I started using Window Eyes with version 4, using Eloquence. I have tried many of the so called human sounding voices and none suit me. I still use Eloquence, it sounds the best to me. I can't stand the DecTalk or Espeak. ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Higgins via Talk To: Chris Grabowski ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 9:55 AM Subject: Re: speech synthesizers
It seems to me that the more human sounding they try to make the synthesized voice, the more computer like they end up sounding. I have, thank God, known, or have heard, only a few people that would fit the description, but I have heard a few people, and I'm sure most of you have at one time or another, that sound more like synthesizers than people. I must say that I feel quite sorry for people who just can't help speaking that way. Of course, I, like the rest of you I'm sure want the robotic sound of a synthesizer to sound as pleasantly robotic as possible, but again, the more human sounding they succeed in making the voice, the quality of the delivery becomes just irritatingly stilted, halting, or whatever appropriate adjective might be applicable. Case in point, have you listened to NOAA Weather Radio lately? As for me, I think I'll just stick with my trusty Eloquence for as long as I can. On 10/19/2016 7:57 AM, Chris Grabowski via Talk wrote: > You can, sort of, its name is Fred. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Barry via Talk > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 4:15 AM > To: CJ &AA MAY <chrisalis...@gmail.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> > Subject: Re: speech synthesizers > > As do I. > There are many newer ones which say they are human sounding, they are not, and in my opinion they are not as clear as easy to understand as the venerable DecTalk I wish I could get it on my iPhone. > > On Wednesday, October 19, 2016, CJ &AA MAY via Talk < talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > >> I originally used Dectalk Express and despite the wide choice of much >> more human voices, I still prefer to use Dectalk Access 32. >> >> Alison >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the >> author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/ >> options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/krbarry%40gmail.com. >> For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/ >> listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/ private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> > > > -- > Sent from Kevin's iPhone. > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/cgrabowski%40aisquared.com. > For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/larryhiggins22%40comcast.net. > For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/loyrg2845%40gmail.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
