Wasn't there supposed to be a new Voice for Leopard Speech things?

Hello!
I remember that some time ago, I heard that Leopard was going to have new voices of some sort for things that use "speech". I believe it came from someone with the developer beta. Unfortunately, it appears that retail Leopard does not have a new voice, at least doesn't appear in the Speech panel of System Prefs. I may be missing it, however. Is there actually a new voice, of was that a rumor that never materialized?
I'm running Mac OS 10.5.1 on a 15" Powerbook G4, and everything is fully up-to-date.
Thanks,
-Daniel

Alex is surprisingly natural sounding. I found it accidently when I was poking around looking for large items (it's 670MBs). It should be here:
"/System/Library/Speech/Voices/Alex.SpeechVoice"
Had it read a poem and it did quite well. I currently have it make a little announcement when I login:
"Welcome to Leopard. Francine has changed some of my spots, but I forgive her." Well, my students got a kick out of it....
Francine
Francine
Schwieder

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