Hello Karen, Well, now that I think about it, I use Eloquence most of the time, on all of my Windows computers; with Alex coming in as a close second as I use him on my Mac computers and on my Apple TV. My hearing is such that I can hear lower frequencies more easily than middle or upper frequencies and yet, for whatever reason, Samantha continues to be my favorite TTS engine for reading long strings of text.
Go figure, eh? As the saying kind of goes, beauty is in the ear of the listener. (Smile). Mark -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen Sent: Monday, April 15, 2019 10:16 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A TTS Engine instead of a Human Voice for Reading a Novel? Maybe Hi Mark, I have a question about your experience. You describe the tts voice as your beloved Samantha, suggesting that you spend allot of time with her as a major part of your listening? If true, might your personal history with the voice, the inflections the pronunciations impact your appreciation? Will let you answer if you are so enclined before making a comment. Kare On Mon, 15 Apr 2019, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I love the iOS Kindle App because it works so well with my Focus 40 > Blue Braille display. > > However, for whatever reason, until recently, I've never used the > VoiceOver Samantha TTS engine to read an entire novel in the Kindle app. > > Not long ago, I was searching for a book in Audible, because it is not > available on BARD or on Over Drive, and found it. The price of the > audio book was $19, $17 in Apple books. Since the audio length of the > book was just over 5 hours, I decided to see if a Kindle edition was > available. Yes, it was and for a mere $1.99. So, I purchased the > Kindle version and used my beloved Samantha TTS engine to read the novel. > > After I finished the Kindle version, a friend of mine purchased the > audible version. So, I decided to give it a quick listen to see if I > would like the book any better or less with a human narrator at the proverbial helm. > > You know what? I discovered that I actually preferred the Kindle > version wit the TTS engine, better. The funny thing is, I am > absolutely certain that I would have thoroughly enjoyed the human > narrator edition had I not experienced the TTS engine rendition, first. > > Now I'm certainly not saying that a TTS engine is better than a human > narrator but I am saying, that for me, at least, a TTS engine is > definitely a viable option for reading novels, especially when it > comes to saving a few dollars. > > Mark > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach > mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach > Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
