I think it's waywardgeek@xxxxxxxxxx I don't know what he's up to these days. He hops onto the vinux development forum from time to time. I think he's doing something with Android and daisy books last I heard. Oh, and it's Cox with an x not a cks. Spelling it that way has a most unfortunate effect when read with eyes or fingers which you totally miss with speech. I don't think he'd take offense or anything but it's still good to know the spelling of his last name. Alex M On 3/10/11, Homme, James <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > Bill Cocks, if you are on here, write me. If not, does anyone have his > e-mail address? > > Thanks. > > Jim > > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sina Bahram > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 1:06 PM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Synthesized Voices: Comments > > Talk to Bill Cox > > Take care, > Sina > > > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Homme, James > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 8:24 AM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Synthesized Voices: Comments > > Hi, > I'd love to be able to understand how ESpeak works well enough to make > voices for it that sound better, have better rhythm, and are more > intelligible at faster speeds. I don't understand that Phoneme stuff. > > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacques Bosch > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 8:06 AM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Synthesized Voices: Comments > > That is exactly what I have found. Natural sounding voices start becoming > much more unintelligible than synthetic / robotic sounding voices at high > speed.! > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Jared Wright > <wright.jaredm@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:wright.jaredm@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > The problem I've found with most ultra-realistic voices is they sound > terrible at high speeds. Which makes sense, no human talks at the rate I > have my screen reader at and would sound ridiculous if they did. But I value > being able to get through information quickly, so I'll take Eloquence. > > On 3/10/2011 7:33 AM, Homme, James wrote: > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended > solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender > immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, > you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without > the author's prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail > message do not necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its > subsidiaries, or affiliates. > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > > -- > > Jacques Bosch > > Software Architecture and Development > Independent Contractor > Cell: +27 824711807 Fax: +27 86 504 4726 > E-Mail: jfbosch@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:jfbosch@xxxxxxxxx> > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind