Voices of foreign languages do not show in rotor on Mac OS

2024-11-13 Thread Tibor Niesner
Hello all, when I add a new voice of foreign language, there is not any voice of foreign language in a rotor, but only voice of my primary language. What should I do? Thanks. Best regard Tibor. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you h

Re: Voices not working in Rotor in IOS 18.1

2024-11-07 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Brad, I had reinstalled all my voices after upgrading to IOS 18. It was funny, because when I went into Add Voices, there were three things that just said Button, as though something was supposed to be there, but wasn’t. I’ve reinstalled everything, and at least for now, everything seems

Re: Voices not working in Rotor in IOS 18.1

2024-11-06 Thread Bradford Snyder
Have you gone into Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech > Add Rotor Voices, and made sure that your desired voice has been aded to the Voice rotor? Even though you had already done this in prior versions of iOS, you may need to do this again in iOS 18. - Brad - On Nov 6, 2024, at 21:4

Re: Voices not working in Rotor in IOS 18.1

2024-11-06 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Yes, I’ve done that twice. When I first activate the rotor and select voices, it says primary voice selected. Then when I flick up and down, all it gives me is the primary voice, Nora. It is very strange. Thanks, DonnaSent from my iPhone > On Nov 6, 2024, at 8:45 PM, Rajiv Shah wr

Re: Voices not working in Rotor in IOS 18.1

2024-11-06 Thread Rajiv Shah
Hi Donna, This sounds unusual. Have you tried a restart by pressing Power and Volume Up, to be sure? Thank you. Rajiv - Original Message - From: "'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries" To: "mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries" Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2

Voices not working in Rotor in IOS 18.1

2024-11-06 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, I’m not sure when exactly this started, I just noticed it this afternoon. When I go to Voices in the rotor, I am only able to select my primary voice. I checked and Voices is still selected in the Rotor. So, I went into Voices. In the places where my other three voices should be

Re: Is it possible to get the American Siri voices on latest gen 4K Apple TV?

2023-02-28 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
It actually updated sometime after we got it connected. That may also have been what caused the Siri voices to appear.Cheers,DonnaSent from my iPhoneOn Feb 28, 2023, at 5:05 PM, Raymond Foret Jr wrote:Do you have the latest version of the software, if so, you just need to look down far enough

Re: Is it possible to get the American Siri voices on latest gen 4K Apple TV?

2023-02-28 Thread Raymond Foret Jr
x27; via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > How do you get those voices? The Siri voices do not show up in my list of > options in accessibility, voiceover. As for the issue with Amazon prime, I > saw that behavior on my older Apple TV, so I was expecting it. Thanks, though. > Cheers,

Re: Is it possible to get the American Siri voices on latest gen 4K Apple TV?

2023-02-28 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi everyone, Not sure why, but it worked this morning. After seeing Ray’s message, I decided to give it another try, and this time the Siri voices were there. We had just hooked it up when I tried on Saturday, so maybe that had something to do with it. Cheers, Donna > On Feb 28, 2023, a

Re: Is it possible to get the American Siri voices on latest gen 4K Apple TV?

2023-02-28 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
How do you get those voices? The Siri voices do not show up in my list of options in accessibility, voiceover. As for the issue with Amazon prime, I saw that behavior on my older Apple TV, so I was expecting it. Thanks, though.Cheers,DonnaSent from my iPhoneOn Feb 28, 2023, at 8:09 AM, Raymond

Re: Is it possible to get the American Siri voices on latest gen 4K Apple TV?

2023-02-28 Thread Raymond Foret Jr
Yes it is. Be aware, however, that if you switch to the US Siri voices, and you try to click on Amazon prime video, it will switch back to the Samantha voice for the duration you're using prime video. When you switch back to anything else, you will be back to the US Siri voice you

Is it possible to get the American Siri voices on latest gen 4K Apple TV?

2023-02-28 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, I just upgraded to the latest gen 4k Apple TV. On our older Apple TV, I was able to use the American Siri voice for VoiceOver output. Is there a way to do this on the newer Apple TV? If yes, how? TIA, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visiona

How do I change voices??

