[bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: synthetic voice shock
- From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:19:08 -0700
NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' 'BOUT, GO NEOSPEECH!
On 7/30/08, Phil Vlasak <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Susan and others,
> I did not care for theSpeechSample.wav on the BookShare site, so I recorded
> my own using Kate from NeoSpeech.
> You can hear it at this link,
> http://www.pcsgames.net/SpeechSample.wav
>
>
> Phil
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "susan l. gerhart" <slger123@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:58 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] OT: synthetic voice shock
>
>
> Hi, possibly OT, but fastest way I could figure to reach booksharians..
>
>
> I post to a mailing list for support for macular degenerates in various
> stages
> of vision loss. Explaining how to use Bookshare invokes a major YECH
> about
> robotic voices. Indeed, the demo on the bookshare website is pretty bad, far
> worse than natural voices that might be less repellant. There should be a
> steady flow of baby boomers becoming eligible for bookshare who might need
> some
> help overcoming what I have termed synthetic voice shock. see more just
> posted
> at http://asyourworldchanges.wordpress.com.
>
>
> so, how can we help? Is there an alternate bookshare book reading site?
> podcast? demo? How can I refer Vision Losers to the most positive and
> helpful
> introduction to book reading?
>
> Please let me add my appreciation for how much easier Bookshare made my rite
> of
> passage into partial sight two years ago. I found it easy to get admitted
> to
> membership then realized how much reading I could do, so went out and bought
> the book reader devices I needed. I'm still a novice scanner with 3 books
> yet
> to be submitted so I especially appreciate the volunteer corps work. I'd
> like
> to make this possible also for older people to cross the chasm of assistive
> tech.
>
>
> advice?
>
>
> susan
> "As Your World changes" blog at http://asyourworldchanges.wordpress.com
>
>
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