My difficulty with this whole voice thing is not that they might have made a good voice, because they did make a different sort of more conversational voice. My difficulty comes in the use and applicability of this voice to everyday situations for us. The IOs devices' voices are much more clear and powerful and can be understood rather easily in a less quiet environment. I'm not sure that GOogle's voice has the carrying power. It's fine for a quiet walk or maybe a drive, but how is it going to be at reading stuff? And they admitted that it wouldn't be as powerful. They wanted it to be a conversational voice. That review is funny to me, because it was pretty much about speed for that person. The IOs voice assistant asked a lot more questions, which the full version of Jelly Bean might do, but it also pronounced the name of the basketball player more effectively. I wonder if Android is going to try to make the assistant voice more and if the IOs devices mmay not be alone in considering accessibility.
I do like the voice, but I think it's a gimmick, not really something that's going to be as useful to us as blind or visually impaired people. Still, it's pretty neat. Signed: Dakotah Rickard On 7/4/12, Phil Vlasak <p...@pcsgames.net> wrote: > HiWill, > You could have googled to heare the voice, > Here is a comparison with Siri, but there is also advertising before the > demo. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDsOtdRtG0Q > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "william lomas" <will.d.lo...@gmail.com> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 9:04 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] First Natural-Sounding Synthesized Voice in > theWorld' > > >> shame no sample of this supposed voice all hype to be honest by the sound >> >> of it > > > --- > 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://mail.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://mail.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.