2023-01-26 Thread Marie Lyons
I upgraded to Ventura and I can’t stand the voice that I got. I went into v/o utilities but couldn’t figure out how to navigate. Step by step instructions are greatly appreciated! Marie LyonsSent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries l

Re: Adding voices in Ventura

2022-11-28 Thread christopher moore
Thanks. I figured it out. Once you find “english”,use VO + right to move to the list of available voices. At the bottom of this list is “Manage voices” where you can download additional voices. Chris > On Nov 27, 2022, at 1:30 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > I’m not on a Mac with Vent

Re: Adding voices in Ventura

2022-11-27 Thread Brad Snyder
I’m not on a Mac with Ventura right now, but if my memory is correct, you should interact with the Customize Voice table, where you should find a list of available English voices. You should find Alex on the list. Once you have located Alex, interact, and navigate to the Download button

Re: Adding voices in Ventura

2022-11-27 Thread christopher moore
When I go into voices, I’m left with two tables: "customize voice" and “addd Language”. How do I add another voice, like Alex? Chris > On Nov 27, 2022, at 12:36 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Slight correction. > After opening the VoiceOver Utility, select the Speech catego

Re: Adding voices in Ventura

2022-11-27 Thread Brad Snyder
Slight correction. After opening the VoiceOver Utility, select the Speech category, by pressing CMD + NumRow 3, then choose the Voices tab. - Brad - > On Nov 27, 2022, at 10:57, Herbie Allen wrote: > > VO utility with VO f8. Go to the Voices tab. > >> On Nov 27, 2022, at

Re: Adding voices in Ventura

2022-11-27 Thread Herbie Allen
VO utility with VO f8. Go to the Voices tab. > On Nov 27, 2022, at 10:39, christopher moore wrote: > > Hello, > I upgraded to Ventura, and the only voice I have is Samantha. How do I load > additional voices? > > Thanks > Chris > > -- > The follo

Adding voices in Ventura

2022-11-27 Thread christopher moore
Hello, I upgraded to Ventura, and the only voice I have is Samantha. How do I load additional voices? Thanks Chris -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if

Re: help with voices

2022-10-26 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 10/26/2022 7:49 AM, Herbie Allen wrote: It’s something with all the voices and it’s rather annoying! I dont think there is currently a way to change this but hope

Re: help with voices

2022-10-26 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
rtain elements are spoken. I will give it a go in a while. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 10/26/2022 7:49 AM, Herbie Allen wrote: It’s somet

Re: help with voices

2022-10-26 Thread alia robinson
make peaceful revolution impossible > will make violent revolution inevitable." > --John F. Kennedy > My e-Mail: > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 10/26/2022 7:49 AM, Herbie Allen wrote: >> It’s something with all the voices and it’s rather annoying! I dont think >> t

Re: help with voices

2022-10-26 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
will give it a go in a while. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 10/26/2022 7:49 AM, Herbie Allen wrote: It’s something with all the voices

Re: help with voices

2022-10-26 Thread alia robinson
I know. I guess I just got used to alex doing it. it seems subtler than when Moira does it. I love this voice, but I can’t abide by it doing that. I want my voices the same through the whole computer experience. alia > On Oct 26, 2022, at 10:49 AM, Herbie Allen wrote: > > It’s somet

Re: help with voices

2022-10-26 Thread Herbie Allen
It’s something with all the voices and it’s rather annoying! I dont think there is currently a way to change this but hopefully that get’s fixed. I use Siri 4 and have the same issue. > On Oct 26, 2022, at 09:46, alia robinson wrote: > > Okay, with alex I guess I’m used to the we

help with voices

2022-10-26 Thread alia robinson
Okay, with alex I guess I’m used to the weird pitch change, when announcing different controls but is there a way to stop this annoying change when announcing different controls etc. I’d like to change to a different voice, but this annoying practice is keeping me with alex, thanks. -- The fol

Re: a question about compact voices.

