[access-uk] Re: New voices for the next apple operating system
- From: Tristram Llewellyn <tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 09:14:51 +0000
The gargling sound is the act of interpolating between the different elements
of the phoneme table when producing the speech sounds. This artefact is
evident on nearly all sample based speech synthesizers and there are usually
certain words or dipthongs that emphasis this. Those speech engines that
actually synthesize speech from the principles of generating pitch, noise and
other sound elements more directly not necessarily suffer so badly and have the
general advantage of being more efficient computing wise, however do not sound
as aesthetically pleasing as the newer sample based speech engines.
It would in theory be possible to make finer and better interpolations however
one was to bear in mind the computing power required and technically difficulty
in creating speech engines rises exponentially for any given perceivable gain.
Indeed this is the reason that speech engines don't appear to make massive
leaps in human sounding-ness.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jackie Cairns
Sent: 18 May 2011 08:27
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: New voices for the next apple operating system
Yep Andy with you completely, and they are slower on a device too. I
wouldn't touch them with a barge pole unless they are built into something
that doesn't allow you to change them. Alex on the Mac is very good
quality. You even hear him take breaths when he is reading. It's personal
preference, but I agree those voices are dreadful, apart from Sangita, who
is really quite realistic in her own way.
Kind Regards,
Jackie Cairns
J&M Work-Ability
jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.work-ability.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
ANDY COLLINS
Sent: 17 May 2011 13:51
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: New voices for the next apple operating system
Well, I hope, but doubt that they would sound better under Voice Over. I
hate them. Still too mechanical. Why do these voices always sound as though
they're gargling as they speak? I'd hoped by now we'd be having a more
naturally flowing voice -
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: Gordon Keen <mailto:gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 10:01 AM
Subject: [access-uk] New voices for the next apple operating system
Hi
Thought some of you might want a listen to these, what do you think
of them...
Begin forwarded message:
Hello
Here are samples of a couple of the new voices in Lion which
have been doing the rounds. These aren't generated through Apple's speech
engine, they're the same voices used by another service so the samples are
generated from that. They may or may not sound better when used in
VoiceOver:
English American Accent - Samantha
<http://nextupdownloads.com/scansamples/samantha.wav>
English British Accent - Serena
<http://nextupdownloads.com/scansamples/serena.wav>
Cheers
G
From Bridgerule in glorious Devon, England.
Catch the buzz at http://www.bridgerule.co.uk
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