[access-uk] Re: Ivona voices
- From: "Vince Thacker" <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:38:25 +0100
Andy, there is an Acapela demo here, but as it refuses to work with NVDA, I
can't exactly get excited about it. I got it to work by sight, but not via
screen reader.
http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html
It's a bit perverse to make an inaccessible site to promote text-to-speech
voices isn't it!?
Must say I wasn't very impressed by the voices when I finally got them to work.
To me, they don't sound a patch on Realspeak or Ivona, but of course each to
their own.
Vince.
----- Original Message -----
From: ANDY COLLINS
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 10:24 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ivona voices
Just had a listne to the Americanh English Acapela voice, Heather [couldn't
find any others to listen to. Didn't find her as pleasant as the Ivona voices,
but like I say, hers was the only voice I could find -
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Nutt
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 11:45 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ivona voices
Hi,
They don't. They clip all over the place at high speed, which is why I
prefer Nuance for the Human-sounding speech. Actually Acapela are the best in
my view, but the most expensive.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
ANDY COLLINS
Sent: 24 June 2012 11:06
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Ivona voices
Hi all -
Does anybody actually use the Ivona English voices regularly? How well do
they perform if speeded up? I'm use to using JAWS with Eloquence at a faster
rate [not a lot faster] and would want to ratchet up Brian or Amy a bit -
Andy
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