2022-06-22 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, No need for Apple ID. You can download enhanced voices through VoiceOver Utility, Speech, under the Voices tab. Interact with the Customized language list table, locate the pop-up with the current selected voice, and choose Custom from there. All the voices, both compact and enhanced

a question about compact voices.

2022-06-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
Going to start a different thread about applications, but one goal at a time. While taking the tutorial I reached the place where voices, pitch rate and inflection can be adjusted. I recall that one can get an alternative to compact voices, enhanced perhaps? Do not recall the process however

Re: Voices in new OS.

2022-06-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
, they just didn’t have the same flow that he has. They either were too skippy, laggy, or in some way shape or form, didn’t sound right when reading for long periods of time. On Jun 21, 2022, at 9:51 AM, dan d. wrote: As I recall you have used the double/triple synth voices, as did I for

Re: Voices in new OS.

2022-06-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
Not sure why you would think this, have never used such voices. Although Jessica's comment is an interesting one regardless. for many people depending on when they came to computers the voice representing that access is more than a novelty. further, speaking personally, adaptive techn

Re: Voices in new OS.

2022-06-21 Thread Jessica Moss
way shape or form, didn’t sound right when reading for long periods of time. > On Jun 21, 2022, at 9:51 AM, dan d. wrote: > > > As I recall you have used the double/triple synth voices, as did I for many > years. I hate the default alex foice on the mac. The tom voice > co

Re: Voices in new OS.

2022-06-21 Thread dan d.
As I recall you have used the double/triple synth voices, as did I for many years. I hate the default alex foice on the mac. The tom voice comes closest to the double/triple voices. On Mon, 20 Jun 2022, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Jonathan > , > auditory processing is a brain injury,

Re: Voices in new OS. (fwd)

2022-06-20 Thread mattias
shawn? you meen me i asked about the voices email me on mjonsson1...@gmail.com Den 2022-06-21 kl. 06:12, skrev bbsshawn via MacVisionaries: Hey Karen. After further reading, I see that the question is about adding or removing voices in iOS 16 or macOS Ventura. Due to NDA, I can't dis

Re: Voices in new OS. (fwd)

2022-06-20 Thread bbsshawn via MacVisionaries
Hey Karen. After further reading, I see that the question is about adding or removing voices in iOS 16 or macOS Ventura. Due to NDA, I can't disclose stuff like that on list. If the person is running the developer beta, please have him contact me off list at this email address. I can hel

Re: Voices in new OS.

2022-06-20 Thread Jessica Moss
I just listened to it on AppleVis, and I’m really surprised they took the time to import all those “novelty” voices over to IOS. Those came with the Mac long before Voiceover was even a thing, and while I thought it was hilarious to hear one of several of my teachers at FSDB, whom many of the

Re: Voices in new OS.

2022-06-20 Thread Karen Lewellen
seem you made it here after all. On Tue, 21 Jun 2022, mattias wrote: how to remove unwanted voices? Den 2022-06-20 kl. 20:56, skrev Karen Lewellen: Jonathan , auditory processing is a brain injury, I am not about to listen to anything,  provided in an environment, that might put me in

Re: Voices in new OS. (fwd)

2022-06-20 Thread Karen Lewellen
Intended for the list, anyone able to help them? -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:17:07 +0200 From: mattias To: Karen Lewellen Subject: Re: Voices in new OS. the question are how to remove unwanted voices now Den 2022-06-20 kl. 20:56, skrev Karen Lewellen

Re: Voices in new OS.

2022-06-20 Thread mattias
how to remove unwanted voices? Den 2022-06-20 kl. 20:56, skrev Karen Lewellen: Jonathan , auditory processing is a brain injury, I am not about to listen to anything,  provided in an environment, that might put me in hospital. given even IOS and windows settings make me dizzy, the answer is

Re: Voices in new OS.

2022-06-20 Thread Karen Lewellen
the AppleVis or Jonathan Mosen podcast demonstrating the new voices that are available in beta Apple operating systems? They have even broght Eloquence to IOS. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn On Jun 15, 2022, at 15:57, Karen Lewellen wrote: Which in one case requires one have more

Voices in new OS.

