[access-uk] Re: NVDA

  • From: "Vince Thacker" <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:08:45 -0000

Billy, that's a rather loaded question, as what's best is an individual judgement. The built-in eSpeak synth and its attendant voices works fine for some, while I find it a nightmare.
NVDA will work with most SAPI4 and SAPI5 compliant voices, which gives you a wide choice.
There are some suggestions on the NVDA site about other speech synthesisers that will work with NVDA, with installation instructions: 

http://www.nvda-project.org/wiki/FreeSpeechSynthesizerList
Factors that might influence your choice include what you use a screen reader for, and how fast you want to run it, how powerful your PC is, not to mention how much you're prepared to pay. Searching for something like "text to speech voices" will unearth 
plenty of options.
This is a terrible generalisation, but the prettier voices may be less responsive than older robotic ones.
All I can suggest is that you download all the free voices you can get hold of, and try the demos on sites such as Nuance, cepstral and CereProc, to name but a few. 

Vince.
----- Original Message ----- From: "hotscot" <hotscot72@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 10:42 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: NVDA




Vincent, what are the best voices to use with NVDA?,

Billy

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Vince Thacker
Sent: 15 November 2011 23:52
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: NVDA

Andrew,
To get to change the voices, assuming there are some installed, use Insert +
N to get to the NVDA menu, then Preferences, then synthesiser and /or Voice. 

There are some free voices on nextup.com, not that they're great, but they
work. You can Google for this.

Quite likely, changing synthesiser from eSpeak to SAPI4 or SAPI5 will
unearth some existing voices.

On the NvDA menu, there is the Help item, which includes a quick keystroke
guide.
Once you change settings, save the configuration. Insert + N then S to save. 

Vince.
----- Original Message ----- From: "andrew shipp" <andrew.shipp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 10:25 PM
Subject: [access-uk] NVDA




Hi  NVDA  can you change  the voice within  this program?  also  can you
make the desktop  display  so my friend can see what is on the desk top?
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