RE: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
Sally is the default voice for the Kindle Fire HDX. I know this because I bought the Kindle. One just needs to go to settings, text to speech and that is how Joey, Amy and Bryan are downloaded for free. Actually, I had Joey read a book by a male author to me and I thought that he did a pretty good job. I find that he reads better when the rated is a bit faster than the default rate. Myrna -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 11:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 I don't know about the books share books, but Sally and Joey are available for Kindle fire HDX TTS. I forget which one comes as a default, I think it is Sally. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 16, 2014, at 7:47 AM, "Russ Kiehne" wrote: > > Speaking of Ivona, What Ivona tts does bookshare use for there mp3 books? > What Ivona tts is used for the Kindle fire hdx? > I like those very much. > > -Original Message- From: Richard Turner > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 12:16 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British > female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 > > > > If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object > in a certain place, don’t bother reading. > > I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the > internet using Voice Dream Reader. > > I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from > Ivona, but the way it handles the text. > > I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him > away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from > Ivona. > > The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. > > James reads the below text first, then Amy. > > Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 > > > > Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with > other voices: > > > > We all know this feeling > > > > "Please create your password below:" > > > > roses > > > > "Sorry, too few characters." > > > > pretty roses > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." > > > > 1 pretty rose > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." > > > > 1prettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." > > > > 1friggingprettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." > > > > 1FRIGGINGprettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." > > > > 1FriggingPrettyRose > > > > "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." > > > > 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." > > > > 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow > > > > > > > > > > "Sorry, that password is already in use". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >
RE: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
Hi, In voice Dream, Salli, Joey, Amy and Brian are the Ivona voices. BTW, I agree with your description of Salli in another Email. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:42 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 I don't know about the books share books, but Sally and Joey are available for Kindle fire HDX TTS. I forget which one comes as a default, I think it is Sally. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 16, 2014, at 7:47 AM, "Russ Kiehne" wrote: > > Speaking of Ivona, What Ivona tts does bookshare use for there mp3 books? > What Ivona tts is used for the Kindle fire hdx? > I like those very much. > > -Original Message- From: Richard Turner > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 12:16 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British > female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 > > > > If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object > in a certain place, don’t bother reading. > > I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the > internet using Voice Dream Reader. > > I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from > Ivona, but the way it handles the text. > > I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him > away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from > Ivona. > > The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. > > James reads the below text first, then Amy. > > Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 > > > > Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with > other voices: > > > > We all know this feeling > > > > "Please create your password below:" > > > > roses > > > > "Sorry, too few characters." > > > > pretty roses > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." > > > > 1 pretty rose > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." > > > > 1prettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." > > > > 1friggingprettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." > > > > 1FRIGGINGprettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." > > > > 1FriggingPrettyRose > > > > "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." > > > > 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." > > > > 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow > > > > > > > > > > "Sorry, that password is already in use". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
Joey sounds like he is a major stoner or is and Quaaludes. I cannot decide which, but either way, he will not be at my eye device. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:07 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > A lot of the Ivona voices aren't great; Sally is good, and the Birtish male > is good. Kendra is horrible, though, and Joey annoys me after a while. That > said, overall the good Ivona voices still have the others beat, I think. > Again, synthesized speech is one of the most subjective things we could > discuss, so I guess it comes down to this: whichever you prefer, VDR now > offers four voice manufacturers to pick from. The other Daisy app on iOS > offers only one, and other self-voicing apps similarly lack choices. No > matter how you slice it, you are more likely by far to find a voice you like > in VDR than any other app. >> On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Gmail wrote: >> >> This is probably just me, but I think most of the Ivona voices sound super >> flat. I like the Neospeech voices much better, except for Paul. I don't know >> why, but I can't stand him for some reason. