I think with a lot of these things it is what we start off with. I have always been used to synthetic speech well so are these real speak voices but I am of the opinion that those who have come to using speech in later life perhaps or who have been managing with print for years, findthe real speak voices easier to understand. Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Spamer To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:51 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Voices Ok Barbara, I guess they're just the same as on the PC then. Don't you think someone would have come up with a voice to rival elequence? What with the PC and now the phone, he's haunting me! Cheers Steve. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Wilson To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:25 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Voices Good and snappy does not describe RealSpeak or Vocalizer, so I'd stick to Eloquence if I were you. Barbara Wilson M: 07917710779 T: 02887784046 E: barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IM: creativeeyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: creativeeyes ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Spamer To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 9:45 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Voices Ibrahim, so what you're saying is that you can't even hear or demo these voices? I'd be interested in getting a good, snappy alternative to elequence, but wouldn't buy a licence without hearing a voice, cheers Steve. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:39 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Voices Hi Barbra. Its possible that for whatever reason, Nuance prohibit the selection of non licensed voices in this new version of talks, I have licenses for the vocaliser voices so this has never been an issue, however £27 upgrade will give you vocaliser. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Wilson To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:37 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Voices I know about the upgraded license, but in the past I have been able to try out the extra voices before purchasing. Barbara Wilson M: 07917710779 T: 02887784046 E: barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IM: creativeeyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: creativeeyes ----- Original Message ----- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:36 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Voices Hi Barbra. Well, if you haven't a license for them, they won't show in the speech options. Your license is probably only for eloquence, so if you wish to use Vocaliser voices, you'll have to purchase an upgrade from Talknav. This will cost you £27 and will enable all language versions of all voices, both realspeak and vocaliser. All the best, Ibrahim. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Wilson To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:34 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Voices Hi That's is what I did. Barbara Wilson M: 07917710779 T: 02887784046 E: barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IM: creativeeyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: creativeeyes ----- Original Message ----- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:32 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Voices Hi Barbra. OK, totally uninstall all vocaliser voices and their components, all you should have installed are Talks, eloquence and any other applications that you use. Then go download the latest versions of the vocaliser voices from talknav, these are Serena, Sangeeta, Samantha and Caron and their all dated 2009. Fully install these and they'll show up in the talks speech synthesiser selection. All the best, Ibrahim. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Wilson To: talks-uk Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:23 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Voices Anyone experienced this? On installing the RealSpeak or Vocalizer voices, they don't show up within TALKS when I try to change the default voice. They do however show up in Installed Applications within Apps Manager. So they don't seem to work. Barbara Wilson M: 07917710779 T: 02887784046 E: barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IM: creativeeyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: creativeeyes __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3935 (20090313) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3935 (20090313) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3935 (20090313) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1346 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message