Re: Jaws 10 and RealSpeak Solo direct voices
- From: Yardbird <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:35:10 -0800
Hi Gerald,
I agree wholeheartedly with you. I don't keep one of these voices installed
in order to use it seriously during Say All, all the time. I just like it as
a variation now and then in special cases. So I don't have any big
expectations. Even though it took me some time to get used to my Eloquence
primary voice some years ago, that was simply because relying on a
synthesized voice to enable me to use the computer seemed creepy, sounded
mechanical, and was part of the experience of RP progress that I regretted.
But lo and behold, I eventually got used to it and agree wholeheartedly
with your apt assessment. So never fear. I don't have extravagant
expectations that involve anticipating my computer talking to me in a
seamless, more human-sounding voice. I'm basically a really happy Eloquence
camper.
Joel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: Jaws 10 and RealSpeak Solo direct voices
Unfortunately, it takes forever to download the Real Speak Solo voices, and
it hardly seems worth the effort, since they are not much of an improvement
over the Sapi5 voices they replace. Eloquence Reed is still the clear
winner among all the voices available for JAWS.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:29 AM
Subject: Re: Jaws 10 and RealSpeak Solo direct voices
> Really? I experimented by choosing run, which I saw was going to take
> about
> 45 minutes at my download speed, and hadn't yet figured out what that
> would
> do once it finished downloading. But you say it offers dialogues that help
> you install it, once it's downloaded in Run form?
>
> And yes, I'll check the daisy stuff. Need more experience using it. But I
> still think it's needlessly secretive to not give those instructions right
> on the page where they proudly list the available voices , or even suggest
> towhee to look for more details. That seem to me pretty lackluster
> "instructional" writing. as as such tech documentation. Darn good thing
> we've got the list for the secrets. Sometimes this feels like a Model A
> club
> decades ago. There were some instructions, I think, but the savvy driver
> had
> other ways of divining out what to do and sharing the knowledge with
> others.
>
> Oh well. could be worse, I guess.
> DcounstrudtepoSaisy fcehexpereim----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Levine" <rlstation@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Jaws 10 and RealSpeak Solo direct voices
>
>
> Hi,
> You do not need to save the FT download , just run it and you will be
> prompted to hit the install button and the module will go to the right
> place
> within the FS Folder. The FS Daisy Basic Training is very helpful with
> this
> topic.
> Roger
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:18 PM
> Subject: Jaws 10 and RealSpeak Solo direct voices
>
>
>> First off, let me say that I've been looking at every book and topic
>> under
>> Jaws Help, and have also been to the FS page with the selection of new
>> RealSpeak voices. Even so, I still need to ask these questions. Thanks.
>>
>> I'm using Jaws 10. I'd like to install one or more voices from the
>> RealSpeak
>> Solo Direct page at the FS site, but I don't understand what I'm supposed
>> to
>> do.
>>
>> When I click on the FTP link for a voice, I get a common download
>> dialogue.
>> Fine. First of all, do I want to run or save? if it's Run, what happens?
>> And
>> if it's Save I want, then in which folder of my hard drive should I place
>> it
>> ?
>>
>> And then, how do I actually install it and get it working?
>>
>> I used to use Jaws 9, and I installed the old RealSpeak voices from the
>> Jaws
>> 9 CD, and they all appeared in my Say All item on the Configuration
>> Manager
>> Settings menu, and I knew how to get a voice working as the default Say
>> All
>> voice or, if I preferred, to set it up so that if I pressed Alt key
>> Insert
>> down arrow instead of the regular Say All command, the voice would kick
>> in.
>> So I have that experience. But I can't figure out how to install one or
>> more
>> of the new voices. this.
>>
>> I hope my question is clear. Thanks for any assistance.
>>
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