[mac4theblind] Re: It would be nice to have Alex on IOS devices. Does anyone know why Apple hasn't done this yet?
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:57:24 -0700
Oh yeah. he sounds dredful on smallish speakers. lol! I know this as I have
played blind shoot andit just does not work. lol Hehahahaha. He sounds horable
even throug headphones. kind of like he's drunk. lol!
On Mar 29, 2012, at 3:50 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
> none of this stuff in chimes or the other sounds apps is integrated. I do
> know that the voices in some of the reading programs you have to buy but then
> you use them and they are integrated. Alex has disadvantages where small
> speakers are concerned.
>
> On Mar 29, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>
> Yep. Just as I thought. the chimes program sounds good and I'm now trying to
> use it. but at 7 mb big the voice of alex was recorded from there mac using
> the iTunes workflow or the say command and converted to m4a speech which is
> mono I think 32kbps. and the speech is not fast enough for me. I listen at
> about 250 to 300 words per minute. I cannot listen any slower. it drives me
> nuts. That's why I know the alex voices are not exactly fake but not
> integrated in to the program. either.
> On Mar 29, 2012, at 12:07 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>
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