Re: Downloading voices in Sierra

2016-10-25 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Infact i use Oliver compact. Its good for my ears but this is the English one i use. There’s one named Klara in swedish and she is great. /A > 22 okt. 2016 kl. 08:16 skrev christopher hallsworth : > > Alex all the way for me. > > >> On 22 Oct 2016, at 04:19, Kevin Chao wrote: >> >> Which M

Re: Downloading voices in Sierra

2016-10-22 Thread Kevin Chao
I've ALex everywhere, except for Watch, and switched to it when it was available on TV. I was just puzzled on this thread of downloading other voices. On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:23 PM christopher hallsworth < challswor...@icloud.com> wrote: > Alex on iOS is the most responsive on all my devices,

Re: Downloading voices in Sierra

2016-10-21 Thread christopher hallsworth
Alex on iOS is the most responsive on all my devices, iPhone 5s, iPad Mini 2 and iPod Touch 6. > On 22 Oct 2016, at 07:21, Blee Blat wrote: > > On a related note, is there a voice on iOS or Mac OS that is more battery > efficient or more responsive? I haven't found a way to measure this. > V

Re: Downloading voices in Sierra

2016-10-21 Thread Blee Blat
On a related note, is there a voice on iOS or Mac OS that is more battery efficient or more responsive? I haven't found a way to measure this. VoiceOver doesn't show up in the battery status. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have an

Re: Downloading voices in Sierra

2016-10-21 Thread christopher hallsworth
Alex all the way for me. > On 22 Oct 2016, at 04:19, Kevin Chao wrote: > > Which Mac voices do VoiceOver users prefer to download? > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 9:14 AM Scott Granados > wrote: > Phil, it depends on how many voices you’re pulling down. I’ve seen this take > from 30 seconds on

Re: Downloading voices in Sierra

2016-10-21 Thread Mary Otten
I'm with you, Scott regarding Alex. That's my go to voice for English. If I had access to neospeech James, I would go there. But that's not an option not on the Mac and not on iPhone or android, unless you use voice dream on your iPhone of course. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 21, 2016, a

Re: Downloading voices in Sierra

2016-10-21 Thread Scott Granados
That’s so subjective, everyone has a different ear. I’m an Alex man myself but you have many of the other voices available like the English high quality voices including UK and Australian versions. The Tom voice isn’t bad, it sounds like you’re at the airport, the automated voice with the anno

Re: Downloading voices in Sierra

2016-10-21 Thread Kevin Chao
Which Mac voices do VoiceOver users prefer to download? On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 9:14 AM Scott Granados wrote: > Phil, it depends on how many voices you’re pulling down. I’ve seen this > take from 30 seconds on the fast side to over an hour on the slow. I would > wait a while longer and see if

Re: Downloading voices in Sierra

2016-10-14 Thread Scott Granados
Phil, it depends on how many voices you’re pulling down. I’ve seen this take from 30 seconds on the fast side to over an hour on the slow. I would wait a while longer and see if you get anywhere. I’m also assuming your downloading these over a normal provider and not cellular service. Some s

Re: Downloading voices in Sierra

2016-10-14 Thread Chris Gilland
Hey there Phil. So, yes… I definitely have seen this take over an hour. It’s rare, but I’ve actually seen it take up to a couple of hours. That said, the waiting to download shouldn’t take that long. Chris. > On Oct 14, 2016, at 11:43 AM, Phil Halton wrote: > > I've set several voices to down

Downloading voices in Sierra

2016-10-14 Thread Phil Halton
I've set several voices to download in the voice over utilities, but they seem to be stuck in the "waiting to download"status. Is it normal for them to be in the hold status for an hour or more? I have my MacBook air on power with Wi-Fi connected. Sent from my IPhone -- The following informa

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread Ray Foret jr
11, 2016, at 1:15 AM, christopher hallsworth >>>>>>> mailto:challswor...@icloud.com>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> No they haven’t, at least it’s not in the list of voices in VoiceOver >>>>>>> Utility. >>>>

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-11 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
iceOver >>>>>> Utility. >>>>>>> On 11 Oct 2016, at 03:13, Christopher-Mark Gilland >>>>>>> mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Am I correct in my assumption that in Sierra we

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-11 Thread Ray Foret jr
male American Siri voices? I know there was >>>>>> talk about them possibly including them like they did starting in iOS 9, >>>>>> but as far as I can tell, they didn't actually do it on the OSX side, as >>>>>> we tho

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-11 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
t;> Voiceover to the male and female American Siri voices? I know there was >>>>> talk about them possibly including them like they did starting in iOS 9, >>>>> but as far as I can tell, they didn't actually do it on the OSX side, as >>>>> we thought

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-11 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
. >>>> --- >>>> Christopher Gilland >>>> JAWS Certified, 2016. >>>> Training Instructor. >>>> >>>> i...@gillandmarketing.com <mailto:i...@gillandmarketing.com> >>>> Phone: (704) 256-8010. >>>>> - O

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-11 Thread Ray Foret jr
ly do it on the OSX side, as we >>> thought they would. >>> --- >>> Christopher Gilland >>> JAWS Certified, 2016. >>> Training Instructor. >>> >>> i...@gillandmarketing.com >>> Phone: (704) 256-8010. >>>> - Origi

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
r Gilland >>> JAWS Certified, 2016. >>> Training Instructor. >>> >>> i...@gillandmarketing.com >>> Phone: (704) 256-8010. >>>> - Original Message - >>>> From: John Panarese >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com &

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-11 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
256-8010. >>> - Original Message - >>> From: John Panarese >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 10:00 PM >>> Subject: Re: Voices in Sierra >>> >>>I just looked here and she is in my ro

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-10 Thread christopher hallsworth
> i...@gillandmarketing.com > Phone: (704) 256-8010. >> - Original Message - >> From: John Panarese >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 10:00 PM >> Subject: Re: Voices in Sierra >> >> I just

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-10 Thread E.T.
Yes. After doing the clean install and putting Infovox voices back, I selected the desired voices, Samantha is the only one who is a no show. Hmmm, I went back in and made Samantha the default and now she is in the rotor. Strange as I did not have to do this with the Infovox voices. Now

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-10 Thread John Panarese
tor. > > i...@gillandmarketing.com <mailto:i...@gillandmarketing.com> > Phone: (704) 256-8010. >> - Original Message - >> From: John Panarese <mailto:jpanar...@gmail.com> >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-10 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
ide, as we thought they would. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. i...@gillandmarketing.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: John Panarese To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 10:00 PM Subject: Re:

Re: Voices in Sierra

2016-10-10 Thread John Panarese
I just looked here and she is in my rotor, though all of the way towards the bottom mixed with other languages. Does she show up in VO Utility when you use the popup menu for default voice? Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind

Voices in Sierra

2016-10-10 Thread E.T.
I have several voices selected in VO Utility and all but one show up in the speech rotor. That one is Samantha. What's keeping her out of sight? From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the