[access-uk] Re: Iona voices
- From: "john coley" <johncoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 23:29:32 +0100
Hi Andy, none of those voices support pitch. The same goes for Realspeak and
the other human sounding SAPI voices. I've only come across one vaguely human
sounding synth that supports pitch, and that was SVox Pico for use with NVDA.
John.
----- Original Message -----
From: ANDY COLLINS
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 6:03 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Iona voices
Hi all -
I'm using the Iona voices in demo mode for now, thinking about buying a
license. I'm not very impressed with Brian and Emma [uk voices] but Amy [uk] is
pretty reasonable, even though I don't like the way she pronounces certain
words.
I was trying to make changes in JAWS, so that she would speak capitol letters
in a higher pitch, the way I am use to under Eloquence, but no matter how much
I Play around with this setting, it makes no difference. All letters are read
in the same pitch, when reading character by character. The odd thing however,
is that when Amy comes across the letter y [case doesn't matter] she seems to
yell it out, and in a slightly raised pitch too, as if there is something
special about the letter y!
Anybody have similar experiences? -
Andy
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