Yep. Sharon all the way. I did use James originally but when Sharon became available, I switched to her immediately. I do hope that when iOS 9 goes out to the general public for those who don't want to participate in the beta, they let developers use the Alex voice in their apps along with, if the rumors are true that the Siri voices can be used with Voiceover, they let developers use those voices as well.
Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > On Jul 24, 2015, at 9:38 PM, Kamal Haffar <khaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Ari: > > I agree, I find the samples always sound better. It is after you purchase the > voice and when you start listening for few minutes that it becomes clear if > you are going to like the voice or not. I have purchased a number of voices > and so far my favourate is James. I tried Sharon and although the speech is > very clear, it is not the kind of voice I want to use it to listen to a book. > I tend to switch between James and Sally depending on the book I am reading > but often James seems to win, :-) > > Cheers, > > Kamala hear like > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Gmail > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 10:15 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Voice dream reader voices? > > One thing I found really weird when listening to the sample of James was that > I liked him better there than I actually do after downloading him. I'm not > sure why this is. Anyway, my recommendation is NeoSpeech Kate. Like Richard > said, though, voices are super subjective. > > > Thanks, > Ari > >> On Jul 24, 2015, at 5:36 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> >> wrote: >> >> Voices are very subjective. It would help if you said which three you >> already rejected. >> I personally prefer Amy, the British female voice from Ivona. >> Ashley is OK for an American female voice. >> I know lots of people like Kendra or Sharon, but I much prefer Amy. No, I am >> not from England. >> Laura was my preferred voice before Amy came along. >> It really is so subjective though. You really ought to listen to samples a >> few times before taking the plunge. >> Good luck, >> Richard >> >> >> >> >>> On Jul 24, 2015, at 1:33 PM, david gross <david.dgro...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I am looking for a great female voice to download on my voice dream reader >>> app. I have downloaded three so far, I am not satisfied with any I have >>> chosen to this point. Suggestions welcome. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >>> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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