[bookshare-discuss] Re: reading books with the Victor Reader soft and Acapela voices

  • From: lana <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:27:59 -0700

Where do you get these acapela voices?  How much do they cost?  Do they work 
only with Victor Reader Soft?  

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Vlasak" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, Jan 18, 2009 10:44:29
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] reading books with the Victor Reader soft  and  
Acapela  voices

>
>
> Hi Folks,
> I'm having lots of fun reading books using the Victor Reader soft on my 
> Vista computer.
> For those who are struggling with the new site I recommend this method 
> highly.
> I first downloaded the Victor reader, VictorReader 
> Soft_Installer_Current.exe and its documentation, then I downloaded the 
> Acapela voices.
> I installed the voices first but found they only work with the BookShare 
> software.
> I next tried to install the Victor reader but got an error message that some 
> components were not installed.
> I downloaded Dotnet-Framework-35.exe
> installed it and then the victor soft  program did install correctly.
> I copied a Daisy formatted book from bookshare to the default folder, my 
> downloads folder keeping the book still in the zip.
> When I ran Victor soft I updated the bookshelf and the book came up and I 
> was able to read it with my default SAPI voice.
> I went into the Text to Speech menu, and changed the voice to the Acapela 
> female voice,Heather22k
> It also has the male voice, Ryan22k
> These are some of the clearest, easiest to listen to voices I have ever 
> experienced.
> Try it , you'll like it!
> Phil
> 
> 
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