It's true. Neospeech and Ivona aren't available for Mac, but Acapela and the
Nuance Vocalizer Expressive voices like Ava, Samantha and of course Tom are.
I'm using Acapela Sharon for NVDA right now and contrary to the other
Acapela voices, she's the most human sounding of them. Anyway, this is kinda
getting off topic so if you want to ontinue this conversation, you can email
me off list.
Shawn
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Otten" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: Issue with newly purchased voice on voice dream reader
Well, I finally decided to just buy Ashley again on my iPad, on the theory
that it wouldn't let me do it. And sure enough, after I signed in with my
Apple ID I was informed that I had already purchased this voice, and what I
like to download it for free on this device. Yes. I did. And everything is
now in order. I have no clue why it did not show up in my purchased voices.
I was unaware that there were any voices available for the Mac other than
those which Apple offers. There are things like Tom, for instance. Are there
others? Are they for sale?I would love to have Tatiana for the Mac, and I
would also love to have James for the Mac. But so far as I'm aware there
aren't any Neospeech or I won't voices on the Mac. And I didn't think there
were any from a cappella either.
Mary
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On Feb 23, 2015, at 2:45 PM, BBS <[email protected]> wrote:
I can't wait until the next VoiceDream Reader update. Hopefully they'll
add Sharon from Acapela to the list of voices. I like her. She kinda
sounds like Vocalizer Ava but better and with sorta a lisp. It's not
noticeable all the time but it's there. Maybe when Assistiveware releases
her for Mac Winston will release her for VDR.
Shawn
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Otten" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: Issue with newly purchased voice on voice dream reader
Hi Keith,
You have updated your voice dream, right? Ashley only appears after you
update. Then you have to reinstall any purchased voices. And if you go to
add new voices, Ashley should be there. Interestingly, she was in a
different place in the voice order on my iPhone as opposed to my iPad
mini. So, I'm not sure what to say about where to find her. But she was
definitely there in US English voices.
Mary
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On Feb 23, 2015, at 11:37 AM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
<[email protected]> wrote:
Where do you find the Ashley voice? I've just gone through all voices on
my Voice Dream Reader, listing I'd guess 20 to 30 voices, and I didn't
find Ashley. And, I went through the whole list 3 times! I know I'll feel
stupid when I find out, but, dang, it just doesn't seem to be there.
Thanks for any help. Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 1:20 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Issue with newly purchased voice on voice dream reader
I would generally agree with what Mary said. I used to like Laura from
Acapella for an American female voice, but the Quality of Ashley's voice
is way better.
My wife also likes Julie, but she is a little too chipper sounding to me.
I do not like Sally at all.
At this point, even though I have purchased several other voices, the
only ones I plan on using now are Amy from Ivona, and James or Ashley
from NeoSpeech.
Richard
"I always wanted to be somebody when I grew up. Now I see I should have
been more specific."
– Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe
On Feb 23, 2015, at 11:14 AM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote:
That is kind of a tough question. I did get to hear the sample. I did
not get the error that people have talked about. I suppose that some
people might think Ashley sounds rather flat. If you are for example, a
fan of the ivona is Sally voice, you probably won't like Ashley. She is
sort of like a female James, as far as intonation goes. But I still
think James is better.I would use her for reading nonfiction if I didn't
want to use James. I don't think I would like her for novels with
emotional scenes in them. But, to each their own of course.
Mary
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 23, 2015, at 10:56 AM, BBS <[email protected]> wrote:
How does Ashley sound? I tried getting a voice sample of her but she
was one of the voices that had the download error.
Shawn
Sent From My White Macbook
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Otten" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 12:18 PM
Subject: Issue with newly purchased voice on voice dream reader
Hello all,
I recently did update voice dream reader, because it was necessary to
update that before updating boy stream writer. I subsequently decided
to purchase the new Ashley voice using my iPhone. All went well, and
the voice works as expected.
Now, I have updated voice dream reader on my iPad, and installed a
couple of my favorite voices. However, the Ashley voice did not show up
as having been purchased. And, when I look under and voices, I see
Ashley, and it asks me to purchase it again. I have never had this
problem in the past. Voices purchased on one device were always
transferable to another device by simply downloading them under the
manage my voices tap. Has anyone purchased a voice since updating voice
dream reader? And have you been able to get that voice on more than one
device?
Mary
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