[access-uk] Re: National Library: Audio books in synthetic speech trial
- From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 09:43:50 +0100
I've been a book courier user now for about 18 months and have never
found the Doubletalk speech a problem. The speed of reading it allows
is fantastic and its relative blandness means that it's quite easy to
superimpose other voices on to it. For example, I'm currently reading
a\ Nicci French thriller which is told in the female first person voice.
When I'm reading the courier's Big Bob voice is easily pushed to one
side in favour of an imagined female one.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Peter Beasley
Sent: 06 July 2005 00:02
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: National Library: Audio books in synthetic
speech trial
Maybe I am one of the few that doesn't mind reading with speech
synthetic.
speach. Obviously a human voice ispreferred, but if it means reading a
book
with synthetic speach or not reading it at all, then I know what I would
prefer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:21 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: National Library: Audio books in synthetic
speech
trial
>I took part in this trial. They managed to select some truly dreadful
>voices.
>
> Iain.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 2:51 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] National Library: Audio books in synthetic speech
> trial
>
>
>> Wondered if anyone on list took part in the NLB trial of books read
>> in
>> synthetic, or rather, concatonated speech? If you have, how have you
>> found it?
>>
>> Question is prompted by James O'Dell's mentioning just now of the
>> alternative of a DAISY Harry Potter in Synth speech.
>> Ray
>>
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