To me Alex sounds the same on both a Macbook Pro and iPad Mini. Comments suggest he sounds distorted on an iPhone though.
Sent from my Macbook Pro On 23 Sep 2014, at 18:13, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm curious how he compares on the Mac and on the iThings. Have you heard him > on the Mac? Is he different on a mobile device than on the Mac? > > Teresa > > "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with > the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks > > On Sep 23, 2014, at 9:53 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think he sounds quite bad actually. At slow speed it's OK, but personally >> I don't like it and find the original female high quality voice much clearer. >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Teresa Cochran >> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 9:35 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Alex, where are you? >> >> I have a somewhat related question: how does Alex sound on the iThingies >> compared to his quality on the Mac? Does he not sound quite as good in iOS8? >> >> Teresa >> >> "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing >> with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks >> >> On Sep 23, 2014, at 8:59 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Paul, >> >> First of all, Alex only works on devices with a 64 bit processor which as >> for old phones is only the 5S. Neither the 5 nor even the 5C has a 64 bit >> processor. For the iPad family last year's iPad Air and iPad Mini Retina 2 >> are the only devices which support Alex and no current iPod Touch supports >> him. >> Of course the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus do also have a 64 bit processor, the >> A8, one generation ahead from the A7 which is in the 5S, ipad Air and iPad >> Mini Retina. >> >> If you have one of these devices, you will find the option to download Alex >> in Settings, General, Accessibility, Voiceover, Speech. Double tap on >> Default Dialect and here you will find Alex or, if you want the default >> voice to be the current high quality female voice, just add a language, >> select English US and then download Alex by double tapping on the More >> button to the right of the US English voice. This will allow you to turn the >> rotor to languages and flick back and forth between the current high quality >> voice and Alex. I recommend this because while opinions vary hugely when it >> comes to TTS voices, I don't think very much of Alex on the iPhone, I find >> the voice sounds muffled and a lot less clear than the old high quality >> female voice especially at slightly higher speech rates. >> If you end up liking Alex better but still want access to the female HQ >> voice, just select Alex in the default dialect and select the female HQ >> voice for the US English option. >> Also note that once you downloaded Alex you either have to turn Voiceover >> off and back on for him to work or just reboot your phone. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> From: [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Paul Ferrara >> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 6:45 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Alex, where are you? >> >> It seems that everything I've read about locating Alex and downloading him >> to my phone has not worked, or it is a case of extreme operator error; will >> someone who has done this please explain how to get Alex and how to select >> him as the default voice? >> >> One family phone has IOS8; the other will get it tonight using iTunes, is it >> right that Alex, himself, must be downloaded through the phone and that >> iTunes will not provide a way to do this? >> >> Paul >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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