Hi Chela,I checked out some of these voices, and they are really good. I couldn't find where to purchase them, or how much they cost. Could you tell me more? Feel free to contact me off list, mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx .
Thanks, Melissa Chela Robles wrote:
Hello, if you want to hear Lequendo US Dave who is going to be on my computer as a SAPI 5 voice January 3rd, see attached. You'll flip and see why I have a crush on Dave, shhh, don't tell him that yet though. It is a .wav file which can play using any media player on your pc, like Windows Media Player. You can tell Dave if you wish that I have a crush on him, smile, lol!----------------"If you go without playing the trumpet for one day, no one knows, two days, only you know, and more than three days without practicing, girl you better look out, because everyone will know!" Today, I find myself constantly saying those words, just to get myself going, to not give up, and it works. Since I learned to play the trumpet at the tender age of 10, I have spent so much passion and much diligence with that instrument that I will not give up on it. Sometimes my instrument puts me into awkward situations where I feel like they won't ever end, but the trumpet gives me a lot of hope with the majestic, crystal-clear sound it brings to my ears.---------------- Chela Robles E-Mail: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx MSNWindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: jazzytrumpet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 3:52 PMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Auditory Processing Disorder and Reading AccessibilityHi Kim. Actually, there have been some amazing strides in the development ofSAPI 5 voices. Some of them are quite good, almost human. You might besurprised. I suspect that what you have heard are the old Microsoft voices like Sam, Mary, and Mike. Those voices are pretty awful. The newer voices can be adjusted with rate, pitch, and inflection to sound more lifelike. Infact, if you spend a few minutes putting some words into your JAWS orKurzweil dictionary, you can almost forget that it's a computer talking to you. My voices are clear enough now that my aunt, who hasn't lived aroundcomputer speech until this year, can understand it clearly.That's why Bookshare gives us some free voices. They didn't skimp either.They give us high-quality voices that make reading comfortable. I amimpressed by this, and it's something Bookshare hasn't really promoted hereon this list. I don't particularly like the VictorSoft reading programBookshare uses. However, I use it because of the voice when I need to learn something. That's saying something because I was a die-hard Kurzweil readerfor years. I still use it for pleasure. When I need to concentrate andretain something though, I switch to the Bookshare software and am glad tohave it. Monica Willyard "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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