2022-06-20 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Karen and all, Have you listened to either the AppleVis or Jonathan Mosen podcast demonstrating the new voices that are available in beta Apple operating systems? They have even broght Eloquence to IOS. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jun 15, 2022, at 15:57, Karen Lewel

Extra voices in dock an menu?

2021-04-16 Thread kliph miller Sr
> So, has anyone been successful downloading editions voices in the clock area? > . > I have had an issue activating the ok button after all settings were done > since Big Sur was released to the public > > > Are you good at editing audio or want to learn how? Wa

Re: Reading email in Two Voices

2021-03-23 Thread Brad Snyder
com> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Brad Snyder Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 2:50 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Reading email in Two Voices Try this, and see if this corrects the problem: 1. Go to

Re: Reading email in Two Voices

2021-03-23 Thread Herbie Allen
o:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Brad Snyder > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 2:50 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Reading email in Two Voices > > Try this, and see if this corrects the

RE: Reading email in Two Voices

2021-03-23 Thread Fazil
Thanks much, Brad. In my accessibility table, there is no speech. Thanks! From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Brad Snyder Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 2:50 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Reading email in Two Voices Try this, and see if this corrects

Re: Reading email in Two Voices

2021-03-23 Thread Jonathan Cohn
s the second time that I tried to send an email via Mac. While I was > typing, my typed text was read by two voices. I mean, for instance, my > default voice is Samantha Compact. My typed text by two Samanthas at the same > time. How can I get rid off this double voice, please? > Th

Re: Reading email in Two Voices

2021-03-23 Thread Brad Snyder
HTH. - Brad - On Mar 23, 2021, at 12:05, Fazil wrote: Hi, Group. This is the second time that I tried to send an email via Mac. While I was typing, my typed text was read by two voices. I mean, for instance, my default voice is Samantha Compact. My typed text by two Samanthas at the same time.

Re: Reading email in Two Voices

2021-03-23 Thread Herbie Allen
Hi, Group. > This is the second time that I tried to send an email via Mac. While I was > typing, my typed text was read by two voices. I mean, for instance, my > default voice is Samantha Compact. My typed text by two Samanthas at the same > time. How can I get rid off this double vo

Reading email in Two Voices

2021-03-23 Thread Fazil
Hi, Group. This is the second time that I tried to send an email via Mac. While I was typing, my typed text was read by two voices. I mean, for instance, my default voice is Samantha Compact. My typed text by two Samanthas at the same time. How can I get rid off this double voice, please? Thanks

Re: Removing voices Hardcore!

2021-02-23 Thread Brad Snyder
My mistake. Thought you were trying to do this on iOS. - Brad - On Feb 23, 2021, at 12:00, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Well, the other voices are still present if I add English and Swedish to the rotor or language. I don’t see anything regarding rotor under speech on the Mac. /A > 23

Re: Removing voices Hardcore!

2021-02-23 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Well, the other voices are still present if I add English and Swedish to the rotor or language. I don’t see anything regarding rotor under speech on the Mac. /A > 23 feb. 2021 kl. 15:35 skrev Brad Snyder : > > Try going to VoiceOver settings > Speech > Rotor Language

Re: Removing voices Hardcore!

2021-02-23 Thread Brad Snyder
On Feb 23, 2021, at 08:23, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! It doesn’t seems to work to remove the voices I don’t want to use. The issue I have is that when I want to change to English I have to go through tons of Voices that apple has just put there inCase I need them I guess. I know there has

Removing voices Hardcore!

2021-02-23 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! It doesn’t seems to work to remove the voices I don’t want to use. The issue I have is that when I want to change to English I have to go through tons of Voices that apple has just put there inCase I need them I guess. I know there has been a hardcore way to remove the voices I don’t want by

Re: additional voices?

