My wife and I were having a “yes” … “no” battle, and I was getting tired of saying “no” over and over again. So I typed a bunch of “no’s” into QuickSilver and invoked the “speak text” action. OS X Leopard’s “Alex” voice kicked in with a litany of “no’s.” And then about ten “no’s” in, he took a breather. No really, he inhaled. And at regular intervals, he took more breaths. It was creepy.
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adam says
does this happen with all speak text’s, or just when you make him repeat the same thing over and over?
Mark Jaquith says
It happens with all text. It was just the first time I’ve had him say anything longer than “I like boobies!” (I think he’s lying though.)
Douglas Karr says
He also takes a very faint initial breath on all sentences. It’s creepy – but it’s amazing how much more realistic the voice sounds.
Tim says
You must not use the voice much. I use it to read emails while puttering around in Photoshop so I heard the breaths right away (besides, the reviews of Leopard in Macworld mentioned it)