[bookport] Re: Preferring Synthetic Speech to Human Narration
- From: "Joni Colver" <joni.colver@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:29:28 -0500
Like Bruce, I do not like to speed up books, whether they are on cassette or
the Book Port. I cannot comprehend speech at a rapid rate and it makes me
feel tense to try to do so. The only time I speed up the Book Port past 5
is if I am not liking the book but want to finish it, but quickly! I am
glad I am not the only one who prefers to read books at a normal speed. It
seems like most of the blind people I know like the speed way way up there.
More power to you guys who can comprehend at that fast a speed but my brain
shuts down. I have to shake my head when I read comments on this list about
people wishing the Double Talk could be speeded up even more.
Joni
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 9:13 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Preferring Synthetic Speech to Human Narration
Here again, I'm not of the "speed it up" persuasion. If I'm going to read
a book, I want to savor it. If it's information I'm after, give me
braille, please, which I'm much more likely to remember. I prefer braille
anyway, but when you proofread the stuff all day you don't jump up and
down quite as much for the stuff on your own time.
Bruce
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On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, albert griffith wrote:
> Most of the time, I too, prefer synthetic speech over human narration. It
can be read faster. However, works of fiction, which I read more slowly,
are best read by humans.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nolan Crabb
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 9:52 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Preferring Synthetic Speech to Human Narration
>
>
> Sarah said in an earlier message that she is part of a tiny minority who
prefers synthetic speech to human narration.
>
> While that club is no doubt small and exclusive, I hope and trust there's
room for me. Even though I'm doing these NLS conversions, I prefer a
plain-text book like a Web braille title over the human narration any day.
The choice of the DoubleTalk chip was an excellent choice as far as I'm
concerned.
>
> I suspect, Sarah, that there are more of us out there than we might
realize--more who enjoy synthetic speech over human narration, that is. I'm
solidly in that group.
>
> Nolan
>
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