2021-01-01 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
nd on your NOAA >> Weather Radio stations in the States. At least he sounded more human. >> Nowadays he sounds very boring to me. But like they always say, voices are >> subjective. By the way, if I could go a little off topic here, we were >> supposed to get the Tom and A

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-31 Thread Karen Lewellen
tations in the States. At least he sounded more human. Nowadays he sounds very boring to me. But like they always say, voices are subjective. By the way, if I could go a little off topic here, we were supposed to get the Tom and Ava voices for our weather radio here in Canada. Instead, I was sur

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-31 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
I used to like the Tom voice when he was the voice found on your NOAA Weather Radio stations in the States. At least he sounded more human. Nowadays he sounds very boring to me. But like they always say, voices are subjective. By the way, if I could go a little off topic here, we were supposed

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-30 Thread Jonathan Cohn
om Nuance. The "Fred" voice sounds somewhat similar to a > DECTALK, but not as good in my opinion. > > On 12/29/20 9:29 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: >> I'm not sure about frequency, I believe tmost of these voices are the same >> as what JAWS offers. >> Karen, Sam

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-30 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Also, I don't know whether there's a difference in frequency range between the "compact" versions and the high-quality versions that are both available for some of the voices. On 12/30/20 5:22 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Hi Jason, Thanks for that information, most helpfu

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
;m not sure about frequency, I believe tmost of these voices are the same as what JAWS offers. Karen, Samantha. One thing with the Apple voice setting area, one can adjust both pitch and intonation. My understanding of intonation is how flat the voice will b. HTH Jonathan Best wishes, Jonathan

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-30 Thread Brett Lewis
Hi All: Just a note on voices. I was taking a programming class for work a couple of weeks ago and I was using the Tom voice on my mac. One of the functions we used was .toSeq Tom insisted on calling this "to the following" which was really confusing. I have no idea why the strange pro

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-30 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Many of them are from Nuance. The "Fred" voice sounds somewhat similar to a DECTALK, but not as good in my opinion. On 12/29/20 9:29 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: I'm not sure about frequency, I believe tmost of these voices are the same as what JAWS offers. Karen, Samantha. One

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-29 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I'm not sure about frequency, I believe tmost of these voices are the same as what JAWS offers. Karen, Samantha. One thing with the Apple voice setting area, one can adjust both pitch and intonation. My understanding of intonation is how flat the voice will b. HTH Jon

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
t try, in March, involved a siri voice on an Iphone, which made me rather sick indeed. for the moment Hardware, gosh I wish someone had saved the digital dectalk voices, as I use a hardware decktalk voice now, seems safer than software strict like Ios...believe me its complex even for my me

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-29 Thread Chris Westbrook
one of the alex faults but perfectly intelligible and > does not draw attention to itself; like most of the other voices. > > On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, Chris Westbrook wrote: > > > I like Alex, and sort of like Daniel sometimes, but are there additional > > voices for purchase or fr

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-29 Thread dan d.
I find alex a bother, too cute by far with those distracting attempts to sound human but missing the mark. I use tom which has none of the alex faults but perfectly intelligible and does not draw attention to itself; like most of the other voices. On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, Chris Westbrook wrote

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-29 Thread dan d.
That is one of the novelty voices that add sound effects. That one makes each sylable sound like the overtones of a bell ringing. There about 4 of them. One I don't recall sings the text. Easily found on googlee using os10 novelty voices. On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, Karen Lewellen

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-29 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
Hi Karen. Some voices on the Mac are used for novelty purposes. Bells basically talks, or in this case, sings like a grandfather clock. There are other novelty voices that I'm not going to get indepth about because it'll take all night to do so. But I can tell you one voice I&#

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
What defines a voice as useless? I suppose a voice named bells, is just a ringer not a talker? Are the voices say for English first in the order, or must one go down the list finding non-English speaking voices mixed into the options? Clarity is an absolute requirement, and I mean strictly

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
e distinctive from each > other besides the name. > That such a number exists is honestly astonishing. > Karen > > > >> On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, Jonathan Cohn wrote: >> >> There are approximately, 285 voices that are available as downloads from >> Apple.

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread Chris Westbrook
Thanks Jonathan. I found them, I was just not vo-right arrowing over to the voices when I interacted with the table. Oops. Lesson learned. On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 5:03 PM Karen Lewellen wrote: > Jonathan, > Do you know if any details about each voice is provided..anywhere?

