Oh okay I'll have to look into it and play around with NVDA some more. Where do I get the Vocalizer voices? And I'm done with the off-topic post. Danielle
On 7/26/14, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Danielle, > > I don't want to go too far off topic here, but I will say that NVDA > supports a large number of software synthesizers besides Espeak which > it comes with. If you are willing to put forward a little bit of money > you can buy the Vocalizer voices for NVDA which will give you Daniel, > Tom, Karen, Lee, and all the other voices you get for Jaws. I think it > is like $99 for a Vocalizer license for NVDA which is not bad for a > one time fee, and of course if the games support NVDA they can speak > using your Vocalizer voices. > > If you are looking for something more universal NVDA also supports all > Sapi 5.x compatible voices. You can get something high quality like > the Ivona voices which are a bit on the expensive side, or if you have > Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 you can get a number of decent quality voices > from Microsoft that work with NVDA as well. > > The point being if Espeak is the only reason holding you back from > joining the NVDA crowd there are plenty of alternatives. You can spend > a little money for better voices for NVDA and games and it won't cost > you any more than the cost of a Jaws upgrade, and it is typically a > one-time fee. > > Cheers! > > > > On 7/26/14, Danielle Antoine <singingmywa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I was wondering the same thing. I'm still on the fence about NVDA. I >> would like something other than that almost robotic standard synth it >> comes with and when I'm doing surveys it doesn't always display the >> screen or even continue functioning especially if my JAWS demo times >> out and I launch NVDA. >> >> Danielle > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
