Re: Synthesized Voices: Comments

  • From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:42:44 -0600

wow,
what year was that and what was she smokin?

Bryan Schulz

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: The Elf 
  To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 4:46 PM
  Subject: Re: Synthesized Voices: Comments


  youwch!

  a grand for a monitor, oh my! 

  in that aspect, I understand, but its still a bit Ouchy since the voices I 
liked sounded good on what small amount of text that they played, but maybe 
I'll take the plunge  in a couple weeks here (next paycheck)

  thanks for the alternative view, 
  elf
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    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Ken Perry 
    To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 5:46 PM
    Subject: RE: Synthesized Voices: Comments


    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

    Moderator, Blind Access Help
    Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises
    Specialists in customized computers and peripherals
    - own the might and majesty of a Alacorn!
    www.alacorncomputer.com
    proprietor, The Grab Bag, 
    for blind computer users and programmers
    http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com

      ----- Original Message ----- 

      From: Homme, James 

      To: 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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