Hi Lori, Well, as I said earlier there are lots of alternatives to the Scansoft Real Speak voices, and most of them sound pretty good. Here is a few suggestions to check out.
First, there is the AT&T Natural Voices which happen to be sold through Nextup.com. I actually use Mike and Cristal a lot, and they are definitely some of the more human sounding voices out there. Next, there is the Swift 5 voices produced by Cepstral.com. Some of their voices like Callie and Diane actually sound pretty decent reading books from Bookshare etc. Even better yet they have 32-bit and 64-bit versions now, they have versions for Mac, Linux, and Windows and they seem to be open minded about supporting as many applications, screen readers, etc as possible. I don't think you can go wrong with any of their voices. There is the Ivona TTS voices sold by Ivona.com. These are probably the best sounding voices I've ever heard. They are a bit on the expensive side,$45.00 or so each, but they really sound human. I've been listening to a book read by one of their U.K. voices, Amy, and she sounds very human. Finally, there is the Cereproc voices Dark mentioned sold by Cereproc.com. I personally didn't care for their voices myself, but I do know some VI computer users/gamers like them. They are worth checking out as well. HTH On 5/11/11, Lori Duncan <lori_dunca...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I think that's terrible, they're just out for the money these companies. I > wish there was a way of me getting hold of a disk of jaws 8, but I don't > know of anyone who has one and Mary isn't working so good, she sounds like > she's got a sore throat, very crackley. --- 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.