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Ari >> >>> On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, "Richard Turner" >>> wrote: >>> >>> If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object >>> in a certain place, don’t bother reading. >>> I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the >>> internet using Voice Dream Reader. >>> I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from >>> Ivona, but the way it handles the text. >>> I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him >>> away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from >>> Ivona. >>> The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. >>> James reads the below text first, then Amy. >>> Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. >>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 >>> >>> Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with >>> other voices: >>> >>> We all know this feeling >>> >>> "Please create your password below:" >>> >>> roses >>> >>> "Sorry, too few characters." >>> >>> pretty roses >>> >>> "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." >>> >>> 1 pretty rose >>> >>> "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." >>> >>> 1prettyrose >>> >>> "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." >>> >>> 1friggingprettyrose >>> >>> "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." >>> >>> 1FRIGGINGprettyrose >>> >>> "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." >>> >>> 1FriggingPrettyRose >>> >>> "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." >>> >>> 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! >>> >>> "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." >>> >>> 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow >>> >>> >>> >>> "Sorry, that password is already in use". >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> >>> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> >>> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >>> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > > > > --
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
Alex, As I noted earlier in a Nother message on this thread, I have every reason to think Kendra will be offered in Voice Dream. Winston seemed to be indicating that when he responded to my message about Kendra not being available at present. I certainly have high hopes. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 16, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Sorry, but Kendra is not offered in VDR. The two female Ivona voices are > Sally (American) and Amy (British). >> On Mar 16, 2014, at 12:49 PM, Dionesque wrote: >> >> Oh, really, Alex? This indeed confirms how much different one's perception >> of synthetic speech can bee! I haven't tried Kendra in Voice Dream Reader >> yet but can't wait to do so, because on PC, with NVDA and with Balabolka, it >> has always been my all-time favourite English-speaking voice, especially for >> books, I've made myself quite a lot of mp3s by Balabolka using Kendra, smile! >> I'm not English native speaker, maybe this has an impact on my perception, >> not sure about it though, for me Kendra sounds very pleasant, not >> high-pitched like so many other female voices. >> Kind regards, >> >> Barbara >> >> >> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- From: Alex Hall >> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 11:07 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the >> British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 >> >> A lot of the Ivona voices aren't great; Sally is good, and the Birtish male >> is good. Kendra is horrible, though, and Joey annoys me after a while. That >> said, overall the good Ivona voices still have the others beat, I think. >> Again, synthesized speech is one of the most subjective things we could >> discuss, so I guess it comes down to this: whichever you prefer, VDR now >> offers four voice manufacturers to pick from. The other Daisy app on iOS >> offers only one, and other self-voicing apps similarly lack choices. No >> matter how you slice it, you are more likely by far to find a voice you like >> in VDR than any other app. >> >> On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Gmail wrote: >> >> >> This is probably just me, but I think most of the Ivona voices sound super >> flat. I like the Neospeech voices much better, except for Paul. I don't know >> why, but I can't stand him for some reason. >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> Ari >> >> On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, "Richard Turner" >> wrote: >> >> >> >> If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object >> in a certain place, don’t bother reading. >> >> I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the >> internet using Voice Dream Reader. >> >> I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from >> Ivona, but the way it handles the text. >> >> I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him >> away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from >> Ivona. >> >> The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. >> >> James reads the below text first, then Amy. >> >> Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. >> >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 >> >> >> >> Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with >> other voices: >> >> >> >> We all know this feeling >> >> >> >> "Please create your password below:" >> >> >> >> roses >> >> >> >> "Sorry, too few characters." >> >> >> >> pretty roses >> >> >> >> "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." >> >> >> >> 1 pretty rose >> >> >> >> "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." >> >> >> >> 1prettyrose >> >> >> >> "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." >> >> >> >> 1friggingprettyrose >> >> >> >> "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." >> >> >> >> 1FRIGGINGprettyrose >> >> >> >> "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." >> >> &
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
For those who like Kendra, unless it's just me, that voice is coming to voice dream reader. Winston said more voices are on the way, and I specifically asked about Kendra when I got that response. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 16, 2014, at 8:26 AM, "Richard Turner" > wrote: > > I'm glad you asked that question. I had no idea until I just did a Google > search that Amazon has purchase Ivona. > Sadly, nothing on the web that I have found identifies the voices used on the > Kindle Fire, other than there is only U.S. and U.K. English voices. > That was from the Amazon Kindle Accessibility help page. > However, Bookshare was very clear. > From the Bookshare web site under formats: > Voicing is provided by the high quality Kendra voice from Ivona, not your > reading tool > > There you go. > > Richard > > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Russ Kiehne > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 7:48 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the > British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 > > Speaking of Ivona, What Ivona tts does bookshare use for there mp3 books? > What Ivona tts is used for the Kindle fire hdx? > I like those very much. > > -Original Message- > From: Richard Turner > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 12:16 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British > female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 > > > > If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object > in a certain place, don’t bother reading. > > I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the > internet using Voice Dream Reader. > > I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from > Ivona, but the way it handles the text. > > I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him > away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from > Ivona. > > The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. > > James reads the below text first, then Amy. > > Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 > > > > Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with > other voices: > > > > We all know this feeling > > > > "Please create your password below:" > > > > roses > > > > "Sorry, too few characters." > > > > pretty roses > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." > > > > 1 pretty rose > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." > > > > 1prettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." > > > > 1friggingprettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." > > > > 1FRIGGINGprettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." > > > > 1FriggingPrettyRose > > > > "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." > > > > 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." > > > > 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow > > > > > > > > > > "Sorry, that password is already in use". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@goog
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
I don't know about the books share books, but Sally and Joey are available for Kindle fire HDX TTS. I forget which one comes as a default, I think it is Sally. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 16, 2014, at 7:47 AM, "Russ Kiehne" wrote: > > Speaking of Ivona, What Ivona tts does bookshare use for there mp3 books? > What Ivona tts is used for the Kindle fire hdx? > I like those very much. > > -Original Message- From: Richard Turner > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 12:16 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British > female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 > > > > If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object > in a certain place, don’t bother reading. > > I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the > internet using Voice Dream Reader. > > I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from > Ivona, but the way it handles the text. > > I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him > away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from > Ivona. > > The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. > > James reads the below text first, then Amy. > > Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 > > > > Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with > other voices: > > > > We all know this feeling > > > > "Please create your password below:" > > > > roses > > > > "Sorry, too few characters." > > > > pretty roses > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." > > > > 1 pretty rose > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." > > > > 1prettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." > > > > 1friggingprettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." > > > > 1FRIGGINGprettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." > > > > 1FriggingPrettyRose > > > > "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." > > > > 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." > > > > 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow > > > > > > > > > > "Sorry, that password is already in use". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
when Sally first came out, I heard people saying how much they liked her. My reaction to her was quite different. She sounds entirely too perky. I don't need a 15-year-old valley girl reading me my texts. Smile. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:24 PM, "Richard Turner" > wrote: > > Yes, Sally is also quite good, as is Joey for the male voice. > Brian, the British male is also quite good. > What voice a person likes is extremely subjective. > The thing that blows me away is how well Amy handled text that was written > without spaces. It parsed the words just like there were spaces between them. > Richard > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Alex Hall > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 1:27 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the > British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 > > I'm a fan of Sally over Amy, but I agree that the $3 I spent on James now > feels wasted. Speech is incredibly subjective, but I think Ivona > sounds far better than anything put out by A Capella or the other companies > VDR uses. The only one that can match it is Nuance, with their newest > Expressive voices (like Ava or Oliver). > On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy > wrote: > > > Pretty funny! I also get your point about the British voice. > > Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 15, 2014, at 21:16, "Richard Turner" > wrote: > > If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object > in a certain place, don’t bother reading. > I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the > internet using Voice Dream Reader. > I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from > Ivona, but the way it handles the text. > I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him > away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from > Ivona. > The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. > James reads the below text first, then Amy. > Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 > > Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with > other voices: > > We all know this feeling > > "Please create your password below:" > > roses > > "Sorry, too few characters." > > pretty roses > > "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." > > 1 pretty rose > > "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." > > 1prettyrose > > "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." > > 1friggingprettyrose > > "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." > > 1FRIGGINGprettyrose > > "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." > > 1FriggingPrettyRose > > "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." > > 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! > > "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." > > 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow > > > > "Sorry, that password is already in use". > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://w
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
