Re: Voxin - Nuance Voices For GNU/Linux
Names of Nuance voices are always a bit misleading. Embedded compact is, as its name suggests, compact voices you'd see in embedded systems (handhelds, or by today's standards not so new smartwatches.) As you can tell, the compact voices are actually becoming quite nice. Pro, or what is often referred to as plus, is basically standard/standard high from the Automotive era. And high is, well, premium high. I don't know if this is necessarily allowed (not sure the terms of their contract) but a trial would be nice, even if it was like a ten minute trial or something (think mobile speak/talks) just to test different configurations on different installations. Twenty to thirty bucks is, admittedly steep, but this is not Oralux's fault at all. Other distributions that charge $60 to $100 are clearly out for some profit, but they have made it clear since the Viavoice days that they are only charging because of licensing fees (which was why Eloquence was 5 bucks.) Matter of fact they made good on refunding me when I accidentally bought Viavoice without realizing it wasn't arm-ready thus wouldn't work on my pi.
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