That $50 a year is the best investment for me! And being able to take all those books with me on the device I use the most, and be able to read them using my favorite, voices is even better!
Thanks, Ari > On Jul 8, 2016, at 3:29 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> > wrote: > > > wayne, > Bookshare now has over four hundred and fifty thousand titles of fully > accessible books. It is the best investment, in my opinion, for anyone who > enjoys reading a wide variety of material. Especially since so many of their > books are coming straight from the publishers. > Enjoy, > Richard > > > "The problem with people who have no vices is that you can be pretty sure > they are going to have some pretty annoying virtues." – Elizabeth Taylor > > (Sent from my iPod 6) > >> On Jul 8, 2016, at 12:35 PM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I really haven't gotten into different voices, figuring that I can >> adjust to most anything, and that different voices are very subjective >> to each person listening and what they like or don't like. However, >> with this discussion, I went back and browsed through all the >> available voices; wow! I ended up getting James, and after my wife >> heard him, she was very surprised that it was a TTS voice and not >> someone speaking. She liked Sally the best. So now I've got some >> choice when I want to read files or BookShare books. BTW, thanks to >> the people that have pointed out that BookShare is very easy to browse >> and download from, I never realized. I just might extend my BookShare >> membership on that fact alone, grin. >> >> Wayne >> >>> On 7/8/16, englishride...@gmail.com <englishride...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> My biggest problem with most Acapela and Ivona voices is that they kind of >>> have this weird up-and-down internation in the middle of words. It's very >>> sudden and jerky-sounding to me, and sort of sounds like the voice was put >>> through auto tuning. All the NeoSpeech voices sound a lot smoother when they >>> speak, at least in my oppinion. However, this is why we have choice, and >>> it's great to see so many options in Voice Dream Reader. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ari >>> >>>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 6:20 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> My personal favorite is Amy from Ivona which I usually have set at 375 or >>>> 395, depending on what I'm reading. >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> >>>> (From a poster of a church cemetery) >>>> When you are dead, you don't know that you are dead. It is difficult only >>>> for the others. >>>> >>>> It's the same when you are stupid. >>>> (Sent from my iPhone 5S) >>>> >>>>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 10:50 AM, englishride...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Besides Kate and James, I'm really starting to like Ashley from >>>>> NeoSpeech. I have her set to read at 255 words per minute, just like Kate >>>>> and James, both also from NeoSpeech, but I have her pitch set at 120. 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