[bksvol-discuss] Re: speech problems
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:57:21 -0500
I have had pretty good success with the ATT Natural voices in XP for
editing.
They work very well for editing especially with Read All punctuation is
turned on.
Scansoft has some good voices too.
www.nextup.com
Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Advisory Council
www.guidedogs.com
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to
stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
-- Vance Havner
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 5:29 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] speech problems
How depressing. I guess that means it is ViaVoice that has the problem not
Kurzweil or Open Book since they both have the problem.
The lack of a tolerable synthesizer is all that keeps me from switching to
always using Windows Xp. I don't like other speech, but could live with it
if only I didn't want to edit. I just can't edit with most speech, because
it is not precise enough to know if things are messed up or not without
stopping and checking all the time. Many don't respect punctuation as they
should, others muffle or make words somewhat indistinct so one letter being
incorrect could go unnoticed. Even more are unresponsive and are therefore
unacceptable when you need to stop and start them very quickly over and over
again. Or is it that I just have to upgrade my brain, and all of those
problems are just in my head?
Sarah Van Oosterwijck
http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity/
----- Original Message -----
From: <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 3:39 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: thanks and scanning
> Hi Sarah,
>
> Yes, I've always had problems with the implementation of ViaVoice that
> Openbook uses. It would always crash my system, so I went to the MS Sapi
> sound engine, even though I don't like its sound quality as much. Better
> to have bad speech, than no speech and a reboot.
>
> Dave
>
> At 03:57 PM 12/30/2004, you wrote:
> >Patti, Thanks for your thanks and the cook book recommendations.
> >
> >I know very little about Open Book, but know what Fine Engine tends to
do,
> >so results should be similar.
> >
> >I think maybe I should install an Open Book demmo in Xp to see how it
works.
> >Since I can't get speech I like with Kurzweil in Xp I might as well only
use
> >Xp for experimentation. Might as well try to mess it up with installing
a
> >WindowEyes demmo, too.
> >
> >Anyone else having trouble with ViaVoice dispite it being reinstalled and
> >being the only item shown in SAPIReg.exe? Anyone have a suggestion? Tech
> >support didn't. If so write me off list at netentity at earthlink dot
net.
> >
> >Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> >http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity/
> >
> >--- Original Message -----
> >From: "Patti Johnson" <razz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 1:24 PM
> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Feeling like scanning, but don't know what
to
> >scan?
> >
> >
> > > Hi Sara, that was a very nice and encouraging message, you all
have
> >been
> > > very kind. I have Open book 7, and a Visioneer One Touch 8100
scanner,
> > > Windows Xp. I thought tat Omni Page was the better OCR but now I find
> >Fine
> > > Reader reads better, I guess it depends on what you are scanning. Is
that
> > > enough information for you or do you need to know more about my
system?
> > > Again, thanks to every one for your encoraging words.
> > > Patti
> > >
> > > Dear Lord, help me to become the kind of person that my dog thinks I
am.
>
>
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