Where do you get these acapela voices? How much do they cost? Do they work only with Victor Reader Soft? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Vlasak" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sunday, Jan 18, 2009 10:44:29 Subject: [bookshare-discuss] reading books with the Victor Reader soft and Acapela voices > > > Hi Folks, > I'm having lots of fun reading books using the Victor Reader soft on my > Vista computer. > For those who are struggling with the new site I recommend this method > highly. > I first downloaded the Victor reader, VictorReader > Soft_Installer_Current.exe and its documentation, then I downloaded the > Acapela voices. > I installed the voices first but found they only work with the BookShare > software. > I next tried to install the Victor reader but got an error message that some > components were not installed. > I downloaded Dotnet-Framework-35.exe > installed it and then the victor soft program did install correctly. > I copied a Daisy formatted book from bookshare to the default folder, my > downloads folder keeping the book still in the zip. > When I ran Victor soft I updated the bookshelf and the book came up and I > was able to read it with my default SAPI voice. > I went into the Text to Speech menu, and changed the voice to the Acapela > female voice,Heather22k > It also has the male voice, Ryan22k > These are some of the clearest, easiest to listen to voices I have ever > experienced. > Try it , you'll like it! > Phil > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to > bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.