Re: Synthesized Voices: Comments

youwch!

a grand for a monitor, oh my! 

in that aspect, I understand, but its still a bit Ouchy since the voices I 
liked sounded good on what small amount of text that they played, but maybe 
I'll take the plunge  in a couple weeks here (next paycheck)

thanks for the alternative view, 
elf
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ken Perry 
  To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 5:46 PM
  Subject: RE: Synthesized Voices: Comments


  You know.  I somewhat agree with you about the price but here is how I look 
at it.  My wife spent 1200 on a monitor of course now you don't have to spend 
that much but when she bought the 19 inch flat screen that is what it cost.  So 
I really don't mind buying 2 voices for $78 when it in reality is my monitor

   

  Ken

   

  From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of The Elf
  Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 4:04 PM
  To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: Re: Synthesized Voices: Comments

   

  yes I agree, although if they weren't so bloody expensive I would be willing 
to give a couple of the IVONA voices a try

  the first listed English female voice, the first listed female British voice 
and the third female English voices are rather nice sounding, and that is one 
thing I have been looking for is a decent sounding female voice for my 
computer. 

   

  laters,

  elf

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  Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises
  Specialists in customized computers and peripherals
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    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Homme, James 

    To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

    Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 4:33 AM

    Subject: Synthesized Voices: Comments

     

    Hi,

    Hi,

    This is something that is probably very hard to get right. Two of the 
things that make me stick with Eloquence are that it emphasizes words usually 
at the correct places, and it pauses in the right spots for punctuation. Even 
though I like the human voices because they sound like people, I find it 
difficult to listen to them for more than a few minutes because I have to keep 
translating emphasis in my head.

     

    Jim 

     


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