You're right that people don't talk that way. It's why the Vocalizer voices sound really bad if you jack them up to even forty percent. They are indeed very human sounding. However, my reasoning is that a speech synthesiser is a tool, not a person, and the better it works at fast rates, the faster you can read/digest information and get work done. I think I'll kep it this way, at least until I do that ram upgrade. *grins*
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of net bat66 Sent: June 25, 2018 12:29 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Good ole' Eloquence i dropped eloquence a long time ago. it makes me nervus and i couldn't stay on the computer for more then a hour at a time. no such problem with the human sounding voices. i don't need or want to listen to the voices at 400 words per second. grin. people don't talk this way and my computer doesn't either. -----Original Message----- From: JM Casey Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 9:10 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Good ole' Eloquence Yeah, that does make some sense. I always kind of wondered why people really bothered with this nowadays unless they were doing serious audio processing, but I can now see that in some cases it's a sensible solution. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of net bat66 Sent: June 25, 2018 12:06 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Good ole' Eloquence the computer might run faster if you are useing a dedicated plug in e p c i sound card instead of the onboard one. when you do this the sound card does all the sound processing not the computers c p u. -----Original Message----- From: JM Casey Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 6:32 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Good ole' Eloquence Hey guys. After some thought, I decided to switch my primary synthesiser back to Eloquence. I must say, that JAWS is now acting a lot more like the robust and response screen-reader I would expect on such a relatively fast machine. I spent the past year listening to a nice, mannered, human-sounding voice, but wondering why the devil my computer was being just as slow and clunky at times as my XP machine was. Well, now I have the answer. Duh. These Vocalizer voices are resource-intensive and slow the machine down. Anybody else noticed this? I guess it's a foregone conclusion, but I just assumed my machine would be able to handle it well. I think it'd be ok for reading, but for all practical purposes, well, the trade in favour of performance is an obvious no-brainer. So, what synths does everyone use here, anyway? What are your thoughts on all the software synths out there nowadays? Curiosity question. Also, Eloquence - y'know, it's kind of good to have the old man back. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
