[bksvol-discuss] Re: Auditory Processing Disorder and Reading Accessibility
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:32:00 -0800
Hi, Chela, I like listening to computer speech just to see how good it is.
Let's say I'm not a fan of the SAPI voices such as Mary or Sam. Yuk! What is
the procedure if I just wish to hear the voices on the Liquendo web site?
I'm not buying, just listening here. I'm thinking I could go to the web site
if I had the address. Regards, Kim.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chela Robles
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:55 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Auditory Processing Disorder and Reading
Accessibility
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!
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"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.
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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 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Auditory Processing Disorder and Reading
Accessibility
> Hi Kim. Actually, there have been some amazing strides in the
> development of SAPI 5 voices. Some of them are quite good, almost
> human. You might be surprised. 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.
> In
> fact, if you spend a few minutes putting some words into your JAWS or
> Kurzweil 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 around computer 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 am
> impressed by this, and it's something Bookshare hasn't really promoted
> here on this list. I don't particularly like the VictorSoft reading
> program Bookshare 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 reader for years. I still use it for pleasure. When
> I need to concentrate and retain something though, I switch to the
> Bookshare software and am glad to have it.
>
> Monica Willyard
> "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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