RE: Synthesized Voices: Comments

  • From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 09:46:05 -0500

I did say this was years ago and no it was a sony and the big selling factor
is it was a flat screen before there were lots on the market and it was 19
inch before there were any on the market and oh here is probably why it was
so expensive.   You could rotate the screen snicker.

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Wright
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 6:03 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Synthesized Voices: Comments

$1200? That thing better be HD, glare-resistent, able to make me 
breakfast, and hosting a laundromat in the back panel.
On 3/11/2011 8:46 PM, Ken Perry wrote:
> You know. I somewhat agree with you about the price but here is how I
> look at it. My wife spent 1200 on a monitor of course now you don't have
> to spend that much but when she bought the 19 inch flat screen that is
> what it cost. So I really don't mind buying 2 voices for $78 when it in
> reality is my monitor
>
> Ken
>
> *From:*programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *The Elf
> *Sent:* Friday, March 11, 2011 4:04 PM
> *To:* programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: Synthesized Voices: Comments
>
> yes I agree, although if they weren't so bloody expensive I would be
> willing to give a couple of the IVONA voices a try
>
> the first listed English female voice, the first listed female British
> voice and the third female English voices are rather nice sounding, and
> that is one thing I have been looking for is a decent sounding female
> voice for my computer.
>
> laters,
>
> elf
>
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>
>     *From:*Homme, James <mailto:james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>     *To:*programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>     *Sent:*Thursday, March 10, 2011 4:33 AM
>
>     *Subject:*Synthesized Voices: Comments
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Hi,
>
>     This is something that is probably very hard to get right. Two of
>     the things that make me stick with Eloquence are that it emphasizes
>     words usually at the correct places, and it pauses in the right
>     spots for punctuation. Even though I like the human voices because
>     they sound like people, I find it difficult to listen to them for
>     more than a few minutes because I have to keep translating emphasis
>     in my head.
>
>     Jim
>
>
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