Agreed. Everyone has their own personal preference. I personally don’t use Alex. I just don’t care for it. Some people love the Alex voice and that’s totally cool by me. The more the merrier. :) I love to have multiple choices for my mood. I also sometimes prefer a different voice or accent depending on what I am reading. :) I’m keeping my fingers crossed that we won’t completely lose out on the Ivona voices or that someone else will create some just as good or better. :)
Christina > On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:45 PM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Well, Apparently what Richard said, Winston is in the process of bringing > Alex to VDR. And I don't think you have to worry about there being no sales > of other voices. Many people don't like how Alex sounds. > > Shawn > Sent From My White MacBook > Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk > Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs > Skype username: bbstheblindrapper > Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > >> On Oct 9, 2015, at 10:39 PM, Devin Prater <r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I sure hope so. I think he's still working on new stuff for Voice Dream >> Reader, like 3d touch and all that. If Alex were for Voice Dream Reader >> though, he may not get sales from many other voices though, lol. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 1:18 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> I bet if TTS companies wanted to, they could make the same languages that >>> ESpeak has. Acapela is slowly getting there, just give it time. But I agree >>> 100% with Mary. If I had to listen to a robotic sounding voice like E-Speak >>> read a book to me, I'd probably fall asleep before I finished the book. But >>> in all honesty, if I had to choose a robotic speech engine, give me >>> DECTalk. At least it tries to sound human. Speaking of voices though, does >>> anyone know if Winston plans to bring Alex to Voice Dream Reader like he >>> did with Writer? >>> >>> Shawn >>> Sent From My White MacBook >>> Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk >>> Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs >>> Skype username: bbstheblindrapper >>> Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com >>> >>>> On Oct 8, 2015, at 10:21 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Yes, voices have come along way. That is precisely why I will never ever >>>> use e-speak. Back in the 1980s, that sounded better than espeak. that I >>>> know it's a personal preference deal. Bute-speak for reading for pleasure? >>>> Not in this lifetime. >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>>> On Oct 8, 2015, at 7:58 PM, Devin Prater <r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Well, I don't think the Ivona voices were all that good anyways. Just my >>>>> oppinion, but speech synthesis has gone a ways, and has less wildly >>>>> varying entonation. But sure, Voicedream may lose some voices, but they >>>>> still have Acapella Sharan up their sleeve, and could easily add eSpeak >>>>> and other voices to compensate. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 7, 2015, at 2:35 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all. I've tried Ivona's voices for Windows and therefore I'm on their >>>>>> newsletter. I just got an email from them. It sounds like they might be >>>>>> folding. I'll paste an excerpt of the email below but one has to wonder. >>>>>> Will Voice Dream be affected? 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