013 kl. 12:34 PM skrev Rafi Cohen <rafico2...@gmail.com>: >> >>> Hi everyone. I could be happy that the new Vocalizer Expressive is >>> integrated in IOS7 but instead I am mostly frustrated. >>> I'm a blind software developer from Israel using both Mac and Iphone. >>> During the last months there were strong rumors that Apple will add a >>> Hebrew TTS to IOS7 and Mavericks. Yes I know, even a strong rumor is just a >>> rumor. But I also know that Hebrew TTS _is_ included in Vocalizer >>> Expressive, bot for reasons I really don't know and understand, Apple >>> decided to exclude it out and did not integrate Hebrew TTS in IOS7 and so >>> far it is not included in the Beta versions of Mavericks too. >>> Most unfortunately, nobody in the Accessibility group of Apple gives us >>> even a clue why they had to take it out. After all, we did not ask Apple to >>> invent the wheel. Hebrew TTS is part of Vocalizer Expressive, but still was >>> excluded from IOS7. >>> I, for myself can manage well with English but there are hundreds of blind >>> people who don't know English and were waiting impatiently for the Hebrew >>> support on IOS7 to buy iphones and now they are left out with much >>> frustration. >>> Yes, the Israeli blindness market is small and Apple still has significant >>> accessibility advantages over Android, but if that Hebrew TTS will be >>> integrated in Android before IOS, Apple will probably loose that market. >>> I love Apple products but I'm most unhappy with their behavior towards >>> Hebrew support and I still hope somebody will give a comprehensive answer >>> to this issue. >>> Thanks, Rafi. >>> >>> From: >>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf Of BBS >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 12:14 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Vocalizer Expressive, Was Re: iOS 7, the worse update for >>> norwegians using VoiceOver >>> >>> Hi everyone. I've been meaning to send this out to you guys but I was >>> catching up on around 85 emails so here goes. I have an explanation of why >>> the old Norweigion voice that people are used to is no longer used. I >>> actually read this on the Viphone list and I wanted to inform you as well. >>> The reason why that voice is no longer in the iPhone is because Nuance has >>> stopped supporting the Vocalizer Automotive version 5.5 engine, which was >>> present in iOS6 and I think is present in OS X Mountain Lion. Because of >>> this, Apple is now using Nuance's new TTS engine, Vocalizer Expressive. >>> This new version of Vocalizer has new voices, and as some of you that are >>> using the Australian Karen voice may notice, she sounds way better in this >>> version. So for people that want the old voices back, it won't happen >>> because like I said, Vocalizer Automotive 5.5 is no longer supported by >>> Nuance. Also if I may add, it's inevitable that this new Vocalizer >>> Expressive engine will also be coming to OS X Mavericks when it comes out. >>> >>> Shawn >>> >>> Sent From My White MacBook >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email tomacvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visithttps://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 tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email tomacvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visithttps://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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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