[bookshare-discuss] Re: Bookshare Books - Device Listening Survey
- From: "Alan Lemly" <walemly@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:20:20 -0600
Bob, I just had to write you off-list and thank you for my best laugh of the
day.
Alan
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From: Bob Acosta [mailto:boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx]
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Samantha and i will never be close. But kate, wow! Bob
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From: Alan Lemly <mailto:walemly@xxxxxxxxx>
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roger, thanks for your comments. I've seen your similar posts on other lists
and I think you're right that I just need to get a good book in text and
fire Samantha up. Although I'm slowly developing a relationship with her, it
is not to the point of the one I have with Kate who voices my screen reader.
Grinning for those who are writing me off as a no-life loser.
Alan Lemly
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I think all of us would rather hear a human voice, at least the voice of a
professional actor, than a synthetic voice, but I think you sell your
Stream's synthetic voice short. I regularly read Bookshare books and books
from other sources on my Stream using the Samantha voice and when I pay
attention to the content and get absorbed in it I tend to forget that a
synthetic voice is even reading it. I would suggest getting a fairly long
book that you know that you are really going to be interested in and let
Samantha read it to you. I think that you will get used to it faster than
you think. There is an advantage too. When a human reader is the narrator
that human tends to add her or his own interpretation to the material. I
think this is even more of a tendency with a professional actor than, say, a
reader with RFB&D. The synthetic voice has no consciousness and so has no
way to interpret or have feelings about a book. That means that you are
more on par with a sighted person reading a print book. That is, you provide
your own interpretation.
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Hi, I'm new to Bookshare and this list. I must admit that I'm somewhat
spoiled when it comes to listening to audiobooks and have gotten too used to
very
competent audio narrators. I've not done much listening to books in text
format on my Stream which is probably why the thought of listening to a long
book
with the Stream's TTS voice seems daunting at best. What device do most
users on this list use when listening to their Bookshare books? I did
download
the Victor Reader software and the voices on the computer are obviously much
better than those on the Stream for listening due to the higher computing
muscle but I was just curious what others on this list use? Thanks for any
comments. Alan Lemly
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