[bksvol-discuss] Re: about braille
- From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 13:30:59 -0500
Hi, Kellie! I have always liked the Keynote synthesizer. No howls of
protest here! <Smile>
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kellie Hartmann" <kellhart@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:45 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: about braille
> Rob,
> I don't like to have different narrators for the books in a series either.
I
> don't mind human narrators if they read well, and for some things I prefer
> them. For instance, I have a DecTalk synthesizer which butchers foreign
> words beyond recognition most of the time. I think viaVoice or Eloquence
or
> whatever you call it does better with foreign words, but I happen not to
> like it very much. My true favorite, I know, this will cause a howl of
> protest from almost everyone who's ever heard it, is the Keynote
> synthesizer. It's admittedly robotic, but its prosodic pausing and
emphasis,
> as well as it's pronunciation, are very good. Also, it can read fast
without
> slurring or stuttering.
>
> My main problem with reading books on the computer is that I tend to go
> through them horribly fast. So I like to read in braille a lot, the book
> lasts longer without making me feel like I'm reading it too slowly.
> Kellie
>
>
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