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
, 28 Dec 2020, Jonathan Cohn wrote: There are approximately, 285 voices that are available as downloads from Apple. If you pick the name of the Voice in the Speech category of VoiceOver utility, and go to the last item in the pop-up list this will be "customize". Pressing this brings u

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I doubt it though I guess it is possible that the M1 chip Macs don't have all the Voices. When you are in the voices area did you find: Customized language list table No selection. if you did then you need to interact with this table and then follow my instructions. Best w

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Not sure where I am going wrong. Is this something to do with the new macbook air and the m On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 11:39 AM Jonathan Cohn mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com>> wrote: There are approximately, 285 voices that are available as downloads from Apple. If you p

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread Chris Westbrook
voice > selector and no customize. Not sure where I am going wrong. Is this > something to do with the new macbook air and the m > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 11:39 AM Jonathan Cohn > wrote: > >> There are approximately, 285 voices that are available as downloads from >>

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread Chris Westbrook
Jonathan Cohn wrote: > There are approximately, 285 voices that are available as downloads from > Apple. If you pick the name of the Voice in the Speech category of > VoiceOver utility, and go to the last item in the pop-up list this will be > "customize". > Pressing this

Re: additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
There are approximately, 285 voices that are available as downloads from Apple. If you pick the name of the Voice in the Speech category of VoiceOver utility, and go to the last item in the pop-up list this will be "customize". Pressing this brings up a dialog with a table of voices.

additional voices?

2020-12-28 Thread Chris Westbrook
I like Alex, and sort of like Daniel sometimes, but are there additional voices for purchase or free? Just wondering. I like Fred's voice, but he doesn't speak clearly. haha. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any qu

Re: Fast Way to Switch Voices?

2020-12-26 Thread Dave Carlson
On Dec 21, 2020, at 10:08 AM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: No, I don’t think there is. I assume you run Big Sur or Catalina? It used to be very easy to do so but since Sierra, you have to arrow through a myriad of other voices to change back between two different

Re: Fast Way to Switch Voices?

2020-12-21 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
; > > No, I don’t think there is. I assume you run Big Sur or Catalina? It used > > to be very easy to do so but since Sierra, you have to arrow through a > > myriad of other voices to change back between two different languages. > > Apple is not taking much notice of t

Re: Fast Way to Switch Voices?

2020-12-21 Thread Brandon Olivares
Dec 21, 2020, at 1:08 PM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > No, I don’t think there is. I assume you run Big Sur or Catalina? It used > to be very easy to do so but since Sierra, you have to arrow through a myriad > of other voices to change back bet

Re: Fast Way to Switch Voices?

2020-12-21 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
No, I don’t think there is. I assume you run Big Sur or Catalina? It used to be very easy to do so but since Sierra, you have to arrow through a myriad of other voices to change back between two different languages. Apple is not taking much notice of this side of things but do badger them as

Fast Way to Switch Voices?

2020-12-20 Thread Brandon Olivares
I’m learning French, and I’d love a way to quickly switch to the French voice. I’ve used VO-CMD-Shift-arrows to select voices but there are too many and so it takes time to select the French one. Is there some faster way to select a specific voice, maybe through activities or something like

Re: Voices on Bigsur

2020-11-29 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Big Sur. This side of > accessibility has been troubled since Sierra for those of us who use > multilingual support. > > Andrew >> On 29 Nov 2020, at 17:05, Jürgen Fleger wrote: >> >> Hi Paul, >> >> in my experience on a german MacBook Air with a

Re: Voices on Bigsur

2020-11-29 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
with an M1 chip, > voices section in VoiceOver became pretty buggy. I experienced switching > voices in the beginning and I still experience 2 issues: > 1. Control doesn’t really stops the voice from speaking. It just stops one > block of text but starts reading again without me doin

Re: Voices on Bigsur

2020-11-29 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Paul, in my experience on a german MacBook Air with an M1 chip, voices section in VoiceOver became pretty buggy. I experienced switching voices in the beginning and I still experience 2 issues: 1. Control doesn’t really stops the voice from speaking. It just stops one block of text but

