Re: voices on os x

2009-08-19 Thread David Niemeijer
Hi, On Aug 19, 2009, at 7:52 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Yeah, but the acapela voices currently don't work with the next big > cat, and there's an Ivox in beta. Let's hope they don't take long to > release new Ivox voices that work with Snow leopard. Rest assured we are working hard on having i

Re: voices on os x

2009-08-19 Thread David Niemeijer
James, On Aug 19, 2009, at 8:41 PM, James & Nash wrote: > That's great to hear that you are continuing to develop such as great > product. Will there be a cost involved in upgrading to 2.0 for those > of us > who bought 1.0+ release? I have recommended there should be no upgrade fee, but I can

Re: voices on os x

2009-08-20 Thread David Niemeijer
Hank, On Aug 20, 2009, at 9:59 AM, hank smith wrote: > > if I purchase the us voices will I get uk voices? no. > if so what ones? > if I purchase uk voices what us one will I get? you will get all UK voices plus Heather. david. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You receiv

Re: voices on os x

2009-08-24 Thread David Niemeijer
On Aug 21, 2009, at 2:31 AM, hank smith wrote: > will the latest voices work on the 32 bit mac > meaning the new voices that you are working on for snow leapard are > they backwards conpatible with 10.5? Yes, most are. Only the older HD voices had to be dropped. david. --~--~-~--~--

Infovox iVox voices and Snow Leopard

2009-08-24 Thread David Niemeijer
Hi, Infovox iVox 1.3 will not work on Snow Leopard. Infovox iVox 2.0 will be required. This will be a free update. As iVox 2.0 required a major rewrite for compatibility with Snow Leopard and Apple has released Snow Leopard earlier than they had said previously we do not have a final rel

Re: voices on os x

2009-08-24 Thread David Niemeijer
Hi, On Aug 24, 2009, at 6:52 PM, Koumanova Rostislava wrote: > > hellow david , > i am using the italian voice , can i upgrade to snow ? not yet. Wait for iVox 2.0. see my other message today for more info. david. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this messag

Re: Infovox iVox voices and Snow Leopard

2009-08-24 Thread David Niemeijer
Will, On Aug 24, 2009, at 7:02 PM, william lomas wrote: > which new voices are included? > just curious? Just wait a few more days and you will see what new languages and voices are available... Patience is supposed to be a virtue :-) david. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~-

Re: voices on os x

2009-08-24 Thread David Niemeijer
Hi, I notice a lot people are complaining that Apple did not include the voices they now include with the iPhone 3Gs also in Snow Leopard. There may be a lot of reasons why they have not done that. I am not sure it is fair to say it is ridiculous of Apple without knowing the reasons behin

Re: voices on os x

2009-08-25 Thread David Niemeijer
On Aug 25, 2009, at 12:39 AM, James & Nash wrote: > use those than the voices I've heard on the IPhone. However, the > reason I > mention the IPhone voices is that if Voice Over continues as it has in > Leopard - only speaking in English - then non-native English > speakers who do > not feel

Re: voices on os x

2009-08-25 Thread David Niemeijer
Will, On Aug 25, 2009, at 8:36 AM, william lomas wrote: > hi all i just hope then that voices from i vox are now available for > previously unsupported languages like japanese, chinese, etc Making a new voice is many months of work, making a voice for a new language easily takes a year. So bef

Re: voices on os x

2009-08-25 Thread David Niemeijer
Will, On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:38 AM, william lomas wrote: > are chinese voices do you know beeing worked on? i am learning chinese > so would like a voice to help me read articles etc Is there any language you are not learning :-) I cannot provide information on Acapela Group's unannounced voices

Seeking VoiceOver users to test Infovox iVox voices in foreign languages

2009-08-26 Thread David Niemeijer
Hi, As you may have read we will release Infovox iVox 2.0 for Snow Leopard compatibility as public beta later this week. Not all languages will be available at once as we do want to make sure that each language receives basic testing before it is made available as part of the public beta.

Snow Leopard compatible Infovox iVox voices now in public beta

2009-08-28 Thread David Niemeijer
Hi Everyone, Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today announced a public beta of Infovox iVox 2.0. Infovox iVox 2.0 brings Snow Leopard compatibility, significantly improves performance and responsiveness and adds a number of new voices for the following languages: Arabic, French, German, Fl

Infovox iVox voices in foreign languages testers needed

2009-09-06 Thread David Niemeijer
Hi, We now have quite a number of voices in the Infovox iVox 2 public beta. In addition to the languages made available when the public beta was announced we have now also added Dutch, Flemish/Belgian Dutch and Danish. We could still use some pre-pubic beta testers for the following langu