Hi,
Ivona is also a good choice.
Wish GW would write a direct driver to support the Ivona voices. (smile)
On 3/15/2013 11:45 AM, Chris wrote:
Unless something has changed since I checked sometime last year, one
does not need to make another purchase. In addition to selling products
of their own using the Acapeela voices, they also sell the InfoVox
application along with various language packs. When purchased this way,
the voices are not locked to a NextUp product. Purchasing the voices
along with InfoVox is pricier than just buying most voice packs alone,
but you get a lot more than voices. InfoVox allows one to have some very
detailled controlls over the Acapeela voices independent of the screen
reader they are used with. Including things like an independent
Exceptions dictionary as well as many other features I can't recall
offhand. I am still seriously considering purchasing InfoVox as some of
the unfixable verbosity and pronounciation quirks of the otherwise quite
excellent Vocalizer voices grate more and more on my nerves.
Regards,
Chris
-----Original Message----- From: David
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 1:51 AM
To: [email protected] ; [email protected]
Subject: Re: Acapela Voices
Yes, the company is InfoVox, or that is what they originally was named.
Think they are called Acapela Group, by now.
Far as I have come to know, you cannot buy any of their voices directly.
You
will have to go through a dealer. At least, all my queries, through several
years, I have always ended up with that one answer: Go to a dealer. If you
are living in the USA, my best suggestion would be, go to Nextup.com. Buy
one of their products, and then some of the Acapela voices. By default the
voice will be tied to the Nextup product, but for an extra fee, you can get
the necessary software to unlock the voice, that you can use it for all
activity on your computer.
If you are not living in the USA, you can still buy Nextup products and
Acapela voices, but nextup are not allowed to sell the unlocking software
outside USA. And, when I contacted a local dealer here, they did not
acknowledge the voices bought from Nextup. They insisted on having me buy
everything from scratch. And, they knew what price would put jam on their
toast. :) Had I been able to buy everything from Nextup, I would have ended
up for less than three hundred dollars. Locally, they wanted to charge me
1300 dollars. Go figure who's burger will have tomatoes on it. :)
Unfortunately, Acapela are quite complicated, comes to licensing. And, they
want things done exactly their way. Has been the big drqwback of them for
all their time. I started using them way back in the 80's, and have had a
few cases of licensing trouble. What exactly are you looking for? It's too
bad all that hazzle, since their voices tend to be quite superior to
many of
the others on the market. And, had they loosened a bit on the licensing,
they could easily have offered things for a more affordable price, and have
sale go up.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrea Sherry"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 8:15 AM
Subject: Acapela Voices
Does anyone have a link for these voices?
I believe the company or such is Infovox (not sure of the spelling).
Cheers
Andrea
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