Yes, i agree. I've never been a fan of the nuance voices.
now if they could come to some agreement, and include iVox...
On 17/05/2011 17:55, carolyn Haas wrote:
Hi Erik:
I like Samantha ok if she's fancied up enough. But, I agree. Wonder who has
the patent on eloquence? Even the old Dectalk voice would be preferable to
some of the nonsense that's in snowleopard now, (excluding Alex, of course.)
I wonder if there's any point in giving feedback to accessibility team?
On May 17, 2011, at 9:44 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
Well voices are really subjective and everyone will have there preferences, but
I think it's a serious step backward implementing nuance voices in lion.
Nuance has outrageously bad pronunciation. It falls to pieces when you speed
up the rate, and the cadence is nowhere near as nice as alex or even digital
voices from acapela or loquendo. I know they won't get rid of alex, but it
seems a shame to squander space on nuance when there are so much better options
out there.
Best,
Erik Burggraaf
User support consultant,
Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf,
1-888-255-5194
http://www.erik-burggraaf.com
On 2011-05-17, at 10:50 AM, Christopher Peppel wrote:
Yes, I just listened to Samantha and Serena. They do sound a little more
artificial then Alex. They have a little burbling sound to them. Not bad, but
I too, like Alex better.
On May 17, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Howard Dupuis wrote:
Just read about -- and listened to -- the new voices that are
supposedly going to be part of Lion.
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/16/listen-to-the-nuance-text-to-speech-voices-found-in-mac-os-x-lion/
If this means that Alex will be gone, then I'll not be upgrading.
These voices, at least to my ears on just one listen, are a real step
backward from Alex. To be sure, I've so long been listening to Alex
that I've grown accustomed to him, but I don't think that's all there
is to it. I think Alex sounds more nuanced than the Nuance voices.
Just one man's whining.
-- Howard
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