Re: Which Speech Engines are JFW users using? Tell me why!
- From: Chris Skarstad <toonhead5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:09:12 -0500
I think generally people are using eloquence, because it comes with JAWS.
Lots of people may not even know you have a choice, because if you're a new
user and you're just getting started, you might have things set up by
someone else and the person just accepts what's given to them as the normal
thing. I use the dectalk express myself and love it.
At 10:45 AM 9/13/2004, you wrote:
>Hello Everyone on the List Serve--
>My name is Beto Escobar III, and I am wanting to know which Speech Engines
>are the most used by JAWS users? I am using the DECTalk Express, but I
>just purchased the AT&T's Natural Voices.
>
>I remember when I first heard the DECTalk I thought-- Wow! That really
>sounds good! Then a friend sent me a link to a wav file he created using
>his AT&T's Natural Voices, and I was just stunned. It really blew me
>away. It honestly sounded like a natural voice. He was using the United
>Kingdom female voice, and the accent, and me being a Texas boy, sounded
>very real. As a result, I went ahead and purchased both the AT&T's Speech
>Engine, which comes standard with two American voices both male and
>female, as well as the United Kingdom female voice. I hope to be
>receiving them today. I wonder though, what else is out there? I would
>not have any idea. As a result, I am sending this question to the list
>serve. What Speech Engines are you using? Are you pleased with how it
>sounds? Do you have any recommendations for the rest of the users? Are
>there any we should stay away from? Let us, or me, know.
>
>Thanks,
>Beto Escobar III a JFW USER SINCE 2.0 WAS RELEASED!
>
>Post Script--
>I purchased the DECTalk Access 32-- Don't buy it! Stay Away! Eloquence
>Blows it away!
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