I admit that the Amy Voice did an amazing job with that text, but I still like James. I am waiting for Kendra, my favorite Ivone a voice. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:02 PM, Gmail wrote: > > This is probably just me, but I think most of the Ivona voices sound super > flat. I like the Neospeech voices much better, except for Paul. I don't know > why, but I can't stand him for some reason. > > > Thanks, > Ari > >> On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, "Richard Turner" >> wrote: >> >> If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object >> in a certain place, don’t bother reading. >> I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the >> internet using Voice Dream Reader. >> I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from >> Ivona, but the way it handles the text. >> I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him >> away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from >> Ivona. >> The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. >> James reads the below text first, then Amy. >> Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 >> >> Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with >> other voices: >> >> We all know this feeling >> >> "Please create your password below:" >> >> roses >> >> "Sorry, too few characters." >> >> pretty roses >> >> "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." >> >> 1 pretty rose >> >> "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." >> >> 1prettyrose >> >> "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." >> >> 1friggingprettyrose >> >> "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." >> >> 1FRIGGINGprettyrose >> >> "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." >> >> 1FriggingPrettyRose >> >> "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." >> >> 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! >> >> "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." >> >> 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow >> >> >> >> "Sorry, that password is already in use". >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
Sorry, but Kendra is not offered in VDR. The two female Ivona voices are Sally (American) and Amy (British). On Mar 16, 2014, at 12:49 PM, Dionesque wrote: > Oh, really, Alex? This indeed confirms how much different one's perception of > synthetic speech can bee! I haven't tried Kendra in Voice Dream Reader yet > but can't wait to do so, because on PC, with NVDA and with Balabolka, it has > always been my all-time favourite English-speaking voice, especially for > books, I've made myself quite a lot of mp3s by Balabolka using Kendra, smile! > I'm not English native speaker, maybe this has an impact on my perception, > not sure about it though, for me Kendra sounds very pleasant, not > high-pitched like so many other female voices. > Kind regards, > > Barbara > > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- From: Alex Hall > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 11:07 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the > British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 > > A lot of the Ivona voices aren't great; Sally is good, and the Birtish male > is good. Kendra is horrible, though, and Joey annoys me after a while. That > said, overall the good Ivona voices still have the others beat, I think. > Again, synthesized speech is one of the most subjective things we could > discuss, so I guess it comes down to this: whichever you prefer, VDR now > offers four voice manufacturers to pick from. The other Daisy app on iOS > offers only one, and other self-voicing apps similarly lack choices. No > matter how you slice it, you are more likely by far to find a voice you like > in VDR than any other app. > > On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Gmail wrote: > > > This is probably just me, but I think most of the Ivona voices sound super > flat. I like the Neospeech voices much better, except for Paul. I don't know > why, but I can't stand him for some reason. > > > > > Thanks, > Ari > > On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, "Richard Turner" > wrote: > > > > If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object > in a certain place, don't bother reading. > > I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the > internet using Voice Dream Reader. > > I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from > Ivona, but the way it handles the text. > > I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him > away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from > Ivona. > > The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. > > James reads the below text first, then Amy. > > Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 > > > > Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with > other voices: > > > > We all know this feeling > > > > "Please create your password below:" > > > > roses > > > > "Sorry, too few characters." > > > > pretty roses > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." > > > > 1 pretty rose > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." > > > > 1prettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." > > > > 1friggingprettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." > > > > 1FRIGGINGprettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." > > > > 1FriggingPrettyRose > > > > "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." > > > > 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." > > > > 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow > > > > > > > > > > "Sorry, that password is already in use". > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and mo
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
Oh, really, Alex? This indeed confirms how much different one's perception of synthetic speech can bee! I haven't tried Kendra in Voice Dream Reader yet but can't wait to do so, because on PC, with NVDA and with Balabolka, it has always been my all-time favourite English-speaking voice, especially for books, I've made myself quite a lot of mp3s by Balabolka using Kendra, smile! I'm not English native speaker, maybe this has an impact on my perception, not sure about it though, for me Kendra sounds very pleasant, not high-pitched like so many other female voices. Kind regards, Barbara -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- From: Alex Hall Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 11:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 A lot of the Ivona voices aren't great; Sally is good, and the Birtish male is good. Kendra is horrible, though, and Joey annoys me after a while. That said, overall the good Ivona voices still have the others beat, I think. Again, synthesized speech is one of the most subjective things we could discuss, so I guess it comes down to this: whichever you prefer, VDR now offers four voice manufacturers to pick from. The other Daisy app on iOS offers only one, and other self-voicing apps similarly lack choices. No matter how you slice it, you are more likely by far to find a voice you like in VDR than any other app. On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Gmail wrote: This is probably just me, but I think most of the Ivona voices sound super flat. I like the Neospeech voices much better, except for Paul. I don't know why, but I can't stand him for some reason. Thanks, Ari On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, "Richard Turner" wrote: If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object in a certain place, don’t bother reading. I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the internet using Voice Dream Reader. I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from Ivona, but the way it handles the text. I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from Ivona. The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. James reads the below text first, then Amy. Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with other voices: We all know this feeling "Please create your password below:" roses "Sorry, too few characters." pretty roses "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." 1 pretty rose "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." 1prettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." 1friggingprettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." 1FRIGGINGprettyrose "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." 1FriggingPrettyRose "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow "Sorry, that password is already in use". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.c
RE: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
I'm glad you asked that question. I had no idea until I just did a Google search that Amazon has purchase Ivona. Sadly, nothing on the web that I have found identifies the voices used on the Kindle Fire, other than there is only U.S. and U.K. English voices. That was from the Amazon Kindle Accessibility help page. However, Bookshare was very clear. >From the Bookshare web site under formats: Voicing is provided by the high quality Kendra voice from Ivona, not your reading tool There you go. Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 7:48 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 Speaking of Ivona, What Ivona tts does bookshare use for there mp3 books? What Ivona tts is used for the Kindle fire hdx? I like those very much. -Original Message- From: Richard Turner Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 12:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object in a certain place, don’t bother reading. I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the internet using Voice Dream Reader. I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from Ivona, but the way it handles the text. I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from Ivona. The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. James reads the below text first, then Amy. Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with other voices: We all know this feeling "Please create your password below:" roses "Sorry, too few characters." pretty roses "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." 1 pretty rose "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." 1prettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." 1friggingprettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." 1FRIGGINGprettyrose "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." 1FriggingPrettyRose "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow "Sorry, that password is already in use". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing vi
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
I haven't used a Kindle, so I have no idea. However, I am almost certain Bookshare uses Kendra. I think she sounds too broken up - you can almost hear the individual recorded phonemes. She is not in VDR, by the way. That said, Bookshare may have switched voices in the year or so since I tried their audio book service. Once I got VDR, downloading audio books made with a synthesizer became redundant. On Mar 16, 2014, at 10:47 AM, Russ Kiehne wrote: > Speaking of Ivona, What Ivona tts does bookshare use for there mp3 books? > What Ivona tts is used for the Kindle fire hdx? > I like those very much. > > -Original Message- From: Richard Turner > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 12:16 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British > female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 > > > > If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object > in a certain place, don't bother reading. > > I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the > internet using Voice Dream Reader. > > I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from > Ivona, but the way it handles the text. > > I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him > away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from > Ivona. > > The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. > > James reads the below text first, then Amy. > > Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 > > > > Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with > other voices: > > > > We all know this feeling > > > > "Please create your password below:" > > > > roses > > > > "Sorry, too few characters." > > > > pretty roses > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." > > > > 1 pretty rose > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." > > > > 1prettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." > > > > 1friggingprettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." > > > > 1FRIGGINGprettyrose > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." > > > > 1FriggingPrettyRose > > > > "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." > > > > 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! > > > > "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." > > > > 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow > > > > > > > > > > "Sorry, that password is already in use". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
Speaking of Ivona, What Ivona tts does bookshare use for there mp3 books? What Ivona tts is used for the Kindle fire hdx? I like those very much. -Original Message- From: Richard Turner Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 12:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object in a certain place, don’t bother reading. I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the internet using Voice Dream Reader. I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from Ivona, but the way it handles the text. I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from Ivona. The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. James reads the below text first, then Amy. Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with other voices: We all know this feeling "Please create your password below:" roses "Sorry, too few characters." pretty roses "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." 1 pretty rose "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." 1prettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." 1friggingprettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." 1FRIGGINGprettyrose "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." 1FriggingPrettyRose "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow "Sorry, that password is already in use". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
