[bookshare-discuss] Re: reading books with the Victor Reader soft and Acapela voices
- From: lana <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:28:43 -0700
Thanks. I am a member, and I'm getting a new computer that actually has some
memory; so might want to try it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Vlasak" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, Jan 18, 2009 12:41:58
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: reading books with the Victor Reader soft and
Acapela voices
>
>
> Hi Lana,
> The two Acapela voices are free to bookShare members.
> Go to the link:
> Reading Tools
> Bookshare provides two free DAISY readers and free voices for reading
> Bookshare books. You need to be logged in as a Member to download this
> software.
> http://www.bookshare.org/readingTools
>
>
> The Acapela voices only work with the Victor Reader soft.
> the download is about 240 MB
> Phil
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "lana" <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 2:27 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: reading books with the Victor Reader soft
> and Acapela voices
>
>
> > 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
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