[bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: synthetic voice shock
- From: "Phil Vlasak" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:37:09 -0400
Hi Susan and others,
I did not care for theSpeechSample.wav on the BookShare site, so I recorded
my own using Kate from NeoSpeech.
You can hear it at this link,
http://www.pcsgames.net/SpeechSample.wav
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: "susan l. gerhart" <slger123@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:58 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] OT: synthetic voice shock
Hi, possibly OT, but fastest way I could figure to reach booksharians..
I post to a mailing list for support for macular degenerates in various
stages
of vision loss. Explaining how to use Bookshare invokes a major YECH
about
robotic voices. Indeed, the demo on the bookshare website is pretty bad, far
worse than natural voices that might be less repellant. There should be a
steady flow of baby boomers becoming eligible for bookshare who might need
some
help overcoming what I have termed synthetic voice shock. see more just
posted
at http://asyourworldchanges.wordpress.com.
so, how can we help? Is there an alternate bookshare book reading site?
podcast? demo? How can I refer Vision Losers to the most positive and
helpful
introduction to book reading?
Please let me add my appreciation for how much easier Bookshare made my rite
of
passage into partial sight two years ago. I found it easy to get admitted
to
membership then realized how much reading I could do, so went out and bought
the book reader devices I needed. I'm still a novice scanner with 3 books
yet
to be submitted so I especially appreciate the volunteer corps work. I'd
like
to make this possible also for older people to cross the chasm of assistive
tech.
advice?
susan
"As Your World changes" blog at http://asyourworldchanges.wordpress.com
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