Hi all. I don't think Joey is worth buying. Sounds too robotic and so does Sally. I like the new voice that Ivona has made, Raveena out of all of them. As for the comment of making the voices available for the Mac, I've wrote to them time and again to consider making them available. They've said that they're working on it and that they would come, but I'm beginning to find that that was just talk. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 5:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 Yes, Sally is also quite good, as is Joey for the male voice. Brian, the British male is also quite good. What voice a person likes is extremely subjective. The thing that blows me away is how well Amy handled text that was written without spaces. It parsed the words just like there were spaces between them. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 1:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 I'm a fan of Sally over Amy, but I agree that the $3 I spent on James now feels wasted. Speech is incredibly subjective, but I think Ivona sounds far better than anything put out by A Capella or the other companies VDR uses. The only one that can match it is Nuance, with their newest Expressive voices (like Ava or Oliver). On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy wrote: Pretty funny! I also get your point about the British voice. Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy Sent from my iPhone On Mar 15, 2014, at 21:16, "Richard Turner" wrote: If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object in a certain place, don't bother reading. I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the internet using Voice Dream Reader. I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from Ivona, but the way it handles the text. I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from Ivona. The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. James reads the below text first, then Amy. Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with other voices: We all know this feeling "Please create your password below:" roses "Sorry, too few characters." pretty roses "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." 1 pretty rose "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." 1prettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." 1friggingprettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." 1FRIGGINGprettyrose "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." 1FriggingPrettyRose "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow "Sorry, that password is already in use". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave
RE: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
Yes, Sally is also quite good, as is Joey for the male voice. Brian, the British male is also quite good. What voice a person likes is extremely subjective. The thing that blows me away is how well Amy handled text that was written without spaces. It parsed the words just like there were spaces between them. Richard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 1:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 I'm a fan of Sally over Amy, but I agree that the $3 I spent on James now feels wasted. Speech is incredibly subjective, but I think Ivona sounds far better than anything put out by A Capella or the other companies VDR uses. The only one that can match it is Nuance, with their newest Expressive voices (like Ava or Oliver). On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy mailto:hayasim...@gmail.com> > wrote: Pretty funny! I also get your point about the British voice. Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy Sent from my iPhone On Mar 15, 2014, at 21:16, "Richard Turner" mailto:richard.turne...@gmail.com> > wrote: If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object in a certain place, don't bother reading. I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the internet using Voice Dream Reader. I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from Ivona, but the way it handles the text. I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from Ivona. The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. James reads the below text first, then Amy. Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with other voices: We all know this feeling "Please create your password below:" roses "Sorry, too few characters." pretty roses "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." 1 pretty rose "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." 1prettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." 1friggingprettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." 1FRIGGINGprettyrose "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." 1FriggingPrettyRose "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow "Sorry, that password is already in use". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> . Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com> . Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> . Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com> . Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vi
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
I agree, Kendra is horrible, and Joey is kind of annoying to me. At least we have choices, though, you're right about that. And VDR is such a better app compared to Read2Go. Thanks, Ari > On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:07 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > A lot of the Ivona voices aren't great; Sally is good, and the Birtish male > is good. Kendra is horrible, though, and Joey annoys me after a while. That > said, overall the good Ivona voices still have the others beat, I think. > Again, synthesized speech is one of the most subjective things we could > discuss, so I guess it comes down to this: whichever you prefer, VDR now > offers four voice manufacturers to pick from. The other Daisy app on iOS > offers only one, and other self-voicing apps similarly lack choices. No > matter how you slice it, you are more likely by far to find a voice you like > in VDR than any other app. >> On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Gmail wrote: >> >> This is probably just me, but I think most of the Ivona voices sound super >> flat. I like the Neospeech voices much better, except for Paul. I don't know >> why, but I can't stand him for some reason. