[bookport] Re: Software speech on Bookport
- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 13:10:42 -0500
Well, DoubleTalk is far from being my favorite speech synth, and when I see
Dectalk and some of the other really good voices that are available on some of
the Pocket PC and cell phone speech products that are coming out I really
wonder why we couldn't have something more responsive and easier to understand
on BookPort. But, with all the wonderful things that BookPort has going for it
I can certainly manage to deal with DoubleTalk, at least for the present. The
fact is, I am not that wild about Eloquence either. But, if Dectalk speech can
be made small enough to be used in the limited memory of a cell phone I would
think it could be adapted to work in a Bookport too. But, it would probably
increase the price of the BookPort by at least $100 to put Dectalk speech in
the Bookport.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tom hawkins" <tjhawk1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:09 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Software speech on Bookport
: Hi all, have you heard the voice that comes with amipro by scansoft called
: Jane! I think its the best I've heard. A female voice bit of a British or
: Ausi accent and clear as a bell! A real pleasure to listen to.
: Tom Hawkins----- Original Message -----
: From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 2:29 PM
: Subject: [bookport] Re: Software speech on Bookport
:
:
: > It just goes to show you that opinions are like noses, everybody has one.
: > <Smile> My favorite synth for reading books, especially long and involved
: > ones, is, hands down, the DoubleTalk. I feel that Eloquence or other
: > software synths are fine for work or short reads, but when it comes to
: > reading books, the DoubleTalk gets my vote. This is, of course, nothing
: > but my own opinion.
: >
: >
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chris Hill
: > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:18 PM
: > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > Subject: [bookport] Re: Software speech on Bookport
: >
: >
: > I guess it is all what you're used to. Remember, better speech will
: > require more power.
: >
: > On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:08:17 +0100, you wrote:
: >
: >>Just another idea. I find the Bookport's internal synthesizer quite
: >>acceptable for short texts, but it does become a bit monotonous when
: >>reading for long periods. Is there any potential in the future for
: >>having a software speech synthesizer built into the Bookport's
: >>firmware? A multilingual synthesizer such as Eloquence would be ideal.
: >>
: >>John
: >>
: >>
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