Hi, While the accents are not bad, I find the samples speak in a flat toneless way. Like many natural language voices they appear to rise and fall in a very unnatural manner. I certainly wouldn't think they are any better than the Nuance voices commonly used by Apple etc. Tim -----Original Message----- From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: 28 November 2013 22:34 To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vicsireland] CereProc synthesised voices I don't know why this didn't make it to the list or back to me from it last night. Hi, Anybody interested in hearing, or trying out, new SAPI5 voices, might like to visit www.cereproc.com - and then listening to the samples and/or downloading demos of the voices. (You may need to have a version of Apple's QuickTime Player to pay or listen to the voices.) Among the voiuices there is one irish, Caitlin, probably from Dublin; and a few Scottish ones. A;lso, an english voice, plus other voices in other languages from other nationalities. Something like those at www.ivona.com =========================================================== The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org =========================================================== The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org