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Ari >> >>> On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, "Richard Turner" >>> wrote: >>> >>> If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object >>> in a certain place, don’t bother reading. >>> I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the >>> internet using Voice Dream Reader. >>> I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from >>> Ivona, but the way it handles the text. >>> I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him >>> away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from >>> Ivona. >>> The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. >>> James reads the below text first, then Amy. >>> Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. >>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 >>> >>> Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with >>> other voices: >>> >>> We all know this feeling >>> >>> "Please create your password below:" >>> >>> roses >>> >>> "Sorry, too few characters." >>> >>> pretty roses >>> >>> "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." >>> >>> 1 pretty rose >>> >>> "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." >>> >>> 1prettyrose >>> >>> "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." >>> >>> 1friggingprettyrose >>> >>> "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." >>> >>> 1FRIGGINGprettyrose >>> >>> "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." >>> >>> 1FriggingPrettyRose >>> >>> "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." >>> >>> 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! >>> >>> "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." >>> >>> 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow >>> >>> >>> >>> "Sorry, that password is already in use". >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> >>> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> >>> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >>> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall >
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
A lot of the Ivona voices aren't great; Sally is good, and the Birtish male is good. Kendra is horrible, though, and Joey annoys me after a while. That said, overall the good Ivona voices still have the others beat, I think. Again, synthesized speech is one of the most subjective things we could discuss, so I guess it comes down to this: whichever you prefer, VDR now offers four voice manufacturers to pick from. The other Daisy app on iOS offers only one, and other self-voicing apps similarly lack choices. No matter how you slice it, you are more likely by far to find a voice you like in VDR than any other app. On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Gmail wrote: > This is probably just me, but I think most of the Ivona voices sound super > flat. I like the Neospeech voices much better, except for Paul. I don't know > why, but I can't stand him for some reason. > > > Thanks, > Ari > > On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, "Richard Turner" > wrote: > >> If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object >> in a certain place, don't bother reading. >> I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the >> internet using Voice Dream Reader. >> I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from >> Ivona, but the way it handles the text. >> I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him >> away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from >> Ivona. >> The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. >> James reads the below text first, then Amy. >> Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 >> >> Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with >> other voices: >> >> We all know this feeling >> >> "Please create your password below:" >> >> roses >> >> "Sorry, too few characters." >> >> pretty roses >> >> "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." >> >> 1 pretty rose >> >> "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." >> >> 1prettyrose >> >> "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." >> >> 1friggingprettyrose >> >> "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." >> >> 1FRIGGINGprettyrose >> >> "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." >> >> 1FriggingPrettyRose >> >> "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." >> >> 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! >> >> "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." >> >> 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow >> >> >> >> "Sorry, that password is already in use". >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
I can't really stand any of the Acappella voices. Thanks, Ari > On Mar 15, 2014, at 1:26 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > out by A Capella or the other -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
This is probably just me, but I think most of the Ivona voices sound super flat. I like the Neospeech voices much better, except for Paul. I don't know why, but I can't stand him for some reason. Thanks, Ari > On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, "Richard Turner" > wrote: > > If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object > in a certain place, don’t bother reading. > I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the > internet using Voice Dream Reader. > I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from > Ivona, but the way it handles the text. > I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him > away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from > Ivona. > The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. > James reads the below text first, then Amy. > Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 > > Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with > other voices: > > We all know this feeling > > "Please create your password below:" > > roses > > "Sorry, too few characters." > > pretty roses > > "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." > > 1 pretty rose > > "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." > > 1prettyrose > > "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." > > 1friggingprettyrose > > "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." > > 1FRIGGINGprettyrose > > "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." > > 1FriggingPrettyRose > > "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." > > 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! > > "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." > > 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow > > > > "Sorry, that password is already in use". > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
