[mac4theblind] Re: It would be nice to have Alex on IOS devices. Does anyone know why Apple hasn't done this yet?
- From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:07:37 -0400
do you have anything to say about the other apps? I have no problems with
voice brief.
Please watch your language?
there's another app I didn't include:
voice reader
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-reader-text-to-speech/id422829104?mt=8
I hope the list doesn't continue to go down hill.
On Mar 29, 2012, at 2:47 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
Oh voice brief. I've herd of that and the alex voice sucks. it is too slow and
cannot be adjusted. and he mumbles too much.
On Mar 29, 2012, at 4:48 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
> If you want to get an idea of what it is like to have lion voices or at least
> some of them on your ios device, alex speaks for ann free app called chime
> which can be found here:
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chime/id414830146?mt=8
> Here's one that was just released on march 10 and is free. I'm going to get
> this one too as I have the others and more:
> chimeo'clock
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chimeoclock/id497262531?mt=8
> Voice brief
> You'll have to pay for this but it is well worth it as is the next app in the
> list. They both feature high quality large download voices which essentially
> blows the alex download theory out of the water. It could be done as these
> and some other apps demonstrate.
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-brief-text-to-speech/id423322440?mt=8
> My favorite self voicing news app is Vocalyze
> which self voices content. When you have this app, drop them a note and let
> them know where you heard about it.
> They also produce a similar free app:
> voknow
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voknow/id414021672?mt=8
> read2go
> is a must have self voicing daisy reading app if you use bookshare and it
> reads other daisy books as well.
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/read2go/id425585903?mt=8
>
> My last example is InDaisy
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/indaisy/id377597460?mt=8
> This is a well crafted app which self voices daisy text and allows for
> listening of audio daisy books.
>
> I'm sure you'll find more apps with built-in voices and maybe we should start
> a compendium but when I saw the question, It put me in mind of all these apps
> I've seen and have.
>
> Enjoy. I provide no endorsement, just info.
>
> On Mar 29, 2012, at 4:43 AM, Daniel McGee wrote:
>
> Fair enough. I think it comes down to the individual user at the end of the
> day.
> I think it would be cool if there was a download feature where one can
> download the voices they want to use. You know like what happened in Lion.
> That way the user can decide yeah I want to fill up 500MB of my IOS device
> for one voice or just use the ones that come by default on it.
> Just my opinion. What do others think? Are you really not that boverd or do
> you like the idea?
> I'd be interested to know.
>
> Thanks
>
> Daniel
> On 28 Mar 2012, at 21:40, Marcy Weinberg wrote:
>
>> That depends on what and how much you want to put on your device.
>>
>> A lot of apps and/or a lot of music can be put on an iphone or ipod with 300
>> to 500 megabites of space.
>>
>> So, as much as I like Alex, I'm quite happy with some of the other voices
>> such as Australian and British English.
>>
>> Marcy
>>
>> On Mar 28, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Justin Harford wrote:
>>
>> There is enough space on the i devices that 300 to 500 mb lost would not
>> matter.
>> On Mar 28, 2012, at 1:05 AM, Daniel McGee wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Justine, when you say negligible, are you basically saying that it won't
>>> be worth Alex being put on IOS even though the storage goes up to 64GB.
>>> I understood your post apart from that word "negligible" I look it up but
>>> am still none the wiser. Could you explain what you mean in context. I
>>> think I know what you mean but want to make sure.
>>> Thanks
>>> Daniel
>>> On 28 Mar 2012, at 02:16, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes they do. the iphone 4 8 gig is 99 dollars.. I can't remember how much
>>>> the 8 gig 3gs is.
>>>>
>>>> Take care.
>>>> On Mar 27, 2012, at 5:20 PM, Justin Harford <blindstein@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Do they still sell 8 g devices? Seriously?
>>>>> On Mar 27, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Not for the 8 gig devices. The os takes about 1 or 2 gigs so now you
>>>>>> have 6 gigs to work with and wiht apps and music on it you will not have
>>>>>> any room for alex.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Take care.
>>>>>> On Mar 27, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Justin Harford <blindstein@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah I don't know about the processor, but I think an extra 200 mb
>>>>>>> would be pretty negligible considering the amount of storage available
>>>>>>> in i devices today.
>>>>>>> On Mar 27, 2012, at 2:02 PM, Tracy Duffy wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If I had the choice. I'd ditch the other voices in exchange for having
>>>>>>>> Alex on my iphone.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mar 27, 2012, at 2:10 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've got some apps with hardwired alex audio in them.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mar 27, 2012, at 2:07 PM, Christohper-Mark Gilland wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think it has to do with the processor, and the fact that the Alex
>>>>>>>>> voice is absolutely huge!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Having said that though, if they could fit all the other voices, then
>>>>>>>>> I agree, why couldn't they fit Alex. I see why they didn't do it,
>>>>>>>>> although I agree their reasoning isn't very logical.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Chris.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel McGee"
>>>>>>>>> <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>> To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:00 PM
>>>>>>>>> Subject: [mac4theblind] It would be nice to have Alex on IOS devices.
>>>>>>>>> Does anyone know why Apple hasn't done this yet?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi all, subject line says it all. Wouldn't mind this in the future
>>>>>>>>> but just thought I throw it out there why we don't have him on any of
>>>>>>>>> Apple's IOS devices.
>>>>>>>>> Can anyone come up with a logical reason because I can't. LOL
>>>>>>>>> So with that I'll open up the floor to you guys and listen and learn
>>>>>>>>> from your comments!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Daniel ************
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