Comments on: OS X Leopard’s “Alex” takes breaths

By: The Salt-Box :: Meet Alex

The Salt-Box :: Meet Alex — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:10:22 +0000

[...] at commas, periods, and the like, but also at quotation marks. (Why do I keep calling him he? Alex breathes . . . !) His voice lilts upwards slightly at question marks, and there’s a slight [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:00:11 +0000

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)

By: Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:59:06 +0000

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.

By: Mark Jaquith

Mark Jaquith — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:29:06 +0000

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.)

By: adam

adam — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:19:02 +0000

does this happen with all speak text’s, or just when you make him repeat the same thing over and over?