Oh wow. the chime program is the same dev who made he blind memory game. Now that's a godo game except the person who recorded the voice prompts used way too much noise reductiona dn she sound slike she's under water. I'm a sound ingiener and I take my recordings and sounds very seriously. the game is still very good. though. We'll see about the chimes thing and if i like the alex voice on it. It was probably again recorded prompts from the compute rusing the itunes work flow. I should know as I do it myself lol! 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. 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