Re: Voices on Bigsur

2020-11-28 Thread Herbie Allen
The issue might be with the Ivox voice as I understand they are no longer going to be supported for Big Sur. > On Nov 28, 2020, at 11:56, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello, > I am running Bigsur on my iMac. For reasons I do not understand VoiceOver > keeps switching voices betwe

Voices on Bigsur

2020-11-28 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, I am running Bigsur on my iMac. For reasons I do not understand VoiceOver keeps switching voices between my preferred voice (InfoVox iVox Racheal) and Daniel. There seems to be the concept of “default system voice” which seems to be Daniel and my chosen voice Racheal. How can I use

Re: InfoVox iVox voices on Bigsur

2020-11-20 Thread 'Matthew Dierckens' via MacVisionaries
bbs > Skype username: bbstheblindrapper > Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > >> On Nov 19, 2020, at 10:03 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: >> >> Hello, >> I am advised by Assistive Ware that support for their Voices will be >> discontinued on Mac/OS from 31 August

Re: InfoVox iVox voices on Bigsur

2020-11-19 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
0:03 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello, > I am advised by Assistive Ware that support for their Voices will be > discontinued on Mac/OS from 31 August 2021 which is a pity as for me they are > better than any Apple voice! After installing InfoVox iVox Voice Manager 4.6 > f

InfoVox iVox voices on Bigsur

2020-11-19 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, I am advised by Assistive Ware that support for their Voices will be discontinued on Mac/OS from 31 August 2021 which is a pity as for me they are better than any Apple voice! After installing InfoVox iVox Voice Manager 4.6 from the Assistive Ware web site these Voices now work fine on

Re: infoVox iVox Voices on Bigsur

2020-11-16 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
M, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello, > FYI the infoVox iVox voices currently do not work on Mac/Os Bigsur. I have > contacted their support team and have been advised that this is a known issue > which will be fixed by an update to their App next week. > Thesed are my favorite

infoVox iVox Voices on Bigsur

2020-11-15 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, FYI the infoVox iVox voices currently do not work on Mac/Os Bigsur. I have contacted their support team and have been advised that this is a known issue which will be fixed by an update to their App next week. Thesed are my favorite voices so that is goodnews. Best … Paul Hopewell

RE: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

2020-03-27 Thread Simon A Fogarty
windows is almost as good. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Friday, 27 March 2020 11:19 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS? Yes, she’s finding it hard to get motivated sometimes but she’s doing

Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

2020-03-26 Thread Karen Lewellen
8:28 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS? Yes, we just set up my wife???s work computer in our office, it???s a bit of a tight fit as she has two monitors and a docking port for her laptop, but we made it fit. I Weill still have to go to work f

Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

2020-03-26 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
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Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

2020-03-26 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
lto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings > Sent: Tuesday, 24 March 2020 8:28 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS? > > Yes, we just set up my wi

Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

2020-03-26 Thread Karen Lewellen
ect: Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS? Yes, we just set up my wife???s work computer in our office, it???s a bit of a tight fit as she has two monitors and a docking port for her laptop, but we made it fit. I Weill still have to go to work fro for the foreseeable future unless I get

Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

2020-03-26 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
ionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings > Sent: Tuesday, 24 March 2020 8:28 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS? > > Yes, we just set up my wife’s work computer in our office, it’s a bit of a > tig

RE: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

2020-03-26 Thread Karen Lewellen
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS? Yes, we just set up my wife???s work computer in our office, it???s a bit of a tight fit as she has two monitors and a docking port for her laptop, but we made it fit. I Weill still have to go to work fro for the

RE: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

2020-03-26 Thread Simon A Fogarty
ubject: Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS? Hi, If Petrus wasn't so far away, I might have to linch him ;). Couldn't fly down there right now either, so I guess you're in the clear Petrus. Hope all is well down there for you. My wife is in the high-risk category, and

RE: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

2020-03-26 Thread Simon A Fogarty
8:28 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS? Yes, we just set up my wife’s work computer in our office, it’s a bit of a tight fit as she has two monitors and a docking port for her laptop, but we made it fit. I Weill still have to go to work

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