Well, I hope, but doubt that they would sound better under Voice Over. I hate them. Still too mechanical. Why do these voices always sound as though they're gargling as they speak? I'd hoped by now we'd be having a more naturally flowing voice - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Keen To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 10:01 AM Subject: [access-uk] New voices for the next apple operating system Hi Thought some of you might want a listen to these, what do you think of them... Begin forwarded message: Hello Here are samples of a couple of the new voices in Lion which have been doing the rounds. These aren't generated through Apple's speech engine, they're the same voices used by another service so the samples are generated from that. They may or may not sound better when used in VoiceOver: English American Accent – Samantha English British Accent – Serena Cheers G From Bridgerule in glorious Devon, England. Catch the buzz at http://www.bridgerule.co.uk