I will too. I have Amy on my computer, Amy on my set top box which does talk by the way and will sure get Amy for my iPad as part of Voice Dream Reader. Now I just need Amy for the mac grin. Only being sarcastic there as Alex is quite nice. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 15/03/2014 21:15, Regina Alvarado wrote: Omg! That is sooo funny because it is so true. You are correct. Amy blows James out of the water, and that is saying something from me as I struggle with British voices because of my hearing loss. However, Amy I will buy. reggie and Allegra On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:16 PM, "Richard Turner" wrote: If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object in a certain place, don’t bother reading. I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the internet using Voice Dream Reader. I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from Ivona, but the way it handles the text. I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from Ivona. The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. James reads the below text first, then Amy. Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with other voices: We all know this feeling "Please create your password below:" roses "Sorry, too few characters." pretty roses "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." 1 pretty rose "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." 1prettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." 1friggingprettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." 1FRIGGINGprettyrose "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." 1FriggingPrettyRose "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow "Sorry, that password is already in use". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
Omg! That is sooo funny because it is so true. You are correct. Amy blows James out of the water, and that is saying something from me as I struggle with British voices because of my hearing loss. However, Amy I will buy. reggie and Allegra On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:16 PM, "Richard Turner" wrote: If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object in a certain place, don’t bother reading. I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the internet using Voice Dream Reader. I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from Ivona, but the way it handles the text. I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from Ivona. The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. James reads the below text first, then Amy. Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with other voices: We all know this feeling "Please create your password below:" roses "Sorry, too few characters." pretty roses "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." 1 pretty rose "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." 1prettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." 1friggingprettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." 1FRIGGINGprettyrose "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." 1FriggingPrettyRose "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow "Sorry, that password is already in use". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
I'm a fan of Sally over Amy, but I agree that the $3 I spent on James now feels wasted. Speech is incredibly subjective, but I think Ivona sounds far better than anything put out by A Capella or the other companies VDR uses. The only one that can match it is Nuance, with their newest Expressive voices (like Ava or Oliver). On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy wrote: > Pretty funny! I also get your point about the British voice. > > Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 15, 2014, at 21:16, "Richard Turner" > wrote: > >> If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object >> in a certain place, don't bother reading. >> I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the >> internet using Voice Dream Reader. >> I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from >> Ivona, but the way it handles the text. >> I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him >> away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from >> Ivona. >> The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. >> James reads the below text first, then Amy. >> Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 >> >> Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with >> other voices: >> >> We all know this feeling >> >> "Please create your password below:" >> >> roses >> >> "Sorry, too few characters." >> >> pretty roses >> >> "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." >> >> 1 pretty rose >> >> "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." >> >> 1prettyrose >> >> "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." >> >> 1friggingprettyrose >> >> "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." >> >> 1FRIGGINGprettyrose >> >> "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." >> >> 1FriggingPrettyRose >> >> "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." >> >> 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! >> >> "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." >> >> 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow >> >> >> >> "Sorry, that password is already in use". >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more optio
Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0
Pretty funny! I also get your point about the British voice. Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 15, 2014, at 21:16, "Richard Turner" > wrote: > > If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object > in a certain place, don’t bother reading. > I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the > internet using Voice Dream Reader. > I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from > Ivona, but the way it handles the text. > I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him > away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from > Ivona. > The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. > James reads the below text first, then Amy. > Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 > > Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with > other voices: > > We all know this feeling > > "Please create your password below:" > > roses > > "Sorry, too few characters." > > pretty roses > > "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." > > 1 pretty rose > > "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." > > 1prettyrose > > "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." > > 1friggingprettyrose > > "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." > > 1FRIGGINGprettyrose > > "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." > > 1FriggingPrettyRose > > "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." > > 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! > > "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." > > 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow > > > > "Sorry, that password is already in use". > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
